Melling, Voitishkin & Partners represented VOS'HOD, developer of exclusive real estate, in the sale of historic Central Telegraph building with a total area of 68,424 m² located in Tverskaya Street in Moscow to T-Bank Group. The Central Telegraph building will become the campus of the Central University, established at the initiative of T-Bank with the support of more than 50 major Russian companies.
According to media experts, this is currently the largest sale transaction in the Moscow office property market in 2025.
Melling, Voitishkin & Partners lawyers assisted the client in agreeing the main terms of the transaction, preparation of binding documentation, negotiations and the closing of transaction. The transfer of the seller's intellectual property rights was a distinct part of the transaction.
VOS'HOD will continue to be the developer of the historic Central Telegraph building.
The Melling, Voitishkin & Partners team was led by Konstantine Kouzine, Partner in the Real Estate practice, supported by Sergey Krokhalev, Partner in the Corporate practice.
The bulk of the work on the transaction was performed by Fedor Mukhodanov, Senior Associate in the Corporate practice, and Artem Svistunov, Senior Associate in the Real Estate practice.
Vladimir Efremov, Partner in the International Trade practice, and Associate Irina Soboleva, Senior Associate in the Tax practice Roman Bilyk and Associate Daria Podshivalova, Senior Associate in the Finance and Banking practice Polina Govkelevich, and Associate in the Corporate practice Timofey Lukashevichparticipated in the project at various stages.
On intellectual property issues, the project was supported by Partner Margarita Divina and Associate Roman Vlasov.
