Antitrust & Competition

Advising a subsidiary of GEM Invest investment company on the acquisition of Modi LLC, managing the Modi chain of home, stationery and hobby goods stores, including legal assistance with obtaining approval for the transaction from the regulatory authorities.

Represented interests of a major metallurgical plant before the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation in a case alleging a cartel agreement in relation to a series of tenders. During the hearings, the ALUMNI Partners team managed to convince the Commission of the FAS of Russia that the parties did not engage in cartel collusion and to get the case dismissed. Termination of a cartel case is a very rare decision to be taken by the antitrust agency.

Advising RoccoForte Hotels Group on various complex corporate, commercial, regulatory (including counter sanctions) and tax legal matters in Russia.

Represented the producer of Essentuki mineral water in relation to obtaining, consecutively, approval by the FAS Russia for acquiring the producers of mineral water brands Narzan and Arkhyz. As the project progressed, our team proved that the mineral water sales market was competitive and that the transaction would have a positive social and economic effect. While implementing these projects, our team worked closely with the agro-industrial control department of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia.

Representing the interests of Delrus in the Court of the Eurasian Economic Union.