Biography: Corporate Governance

Andrey Goltsblat is a managing partner of Goltsblat BLP; admitted, 1987, Russia; 1994 JD. He concentrates primarily on mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, joint ventures, different types of investment projects as well as counselling directors and senior management of domestic and overseas companies in connection with investment projects and deal structuring in Russia and the CIS.

His previous roles include chief of staff for the constitutional commission of the Russian Parliament.

He and his team's recent Russia related M&A work includes advising: Mars on the Wrigley acquisition for US$23 billion; Sberbank of Russia on its investment project related to acquisition of 25%+1 share in Detskiy mir - Center, the largest children's goods retail store network in Russia (deal value is RUR 3.4 billion); Sberbank of Russia in relation to Sportloto Joint Venture with Russkoye Loto Group; Fleming Family & Partners in a sale of an industrial project; Magna on planned acquisition of Opel business from General Motors, The Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies (RUSNANO) on a several equity investments in Russian companies; EBRD and UFG Private Equity on investments into Russian Towers, a Russian telecommunication services company; Sistema-Hals on its acquisition of the controlling stake in CiTer Invest BV for the development of Plot 11 of the Moscow City International Business Center (construction of a multi-level tower and a transportation hub with the total area of 230 square metres); Onexim Group on its acquisition of APR-Bank (currently MFK-Bank); Ashland on the buy-out of shares from its minority partner; RP Capital on the acquisition of Silver City office complex in Moscow; Equifax on the acquisition of an equity interest in Global Payments credit bureau; Danone on sale of its St Petersburg subsidiary; LG International on its investments in the Russian coal mining sector and Matra Petroleum on its acquisitions in the Russian oil and gas sector; one of the leading publishing houses in Russia on US$200 million sale.

Biography: Mergers and Acquisitions

Andrey Goltsblat is a managing partner of Goltsblat BLP. He was admitted as a practitioner in Russia in 1987 and obtained his JD in 1994. He concentrates primarily on mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, joint ventures, different types of investment projects as well as counseling directors and senior management of domestic and overseas companies in connection with investment projects and deal structuring in Russia and the CIS.

He and his team's recent Russia-related M&A work includes advising: Sberbank of Russia in relation to Sportloto; joint venture with Russkoye Loto Group; Fleming Family & Partners in the sale of an industrial project; The Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies (RUSNANO) on a several equity investments in Russian companies; EBRD and UFG private equity on investments into Russian Towers, a Russian telecommunication services company; Sistema-Hals on its acquisition of the controlling stake in CiTer Invest BV for the developement of plot 11 of the Moscow City International Business Center (construction of a multi-level tower and a transportation hub with the total area of 230,000 square metres); Ashland on the buy-out of shares from its minority partner; RP Capital on the acquisition of Silver City office complex in Moscow; Equifax on the acquisition of an equity interest in Global Payments credit bureau; Danone on sale of its St Petersburg subsidiary; LG International on its investments in the Russian coal mining sector and Matra Petroleum on its acquisitions in the Russian oil and gas sector.

The total value of M&A transactions supported by Andrey Goltsblat and his team over the last two years is in excess of US$25 billion.

He is a member of the IBA and the ABA.