Lira Pogodina

Advised Sberbank Investments and Russia-China Investment Fund on a RUB 1.6 bn investment structured as a syndicated venture loan to the Eruditor Group holding company, owner of the leading Russian professional information services marketplace Profi and Zoon. This innovative transaction was the first syndicated venture capital loan on the Russian market.

Advised Reksoft Group on acquiring a 100% ownership interest in RNT Group, a stakeholder in OOO EPAM Systems, a Russian subsidiary of global software developer EPAM Systems Inc., the transaction being a landmark development for the Russian IT industry. This transaction was recognised as M&A Deal of the Year in the IT industry in 2023 by Kommersant Publishing House and won the special Pravo-300 2023 rating category "M&A: Deals with Foreign Shareholders".

Advised Sberbank on the recently completed sale of Eurocement Group debt and equity, following an electronic auction, to the winning bidder – Mikhaylovsky Construction Materials Plant – for an aggregate consideration of RUB 161 bn – positively reviewed by Sberbank as “Unique in terms of size and structure, the transaction is unprecedented on the Russian market. It has been closed by means of an open and transparent market procedure during which participants raised their bids over 40 times.”