The Moscow office of Gide Loyrette Nouel (GLN) acted as an advisor to Rusmolco, a Russian dairy company, on a major investment project between Rusmolco and the Singapore company Olam International, the largest in the field of dairy cattle husbandry and plant growing. The project involves Olam International investing in the share capital of Rusmolco. It is planned that before 2015, the aggregate investments will amount to about USD 400 million and will be used for forming a herd of 20,000 head and increasing the area of farmland to 106,000 ha. During the following three or four years, it is planned to double the production volume by way of increasing the herd to 50,000 head, and the area of farmland to 130,000 ha.

International law firm Salans has appointed Marat Mouradov as a Partner and Head of its Russian Competition Law Practice Group. Mouradov is based in Salans’ Moscow office.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Ruspetro plc on its US$250 million initial public offering (IPO) and admission to the premium segment of the London Stock Exchange (LSE).

A team from Dechert LLP advised Dufry, the global travel retailer with operations in 46 countries, on its acquisition of 51% of a local travel retail operator at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport.