Alexander Zharskiy

Alexander Zharskiy

Partner, Advocate, PhD in Law
Alexander Zharskiy

Chambers Europe

He’s a very competent lawyer in both English and Russian law. It’s not enough to have the technical knowledge, you need to be able to see the commercial picture of the negotiations and to weigh the client’s interests against the risks, and he’s one of the best at this.

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Alexander Zharskiy is an ALRUD Partner, he heads Corporate and M&A Practice as well as Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Industry Group. Alexander leads the firm's corporate, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and private equity work. He has more than 20-years experience in in-bound and cross-border transaction in a variety of sectors, including agribusiness, retail, financial sector, telecommunication, media and technology, pharmaceuticals, natural resources and real estate.

Alexander is an officer of the IBA “Corporate and M&A Law” committee, he regularly speaks on corporate /M&A topics at Russian and international conferences.

Alexander holds a J.D. degree as well as an LLM degree from University of Manchester. Alexander started his legal career in 1998, joined ALRUD in 2004 and has been a partner since 2007. He is constantly recommended as a leading legal advisor on Corporate and M&A matters by Chambers Europe and Global, Legal 500, IFLR 1000, Who's Who Legal, Best Lawyers.

Clients praise Alexander for his professionalism, business focus and the ability to defend clients' best interests in complex matters.

Alexander Zharskiy is very good in negotiations. He is a good manager of big teams which are working on complex tasks. We always give him wide discretion for the negotiation of our position, and he is able to propose new ideas and solutions for atypical problems. Chambers Europe

Includes advising and representing:

Shareholders

on the sale of the Modi business, a retail chain of goods at affordable prices, in favour of GEM Invest, a Russian investment company.

Kraft Heinz

on the sale of its two affiliated companies in Russia – baby food manufacturers producing more than 30 000 tons of dry and thin cereal per year.

Stockmann

on the acquisition of Lamoda, the CIS group companies which operates the leading fashion and lifestyle e-commerce platform as well as on restructuring of the shareholder loans and compliance with Russian sanctions.

VEON

on the sale of VimpelCom to Russian top management for RUB 130bn.

AmRest Group

the largest independent chain restaurant operator in CEE, on the sale of its business in Russia under KFC franchise with over 200 restaurants for EUR 100m.

Stora Enso

on the sale of Russian harvesting, sawmills and packaging businesses in several limited liability companies.

Eastnine

a European investment company, on the sale of a stake in the Russian fashion retailer Melon Fashion Group JSC, owning Zarina, befree, Love Republic and Sela brands, in favour of Sistema PJSFC in part of preparation of the Russian law transaction documents and supporting the transaction closing.

VimpelCom

one of the four largest telecommunications companies in Russia, on the establishment of a joint venture with 4 federal operators-competitors, aiming at joint development and use of 5G radiofrequencies in Russia.

A multinational company, trading in commodities, metals and energy resources

on the acquisition of a 10% stake in Vostok Oil LLC – the biggest deal in Russia in 2020.

AliExpress

a leading e-commerce player in Russia, on several investment rounds in KazanExpress, a Kazan-based marketplace specialising in express delivery.

TJX Companies

the leading off-price apparel and home fashions retailer in the U.S. and worldwide, on the US$225m acquisition of a 25% stake in Familia, Russian low-cost clothing retailer.

Uber

in a deal establishing a joint business Yandex Taxi, Russia’s largest online taxi-booking services, with Yandex as well as the subsequent sale of part of the joint business (incl. Yandex.Food, Yandex.Shop, Yandex.Delivery, Self-Driving Group businesses) to Yandex for approximately US$1bn.

Komatsu Ltd.

on the acquisition of a majority stake in BOT Leasing Eurasia, a company providing leasing services with respect to machinery and equipment.

Аsna

a leader in the pharmacy retail market in Russia, to raise over RUB 1bn in equity investments from a major Russian bank.

CEFC China Energy Company Limited

on the acquisition of 14.16% shares in a Russian oil company.

A shareholder of Solopharm

one of the largest liquid dosage form plants in Russia, on the sale of a minority stake to a leading investment fund in Russia.

Elanco Animal Health Incorporated

on the acquisition of Bayer Animal Health business.

ERGO International AG

on the sale of ERGO Life Insurance Company to Rosgosstrakh and the sale of non-life business in Russia to RESO-Garantia.

Puma Energy

on a joint venture project with Renova group regarding construction of a fuel terminal at the airport.

UFC

in creation of a joint venture with RCIF and Mubadala, which will focus on the development and expansion of UFC’s (the largest MMA media promotion in the world) business in Russia and CIS.

Bayer AG

on the acquisition of Monsanto Company, a publicly-traded, American multinational agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology corporation.

A shareholder of Veropharm

one of the leading generic product producers in Russia, on the sale on shares to Abbott Laboratories for US$600m.

North Atlantic Drilling Ltd. and Seadrill Limited

on a long-term investment and co-operation Agreement with a Russian oil company.

ALRUD advised Hugo Boss on the sale of the Russian business to “Stockmann”
ALRUD team advised Hugo Boss on the sale of the Russian business to the major retailer of branded clothes Stockmann JSC. ...
06 August 2024
ALRUD Corporate and M&A Practice Team held a client event “ALRUD Summer M&A Talks ‘24”
On 19 June 2024 an event “ALRUD Summer M&A Talks ‘24” arranged by Corporate and M&A Practice took place at Ararat Park Hotel Moscow. ...
21 June 2024
ALRUD team supported a transaction on the sale of Modi
The shareholders (heirs of Igor Sosin) sold the Modi business (a retail chain of goods at affordable prices) in favour of GEM Invest, a Russian investment company owned by Vladimir Paliy. ...
29 May 2024
ALRUD team advised Kraft Heinz on the sale of its baby food business
ALRUD law firm represented the interests of Kraft Heinz in the sale of its two affiliated companies in Russia – baby food manufacturers producing more than 30 000 tons...
14 May 2024
ALRUD Team successfully advises VEON on the exit from the Russian Market via sale of VimpelCom (Beeline brand) to Russian top management
VEON is a major telecommunications operator in the CIS and several Asian countries that provides communications to more than 150 million users every day. VimpelCom (Beeline brand) was previously part...
12 October 2023
Andrey Zharskiy, Alexander Zharskiy, and Alexander Kleschev spoke at the conference «M&A Deals in Russia: Through Difficulties to "Completion"», organized by AEB with the support of ALRUD
On May 23, 2023, the Association of European Businesses (AEB) held a conference «“M&A Deals in Russia: Through Difficulties to 'Completion'». ...
24 May 2023
ALRUD experts held the webinar "Foreign Business in Russia: How to manage your divestment in 2023?"
On February 9, experts of Corporate/M&A Practice held the webinar 'Foreign Business in Russia: How to manage your divestment in...
09 February 2023
ALRUD experts held the webinar “Foreign Business in Russia: Practical Aspects of Exit Strategies. Impact of latest Russian counter-sanctions regulations”
On October 6, 2022, experts of [Corporate/M&A](https://www.alrud.com/services/CorporateLaw/ 'Corporate/M&A') and [Competition/Antitrust](https://www.alrud.com/services/CompetitionAntitrust/...
06 October 2022
Alexander Zharskiy spoke at the webinar “Crisis Update: Sanctions and Countermeasures. Session on M&A”, organized by AEB
On 9 September 2022 [Alexander Zharskiy](https://www.alrud.com/people/AlexanderZharskiy 'Alexander Zharskiy'), Partner, Head of Corporate and M&A Practice, spoke at the webinar of the Association of...
09 September 2022
ALRUD Conducts Survey of M&A Market in Russia and CIS
ALRUD Law Firm and the international research, analysis and news agency Mergermarket conducted an Exclusive Survey of the M&A market in Russia and the CIS in late 2021 to coincide with ALRUD’s 30th...
14 February 2022
Pravo-300, 2023 recommends Alexander Zharskiy for Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions (High Market), Pharmaceutics and healthcare, Financial and Banking law.
Chambers Global, 2022 recommends Alexander in Corporate / M&A.
IFLR 1000, 2021-22 recommends Alexander in Corporate / M&A.
Best Lawyers, 2022 recommends Alexander in Corporate / M&A, Capital Markets Law, Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Real Estate.
Chambers Global, 2021 recommends Alexander in Corporate / M&A.
Chambers Europe, 2021 Chambers Europe, 2020 recommends Alexander in Corporate / M&A.
The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa 2021 includes Alexander in Hall of Fame for Corporate / M&A, Banking and Finance; recommends in TMT.
Who’s Who Legal,Global Leaders Corporate Governance 2021 and Life Sciences - Transactional 2021 and M&A 2021 recommends Alexander as a leading practitioner.
Best Lawyers, 2021 recommends Alexander in Corporate / M&A, Capital Markets Law, Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Real Estate.
Chambers Global, 2020 recommends Alexander in Corporate / M&A.
Chambers Europe, 2020 recommends Alexander in Corporate / M&A.
The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa 2020 includes Alexander in Hall of Fame for Corporate / M&A, Banking and Finance; recommends in TMT.
Who`s Who Legal, 2019 recommends Alexander in Life Sciences: Transactional, Corporate: Merger & Acquisition, Corporate: Corporate Governance, Trade & Customs.
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