Russia

Alexander Nektorov

Education

Universities, colleges attended, degrees and qualifications (with years attained)

Skolkovo Moscow School of Management (Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business Administration and Management, 2014 – 2015); National Research University – Higher School of Economics (law faculty) (earlier – State University – Higher School of Economics, 2006 – 2009); Academy economic safety of the Russian Interior Ministry (earlier – Academy of tax police of the Russian Tax Police Federal Agency) (financial law department, graduated with honors). Alexander is certified by the Russian Financial Regulator with the following qualifications: series 1.0 (brokerage and dealing activities), 4.0 (depository activity), 5.0 (management of investment funds, 2001 – 2006).

Specialization

Alexander is a leader on transactions in the sphere of corporate law, capital markets, M&A and antimonopoly law. Alexander has experience in structuring of major corporate and commercial ventures and in advising on significant regulatory issues regarding operations in different sectors of business activity, including energy, telecom, retail etc. Alexander specializes in supporting technology projects. He is an expert in corporate law, M&A, and capital market transactions (ICO/IPO/SPO/bonds). He has extensive experience in financial law and securitization and carries out strategic management of complex litigation projects.

Languages

Russian, English

 

Rankings
Alexander Nektorov has been recommended by Chambers Europe 2019 and entered Band 1 Russia, Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market. Also he has been recognized as a ‘leading lawyer’ in project finance and M&A in the IFLR 1000 global rankings for 2019. Alexander is listed among Russia’s best lawyers in Banking and Finance Law by Best Lawyers2019 (and also in 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015). The Legal 500 and Chambers Europe list Alexander among their recommended lawyers every year. He has also twice been ranked among Russia’s Top 250 General Managers by General Manager magazine (2012, 2014).

ILIA RACHKOV

Specialization

Ilia specializes in the dispute resolution, arbitration and international trade law. After his graduation from the law faculty of the Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonossov (1996) Mr. Rachkov has gathered substantial experience in advising Russian and foreign companies (including banks and state bodies) on dispute resolution matters, both before state courts in and outside Russia, and before international and domestic arbitral tribunals, and on international trade law matters.

Education

Mr. Rachkov graduated from the International Business School at MGIMO (nomination: Business administration, 1991). He holds his degree in law from the law faculty of the Moscow State Lomonossov University (MSU, Russia, 1991 – 1996), graduated from the French University College (Collège Français Universitaire) as MSU (1994 – 1996), was studying at universities of Regensburg (Germany) and Nijmegen (The Netherlands). In 1995 and 1997 he attended summer courses in international private law and international public law at The Hague Academy of International Law. In 1997 Ilia accomplished his LL.M. studies at the law faculty of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe University in Frankfurt/Main, and in 1999 his post-doctoral studies at the Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In 2000, Mr. Rachkov defended his doctoral thesis. In 1998 – 2002 he was studying at the International Faculty of Comparative Law (Graz/Austria and Strasbourg/France). Besides, in 2002 Ilia attended the summer seminar for international law at the UN International Law Commission (Geneva, Switzerland). In 2008, he accomplished a course on cross-border transactions run by the Lex Mundi Institute (Monterey, California, US).

Professional activities

Ilia Rachkov is recorded in the list of recommended arbitrators of the Arbitration Center at the Institute of Modern Arbitration (founded by the Saint-Petersburg Legal Forum). He is a member of the Legal Committee of the German-Russian Foreign Trade Chamber. Mr. Rachkov teaches international economic law at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations – MGIMO (Moscow).

Languages

Russian, German, English, French, Polish

 

ROMAN MAKAROV

Education

Legal Department of St. Petersburg State University (2003).

Specialization

Roman is focused on design of strategies of disputing, bankruptcy cases that, as a rule, are connected with dozens of related court cases. Land relations, protection of business reputation and the maritime law are in the sphere of Roman’s professional interests.

Roman Makarov graduated from the Faculty of Law of Saint-Petersburg State University in 2003. He gained huge experience in Russian industrial companies. For more than 15 years Roman has been representing the interests of the clients in the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, LCIA, ICAC, the Supreme Court of Cyprus, the Arbitration Court of the Sugar Association of London, arbitral and general courts in a number of Russian regions, the Investigation Committee and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. Also, Mr. Makarov is a Member of Board of Directors of several companies.

Languages

Russian, English