Sergei Voitishkin — Melling, Voitishkin & Partners

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Sergei Voitishkin is the managing partner of Melling, Voitishkin & Partners, the head of the M&A/Corporate practice group and an advocate. Sergei specializes in corporate and commercial law matters and advises leading international and Russian companies on corporate law, business reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions in various industries, including oil and gas, energy, engineering, the chemical and metals industries, FMCG, and the banking sector.

Rankings

Leading individual in Corporate/M&A, Industrials & Manufacturing

Recommended in Corporate/M&A

Eminent Practitioner

Highly regarded

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Representative Legal Matters

Advised Hitachi on its USD 11 billion acquisition of a 80.1% stake in the Swiss engineering group ABB.
Advised a large Russian gas producer on a share swap with a Russian oil and gas company.
Advised Carlsberg on consolidating 100% of the shares in the largest brewery in Russia and Eastern Europe Baltika Breweries, including a public offer to buy a 15.45% stake for approximately USD 1.2 billion from minority shareholders and subsequent squeeze-out of the remaining shareholders.
Advised a Russian oil company on the establishment of a joint venture with an international energy company for exploration and production in Russia having a total asset base of approximately USD 840 million.

Advised Siemens on a EUR 2 billion contract for the delivery of regional trains to the largest Russian transport company.
Advised the shareholders of a large Russian gas producer on the sale of a 12% stake to an international energy company as part of a strategic partnership.
Advised a multinational tobacco company on structuring the buy-out of minority shareholders, squeeze-out matters and successful defense against corporate blackmail by a major Russian group.

Professional membership

member of the Moscow City Bar since 2003

member of the Association of European Businesses (AEB)

Education

Moscow State University (MSU), Law Degree, 1998

Moscow Institute of Foreign Languages, Degree in Linguistics, 1988