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Vadim Iskhakov

Senior Associate
About

Vadim focuses on corporate law matters and advises on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital investments, joint ventures, as well as multi-jurisdictional corporate reorganisations and expansion projects.

Professional QualificationsSolicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising Uzum group, Uzbekistan's first-ever tech unicorn with a valuation exceeding $1 billion, in relation to their equity fundraising from FinSight Ventures, Xanara Investment Management and other investors.
  • Advising X Robotics, a startup developing pizza-making robot and automated kitchen solutions, on its series seed equity financing round led by FinSight Ventures.
  • Advising a Bahrain-based investment company in connection with its equity investment in a newly established digital bank set to offer its services in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
  • Advising an angel investor in connection with its equity investments in Cyprus based start-up offering financial services for car rental companies.
  • Advising Osome, a finance admin platform for founders and small and medium businesses, on USD 17 million Series B funding round.
  • Advising s16vc on its equity investment in Finom, a European fintech company operating a mobile platform offering accounting, financial management and banking solutions for entrepreneurs.
  • Advising Bolt, an Estonian mobility company, on its international expansion and related projects in over 30 jurisdictions.
  • Advising Checkout.com, a UK fintech company offering payment services, on various corporate restructuring projects in multiple jurisdictions.
  • Advising s16vc on its equity investment in Finverity, a UK-based digital ecosystem for trade and supply chain finance.
  • Advising a private investor in connection with series of early stage convertible loan investments in tech start-ups operating in UAE and UK.
  • Advising founders of a face recognition technology start-up in connection with a fundraising round and secondary sale of their shares to an new investor and subsequent divestment of their entire stake in the company.
  • Advising Mindbox, an integrated cloud-based marketing automation B2B platform, on its series A equity fundraising from Baring Vostok, a large private equity firm focused on Russia and CIS investments.
  • Advising Rubbles, a B2B vendor of AI-powered solutions for optimisation of key technology and business processes, in connection with its series B equity fundraising from Elbrus Capital and FinSight Ventures.
Languages
  • English
  • Russian
Education
  • Lomonosov Moscow State University, Master's Degree in Jurisprudence, with honours, 2019

  • Lomonosov Moscow State University, Bachelor's Degree in Jurisprudence, with honours, 2017

Memberships

  • Law Society England and Wales