Alexander Kleschev

Alexander Kleschev

Partner, Advocate, Solicitor in England and Wales
Alexander Kleschev
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Alexander is a dual-qualified Partner in the Corporate / M&A practice, admitted as an Advocate in Russia and as a Solicitor of England and Wales.

Alexander specialises in complex cross-border and Russian corporate transactions involving mergers and acquisitions, establishment of joint ventures, corporate reorganisations, re-domiciliation of companies, private equity transactions. He advises clients active in the areas of corporate governance, strategic investments, the insurance and brokerage business, and to financial organizations.

Over the past year, Alexander has been actively advising international and Russian clients on complex sanctions and counter-sanctions issues in such areas as corporate restructuring, management buy-out, and auction sales of foreign investors’ assets in Russia.

Alexander graduated with honors from Kutafin Moscow State Law University and earned a master’s degree in law from the University of London.

In 2019-2020, Alexander completed his secondment at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in New York, one of the largest international law firms, and gained extensive experience in cross-border transactions under US and English law.

Alexander is a member of the International Bar Association (IBA) and a member of the Law Society of England and Wales.

Includes advising and representing:

Siemens Healthineers AG

a global provider of healthcare services and solutions, on the acquisition of Varian Medical Systems Inc., for more than US$16.5bn — the world's second-largest deal in healthcare sector in 2020.

Skyeng

one of the largest English language schools and online university for skills and professions, on a comprehensive business reorganisation and restructuring.

Innovex Downhole Solutions group

a leading provider of critical well centric products and technologies for the oil and gas industry in connection with acquisition of Rubicon Oilfield International group, one of the major market players of upstream oilfield technology sector.

Royal DSM

global science-based company in nutrition, health and sustainable living in connection with acquisition of Erber Group for an enterprise value of €980m.

Siemens AG

within the framework of coordination with the FAS Russia and the Government Commission for the Control of Foreign Investments in the Russian Federation, of a transaction worth US$17bn with Alstom S.A., a leading French rolling stock manufacturer.

Bayer AG

on the acquisition of Monsanto Company, a publicly-traded, American multinational agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology corporation.

Founders of Russia's largest distributor of household chemicals, personal care products, perfumes, decorative cosmetics and other goods (FMCG)

on the sale of a controlling stake in the group to a strategic investor.

CEFC China Energy Company Limited

on the acquisition of 14.16% shares in a Russian oil company.

Mitek Systems

publicly traded US company and a global leader in mobile capture and digital identity verification solutions built on the latest advancements in AI and machine learning, on the acquisition of ID R&D group, leading identity and biometric solution provider across the world.

Samolet Group PJSC

publicly traded Russian leader of the development market in connection with acquisition of 100% shares of “Input Lab” LLC, managing multiapartment buildings in Russia.

Uber Technologies Inc.

in its asset merger deal with Yandex Taxi, Russia’s largest online taxi-booking services.

SICPA

on the establishment of a joint venture in Russia to conduct business on labeling pharmaceutical products in Russia.

ClickHouse

on the establishment of a joint venture with participation of Yandex N.V., Benchmark Capital and Index Ventures for purposes of development of open-source code ClickHouse.

Purchaser

on the acquisition of Russian businesses of Willis Towers Watson, one of the biggest and publicly traded insurance brokers in a world.

ManpowerGroup

a global HR consulting firm, on withdrawal from its CIS business.

Winoa

a group headquartered in France, specializing in the preparation, treatment and transformation of metal surfaces, manufacturing of steel shot and grit, stainless steel abrasives and cut wire on the exit from Russian market and sale of 2 (two) major production plants and facilities in Russia.

Rodenstock GmbH

one of the leading eyeglass-lens makers on the sale of its Russian businesses to a local management, including advising on structuring matters of post-disposal supplies to CIS market countries.

The Russian Government is discussing an increase of the “exit tax” from 15% to 40%
ALRUD has received information from various sources indicating that this increase is under consideration. Reports suggest that the exit tax could rise to as much as 40% of the valuation of the...
23 September 2024
Alexander Kleschev comments for Pravo.ru
[Alexander Kleschev](https://www.alrud.com/people/AlexanderKleschev/ 'Alexander Kleschev'), Partner in ALRUD Corporate practice, made comments for Pravo.ru on the topic: “How to open a bank account in...
13 March 2024
Russian counter-sanctions: new guidelines for transactions with foreign securities
In the course of regular updates on Russian counter-sanctions, we would like to provide you with information on Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated November 08, 2023 No. 844 “On...
10 November 2023
A decision was made to soften the terms of payment of dividends to foreigners
On August 23, 2023, the extracts from the minutes of the meeting of the Sub-commission of the Government Commission for Control over Foreign Investments in the Russian Federation No. 182/5 dated...
24 August 2023
Andrey Zharskiy, Alexander Zharskiy, and Alexander Kleschev spoke at the conference «M&A Deals in Russia: Through Difficulties to "Completion"», organized by AEB with the support of ALRUD
On May 23, 2023, the Association of European Businesses (AEB) held a conference «“M&A Deals in Russia: Through Difficulties to 'Completion'». ...
24 May 2023
ALRUD experts held the webinar "Foreign Business in Russia: How to manage your divestment in 2023?"
On February 9, experts of Corporate/M&A Practice held the webinar 'Foreign Business in Russia: How to manage your divestment in...
09 February 2023
ALRUD experts held the webinar “Foreign Business in Russia: Practical Aspects of Exit Strategies. Impact of latest Russian counter-sanctions regulations”
On October 6, 2022, experts of [Corporate/M&A](https://www.alrud.com/services/CorporateLaw/ 'Corporate/M&A') and [Competition/Antitrust](https://www.alrud.com/services/CompetitionAntitrust/...
06 October 2022
Pravo-300, 2023 recommends Alexander Kleschev for Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions (High Market).
Best Lawyers 2022 recommends Alexander Kleschev for Corporate Law.
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