Andrey Mashkovtsev specialises in M&A, joint ventures, corporate restructuring, private equity, corporate governance and corporate conflicts.

He is an expert in asset deals, economic concentration control, foreign investments control and commercial contracts.

Andrey has provided support to more than 100 corporate transactions. In 2014, together with the Firm's partners, he was awarded European Corporate Team of the Year by The Lawyer for the complex transaction under the English law between UC RUSAL, Interros and Millhouse Сapital.

Andrey manages projects and plays a leading role in supporting major cross-border and domestic transactions.

His experience includes:

• Advising Danone on all aspects of the transaction on the establishment of a joint venture in Russia and the CIS with Unimilk group (M&A deal of the year in Europe 2011 according to IFLR1000).
• Advising the American hedge Fund on the settlement of a credit default swap secured by Russian commercial real estate collateral and the establishment of a joint venture for its operation.
• Advising Baring Vostok group of funds on certain issues of their activity in the Russia.

Andrey graduated with honors from the law faculty of St. Petersburg state University. He also received additional training at the International Law Institute (Washington, USA) and at the Amsterdam Institute of Finance (Amsterdam, the Netherlands).