Anton Panchenkov

Anton is a Partner with ALUMNI Partners Corporate Practice. He focuses on comprehensive investment projects, M&A deals and joint venture in various segments, FinTech and IT-investments. He also has a long track record of corporate restructuring projects. Anton’s clients come from a variety of market segments – from individual investors through sovereign funds to multinational corporations.
Anton is featured as a ‘Recommended Lawyer’ in The Legal 500 ranking in Commercial, Corporate and M&A, listed as a ‘Notable practitioner’ in IFLR1000 ranking and is also included in The Best Lawyers in Russia 2020 - 2022 list.
Four transactions which were handled by the teams led by Anton were recognised as M&A Deals of the Year by Kommersant Publishing House (two in 2023 and two in 2025), one of which was also a winner of the Pravo-300 2023 special category “Mergers and Acquisitions: Deals with Foreign Shareholders”.
Great M&A lawyer. He has a good knowledge of industry and country coupled with a friendly and professional approach.
IFLR1000
Professional of the highest calibre due to his superior communication skills and his client-oriented focus.
The Legal 500
It has been a real pleasure to collaborate with ALUMNI Partners in the transaction aiming the divestment of our business unit in Russia, and specially for the contribution and performance we received from the whole team led by you Anton, assessing us timely and with excellence, admirable devotion and high professional care the full process until completion, and this, in a very complex environment due to internal and external factors in Russia. We really appreciated your strategic view and pragmatic approach on this deal enabling us to achieve the goal with an extraordinary result. Thanks a lot for your valuable contribution, either personal and professional.
Patrick Aspero, Compliance & Legal Director Europe The GB FOODS
Amway Central Asia regularly applies to ALUMNI Partners for advice on various issues of corporate, regulatory, and labor law in Kazakhstan. The office of ALUMNI Partners in Almaty, headed by Anton Panchenkov, is always very responsive and helpful, providing high quality legal advice in a timely manner. We greatly appreciate ALUMNI’s deep understanding of our business needs.
Maxim Bobin, Legal Director Amway Central Asia

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Anton is listed among the recommended lawyers by the leading Russian national ranking Pravo-300 in Corporate law/ M&A (High market), TMT (Telecommunications, Media, Technology), Private Equity and Digital Economy/ FinTech in 2024.
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Anton is also recognised among the best lawyers in TMT (Telecommunications, Media, Technology) and Digital Economy / FinTech in the Russian federal ranking of Kommersant publishing house in 2025.
IFLR1000
IFLR1000
Anton is listed as a ‘Notable practitioner’ in IFLR1000 ranking and is also included in The Best Lawyers in Russia 2020 - 2022 list.
The Legal 500
The Legal 500
Anton is featured as a ‘Recommended Lawyer’ in The Legal 500 ranking in Commercial, Corporate and M&A.