Andrey Zharskiy
Andrey Zharskiy has definitely impressed us, he is very results-driven, extremely professional with a great attention to details.
Andrey Zharskiy is the ALRUD Law Firm Partner, practicing advocate in Russia and solicitor in England and Wales. Andrey is Partner in Corporate and M&A Practice, heading Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Industry Group, Real Estate Practice and co-heading Crisis Management, Economic sanctions and Compliance practice. In 2023 Andrey was elected as a Finance and Investments Committee Chair at the Association of European Businesses.
Andrey has over 20 years of experience in providing legal support for complex and international corporate/M&A and commercial projects, with particular experience in energy and natural resources (including projects involving the extraction and processing of oil, gas, LNG, mining projects in Russia and Africa, infrastructure projects, off-take contracts and oil service contracts); real estate and construction projects (including EPC contracts on various international forms); industrial investment projects in Russia (including joint projects with the government).
Currently, Andrey is actively advising foreign and Russian clients on different issues related to restructuring/exit from the Russian market, sale/acquisition of business, as well as on Russian counter-sanctions regulations applicable to M&A deals and financing matters.
Andrey joined the ALRUD team in 2013 and became a Partner in 2015. Prior to joining ALRUD, Andrey worked at one of Russia’s largest oil companies, and then as the head of the international legal department of a major international group, where he gained unique experience in handling M&A and JV transactions in the energy, metallurgy, and real estate sectors in Russia as well as China and Africa.
We wanted a lawyer whom we can completely rely on and who understands our business and it's Andrey Zharskiy. He is a highly intelligent and experienced lawyer, responsive and reliable. He understands our business and our true needs, so that our interests and risks are always properly protected. Chambers Europe
Projects in Energy, Natural Resources & Infrastructure include advising:
A multinational company, trading in commodities, metals and energy resources
on the acquisition of a 10% stake in Vostok Oil LLC, a subsidiary of a Russian oil company, including advising on financing and application of legislation on strategic investments.
Russia's largest oil company
on the establishment of a joint venture with a Russian gas company to develop a license area on the Russian continental shelf.
Russia's largest oil company
on the sale of 50% equity share in Meretoyakhaneftegaz to Lukoil and establishing a JV for the development of an oil & gas cluster.
China Gold
on the acquisition of a majority stake and the establishment of a joint venture to develop the Klyuchevskoye gold deposit in Russia.
Russkaya Energia
on the acquisition of Vorkutaugol, a coal assets company, from Severstal with the transaction value being RUB 15bn.
Mechel Group
on the RUB 89bn sale of its 51% participatory interest in the companies which operate the Elga coalfield project, estimated reserves are approx. 2,2bn tons: Elgaugol, Elga Doroga and Mechel Trans Vostok.
North Atlantic Drilling Ltd. and Seadrill Limited
on a long-term investment and co-operation Agreement with a Russian oil company and long-term drilling agreements.
Vi Holding
(international investment and industrial group) in respect of implementation of a JV green field platinum mining project in Zimbabwe (Africa) for US$3bn.
Tata Power (India)
on the development of a coal deposit in Russia’s Kamchatka Territory as well as related corporate, commercial, and regulatory issues.
A Japanese company
on a potential transaction to acquire a stake in an Arctic LNG 2 project.
M&A projects in respect to foreign companies’ exits from the Russian market:
Hugo Boss
on the sale of the Russian business to the major retailer of branded clothes Stockmann.
Publicis Group
one of the largest communications groups in the world, a leader in marketing, communication and digital business transformation, in the transaction on exit from Russia via MBO (management buy-out) as well as on foreign and Russian sanctions compliance when dealing with Russian entities / businesses.
Magna International
one of the world's largest automotive suppliers, on the sale of its subsidiaries in the largest auto clusters in Russia: St Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Kaluga and Naberezhnye Chelny.
German fashion retailer
on business restructuring models and further exit from Russian fashion retail market through sale to its Russian franchisees using combination of share and asset deals strategies.
The local management of Willis Towers Watson
one of the world’s largest publicly traded insurance brokers, on the acquisition of Russian businesses.
A leading global telecommunications equipment manufacturer
on the exit from a joint venture with a Russian digital services provider engaged in manufacturing equipment and software for communications networks.
Projects in Real Estate and Construction include advising:
Vi Holding
in respect to development of the Tushino project in Moscow, including the recruitment of investors, concluded investment contract, and land relations.
South Tambey LNG
in respect to different matters related to performance of the general construction contract in the implementation of the Yamal LNG 2 project.
Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
on the acquisition of a building in the centre of Moscow to house the Embassy.
CPECC
in respect to potential claims with regard to performance of the construction subcontracts in relation to Amur Gas Processing Plant.
Engineering and construction company
acting as general contractor for the construction of the mining and processing complex based on the Chernogorsky deposit of platinum-copper-nickel ores developed by LLC 'Chernogorskaya GRK'.
A major gas company
on the drafting of a contract to build a multifunctional centre in Minsk as well as the approval of FIDIC tender documents.
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Pravo-300, 2023 recommends Andrey Zharskiy for Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions (High Market), Real estate, land, construction (сonsulting), Natural Resources and Energy, Sanctions law. |
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Best Lawyers, 2022 recommends Andrey Zharskiy in Corporate / M&A, Corporate Law and Real Estate Law. |
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Who’s Who Legal,Global Leaders Mining - 2021 recommends Andrey Zharskiy as a leading practitioner. |
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The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa 2021 recommends Andrey Zharskiy as a leading individual in Energy and natural resources, PPP and infrastructure projects, Real estate and construction. |
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Best Lawyers, 2021 recommends Andrey Zharskiy in Corporate / M&A. |
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The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa 2020 recommends Andrey Zharskiy as a leading individual in Energy and natural resources, PPP and infrastructure projects, Real estate and construction. |
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