Sergei Voitishkin heads the Russia Corporate/M&A Practice Group of Baker & McKenzie. IFLR 1000 ranks Mr. Voitishkin as a leading adviser in its 2008 and 2009 editions, describing him as a “pragmatic and resourceful deal turner” and a “leader in the market.” He has also been recommended by Chambers Europe 2008, European Legal Experts 2008 and European Legal 500-2008 in the area of corporate/M&A. He regularly participates in various conferences and seminars, and was a speaker at the Russia Foreign Investment Law Conference in November 2008. Mr. Voitishkin graduated from the Law Department of Moscow State University and holds a degree in linguistics from the Moscow Institute of Foreign Languages.

Practice Focus

Mr. Voitishkin focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, as well as general corporate law matters. He has served as a lead attorney on several multimillion mergers and acquisitions in Russia and has advised major multinational and Russian clients on structuring acquisitions and corporate reorganizations in various industries.

Representative Legal Matters

• Advising West Siberian Resources Ltd, а Bermuda incorporated independent oil company listed on the OMX Nordic Exchange Stockholm, on its merger with Alliance Oil. The combined market capitalization of the companies amounted to approximately USD2.25 billion.
• Advising KBC Group on its acquisition of Absolut Bank in a deal valued USD1 billion.
• Advising Territorial Generating Company No.5 and Territorial Generating Company No. 9 on a dual-track placement of shares to strategic investors and a public offering (IPO).

Admission

Russia (1998)

Education

Moscow State University  (Law Degree) (1997)
Moscow State Institute of Foreign Languages (1988)