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Rostislav Strigalev

Legal Director
About

Rostislav Strigalev focuses on advising foreign and Russian clients on corporate and commercial law. Rostislav has extensive experience in advising on M&A, intergroup restructuring, joint ventures and antitrust compliance.

He also has considerable experience in supporting real estate transactions.

EXPERIENCE

  • Advice and assisting a Russian subsidiary of a large international group in several criminal investigations, interviews, and document reviews initiated by the Prosecutor’s Office and the Investigative Committee.
  • Numerous divestments from the Russian market of key business in a range of sectors, including advertising and marketing, automotive retail and transport, construction and infrastructure, including deal structuring and planning, regulatory clearances and coordination.
  • Advising a global leader in the energy sector with a highly diversified international business on a series of multi-jurisdictional business demergers and acquisitions.
  • Assisting the global leader in the advertising sector on multiple take-overs of Russian advertising, broadcasting, and marketing strategy businesses.
  • Completion of the divestment from their Russian corporate assets by the major Anglo-American infrastructure and aviation group.
  • Advising a global leader in dredging and marine construction on the establishment of a JV in Russia.
  • Advising a major Russia originated IT and software business on multiple take-overs and the expansion of its asset portfolio in Russia.
  • Advising the leading Russian food company on the acquisition of a company with a portfolio of more than 150 real estate assets.
  • Representing a leading vehicle manufacturing company in a variety of commercial and corporate matters in connection with the establishment of a joint venture on the territory of Russia, advising on restructuring and subsequent corporate and contractual issues.
  • Advising a major hotel investment company on the establishment of a group of management companies.
  • Advising the shareholders of one of Russia’s leading telecommunication companies on the sale of a controlling stake and the subsequent restructuring of the group companies.
  • Comprehensive support of the corporate activities of a Russian company that was part of an international consortium managing the largest infrastructure project in the North-West region of Russia under a public-private partnership (PPP).
  • Numerous and extensive projects in connection with construction contracts for the implementation of projects related to the construction of a multifunctional seaports, oil terminals, etc.
  • Numerous advice on sanctions compliance, including work on a sanctions compliance guideline for the JV between leading global energy companies;a wide range of Russian regulatory and sanctions compliance advice in connection with the divestment of business from Russia, the winding-down of business operations, and cross-border cash flows.

Prior Experience

  • 2013 – present - DLA Piper
  • 2012 – 2013 - International Law firm
  • 2010 – 2012 - Northern Capital Gateway LLC (Pulkovo Airport)
  • 2007 – 2010 - StPB Holdings GmbH (representative office in St Petersburg)
Languages
  • Russian
  • English
Education / Professional Qualifications

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