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Konstantin Mineev

Konstantin Mineev

Head of Capital Markets, Partner, Advocate

Konstantin Mineev is a Partner focusing on Capital Markets and M&A. He has also advised clients on corporate restructurings, sanctions compliance and competition aspects of corporate transactions.

Projects

Expertise

Qualification

Recognition

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.

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 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

Representing NMGK Group, a leading Russian food producer, on the sale of a strategic stake to Rusagro. Transaction documents were governed by the English law.

Advising the purchaser on a range of matters related to the acquisition of shares in the EUROCEMENT Group companies and claims against the group, as well as on raising financing for the transaction valued  at over $2 billion.

Advising HeadHunter on its acquisition of a stake in the YouDo platform.

The transaction was structured under both Russian and English law.
Mergers and Acquisitions
Private Equity and Venture Capital
English Law

Representing CSKA on a sale of over 75% in Football Club CSKA to State Corporation VEB.RF for approximately US$250 mln.

Representing LLC RPE Altair, a member of the AEON Corporation, on the acquisition of Fincraft Holdings Limited (Fincraft), the largest shareholder in Petropavlovsk PLC.

Representing AEON Corporation on its US$ 126 mln acquisition of a 48% holding in GeoProMining.

Representing Finstar on its acquisition of, and subsequent sale of a controlling stake in, Rive Gauche.

Konstantin’s experience includes projects in the Real Estate and Construction, Transportation and Logistics, TMT, and Retail sectors.

Konstantin worked as counsel at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, and previously as a lawyer in the Moscow office of Hogan Lovells CIS. He began his professional career as a legal assistant in the Moscow office of Debevoise & Plimpton.

Education

2007

Specialist’s degree, Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU)

Admission to practice

2021 - Advocate
2007 - Russia

Languages

Russian
English
Pravo-300 Rating 2026

Pravo-300 Rating 2026

He is listed among recommended lawyers in:
  • Corporate/M&A (Consulting – High market);
  • Corporate/M&A (Transactions – High market);
  • Capital Markets;
  • TMT (Telecommunications, Media and Technology)
Pravo-300 Rating

Pravo-300 Rating

He is listed among recommended lawyers in:
  • Corporate/M&A (High market);
  • Capital Markets;
  • TMT; 
  • Private Equity.

Kommersant Rating

Kommersant Rating

He is listed among the leading experts in:
  • Corporate/M&A;
  • TMT.



Best Lawyers 2020-2022

Best Lawyers 2020-2022

He is ranked among Russian lawyers specialising in Corporate Law.





IFLR-1000 2018-2021

IFLR-1000 2018-2021

He is listed among recommended Russian lawyers in:
  • M&A;
  • Capital Markets;
  • Investment Funds;
  • Bankruptcy and Restructuring.

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