Sergey is Of Counsel, Co-Head of ALRUD Asia-Pacific Desk. His two core areas of focus are corporate M&A and financing.
Sergey has a vast experience, advising businesses from Japan, Korea and other Asian countries on their operations in Russia. Prior to joining ALRUD, Sergey spent 19 years in Japan, working as an associate, and then as a partner, at the Tokyo offices of international law firms.
Sergey has advised investors on their acquisitions in the Russian oil & gas, automotive, fin-tech, telecommunications, advertising, timber, fishery and other sectors.
In addition to his M&A experience, Sergey has advised on the implementation of large-scale PSA projects for the development of oil and gas deposits in the Russian Far East, including representation of the lenders to such projects, as well as some of their Japanese and US sponsors, focusing on both extraction facilities and export infrastructure, such as pipelines and sea terminals
Sergey is admitted to the Bar of New York, the Bar of Moscow City, as well as the Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association as a Gaikokuho jimu bengoshi (Authorized Consultant in Foreign Law), for the laws of New York State and the Russian Federation. He is currently the only foreign lawyer authorized in Japan to advise on Russian law there.
Sergey is a graduate of the Law Faculty of the Law and State Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (LL.M., 2000), Harvard Law School (LL.M., 1992) and University of Sofia Faculty of Law (LL.B., 1988). He speaks English, Japanese, Russian and French.
Includes advising and representing:
A major multilateral lender,
the US export credit agency, the UK export credit agency, and the export credit agency of Japan, as secured lenders to the Sakhalin II PSA Project, on Sakhalin Island, Russia*.
A US oil major
on the international legal framework, for the construction of a submarine pipeline, for the export of natural gas from Sakhalin Island to Japan; advised on Russian administrative regulations and public international law*.
Conducted a due diligence review of a medium-size Russian oil & gas company
based in Irkutsk, for a consortium of Japanese energy companies; reviewed its exploration and extraction permits, project documentation, real estate rights to use the surface area above its oil & gas fields, title to its extraction facilities and pipelines, reviewed environmental and other compliance*.
A large multilateral bank
on a loan, which financed the initial development of an Arctic oil field in the Komi Republic, in the north-eastern part of European Russia, by a small independent operator committed to environmental protection and transparency*.
A Japanese oil major
on its acquisition of a minority shareholding in a Russian oil & gas venture entity, set up in Irkutsk Region by a Japanese government entity, and a midsize Russian oil & gas company*.
A major Japanese trading house
on its USD loan to a Russian company In Primorsky Region of the Russian Far East, engaging in the production and export of rare chemicals; the loan was secured by a floating charge over the proceeds from the exports, which were wired into an escrow account, opened with a Hong Kong bank*.
One of the leading Japanese advertising agencies
in its first acquisition of a Russian company, from a well-established Russian media-holding group*.
One of the largest Japanese wood-frame residence developers
in its acquisition of a major logging company, in Primorsky Region of the Russian Far East*.
A Japanese investment bank
on its acquisition of a shareholding, in a company of the QIWI group*.
handled prior to joining ALRUD
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Best Lawyers, 2022 recommends Sergey Milanov for Banking and Finance Law, and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. |
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Best Lawyers, 2021 recommends Sergey Milanov for Corporate Law. |
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