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Katerina Manova

Katerina Manova

Counsel

Katerina advises clients in the area of capital markets. Prior to DGP Katerina worked as a senior legal counsel at VTB Capital and, prior to that, as a lawyer at international law firms.

Projects

Qualification

Developing a new ownership structure for Cian in connection with the termination of its ADR listing on the NYSE and share buyback.

Representing HeadHunter on an additional public offering of 18 mln ordinary shares, public status of IPJSC Headhunter (group’s new parent company) and the listing of IPJSC Headhunter’s shares on MOEX.

Representing Headhunter on an additional offering of 36,819,349 ordinary shares in January 2024. The placed securities were exchanged for shares and DRs in HeadHunter Group PLC, the holding company registered in Cyprus.

The total value of the offering exceeded RUB120 bln.
Capital Markets

Advising Yandex on issuance of convertible bonds into Class A ordinary shares, totaling approximately $1.25 billion.

Representing on the $460 million IPO of Softline.

Advising on the $253 IPO of HeadHunter and a subsequent share placement totaling $116 million.

Advising on the $335 million IPO of Cian.

Advising on the EM Horizon SPAC IPO on NASDAQ totaling $288 million.

Advising on the $175 million IPO of SPB Exchange.

Advising on the Renaissance Insurance IPO valued at $275 million.

Advising on the $500 million IPO of EMC.

Advising on the ABB for M.Video totaling RUB 18 billion.

Before joining the DGP team, Katerina worked as a senior lawyer at VTB Capital, and prior to that, as a lawyer at international law firms.

Areas of specialization

Education

2003

LL.M., Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)

Admission to practice

2003 - Russia

Languages

Russian
English
Bulgarian
Spanish
German