White & Case LLP
Since White & Case opened its office in Moscow in 1991, the firm has continued to provide a first-class service to clients throughout the CIS with a physical presence also in Kazakhstan. The following pages feature a total of 13 listings from the firm across seven practice areas.
White & Case receives five inclusions for its “superb” mergers and acquisitions practice, its strongest area in the publication. The “extremely practical” Andrei Dontsov joined the Moscow office in May 2010 and focuses his practice in the telecommunications and automotive industries. The “highly experienced” Marc Polonsky recently advised Bank of Cyprus on the US$576 million acquisition of an 80 per cent stake in Uniastrum Bank and is also included in the mining chapter. At the firm’s Almaty office, Marat Ibragimov is “well known for his expertise” in a number of areas including mergers and acquisitions, oil and gas, and mining.
The firm features strongly in a range of areas highlighting its breadth of expertise. For project finance and competition, Igor Ostapets is “top-rate” and is co-head of the central and eastern European (CEE) energy and utilities practice with 15 years of experience advising clients in Russia. The construction and real estate chapter features the “terrific” Eric Michailov who co-heads the CEE corporate and merger and acquisition practice and advised Capital Partners on the acquisition of the site of the new Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Moscow.