Herbert Smith Moscow infrastructure team will act for the Moscow Government, Russian Railways and its financial adviser Grant Thornton Rosexpertiza to provide legal advice on structuring and implementation of the construction and operation of the Small Ring of the Moscow Railway (MRR Project).

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The Amsterdam and Moscow offices of international legal practice Norton Rose Group have advised Russian state owned investment fund Rusnano on its investment in Dutch nanotechnology company Mapper Lithography.

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has advised O1 Properties investment company—one of the largest owners of high-quality office properties in Moscow—in connection with legal issues relating to the financing of the acquisition of the Business Center known as “Silver City.”

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Itera, one of Russia’s leading independent producers of natural gas, has agreed a strategic venture with Russian oil giant Rosneft to jointly develop their gas fields in the gas-rich Yamalo-Nenets autonomous region in the Russian Arctic.

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Hogan Lovells in Moscow has advised long-standing client B&N Bank, on the establishment of its US$300 million European Commercial Paper (ECP) programme and on the first issue of US$40 million thereunder on Wednesday 1 August 2012.

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Hogan Lovells has advised The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, and The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the multilateral development bank, on their investment in Credit Bank of Moscow (open joint-stock company) (CBM) for a total of US$176 million. The investment will be made via subscription for newly issued ordinary shares giving IFC and EBRD a combined 15% stake in CBM. The deal was signed on 20 July 2012 and closed on 1 August 2012.

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Goltsblat BLP, the Russian practice of Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), has successfully advised within the scope of a transaction for an Operating Division of OMS to acquire Forum Facility Management, commercial operator of the Moscow Aurora Business Park, with a total area of over 150,000Sq m.

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Goltsblat BLP, the Russian practice of Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), has successfully advised within the scope of a transaction for an Operating Division of OMS to acquire Forum Facility Management, commercial operator of the Moscow Aurora Business Park, with a total area of over 150,000Sq m.

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Goltsblat BLP, the Russian practice of international law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), is pleased to announce the appointment of Kyle Davis as a partner in its Corporate/M&A Practice

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Herbert Smith has advised Italian energy company Eni on its agreement with Russian state oil company Rosneft to finance oil and gas exploration at three offshore fields. The landmark deal was signed on 16th July at a meeting between Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and his Italian counterpart Mario Monti.

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