Airi Hammalov

• Advised Daiwa Securities Group on its USD 120 million investment via the acquisition of bonds in Global X, a US based issuer of ETFs and owned by South Korea’s Mirae Asset Global Investments.

• Advised One Equity Partners on its carve-out acquisition of ORS Medco, a leading wholesaler of industrial and automotive aftermarket products serving over 15,000 distributors and resellers.

• Advised Embracer Group, the Swedish publicly traded video game holding company, with respect to its acquisition of the assets of Saber Interactive, a leading game developer and publisher with more than 600 employees across six offices.

Prior to joining the Firm, Airi handled the following matters:

• Advised Boulevard, a public investment vehicle affiliated with Avenue Capital, on its business combination with Estre, the largest waste management company in Brazil.

• Advised Vertical Bridge, the largest private owner and operator of communications infrastructure in the US, in the acquisition by Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) of a 30% stake in the main operating subsidiary of Vertical Bridge.

• Advised Arlington Capital on its sale of Avalign, a leading manufacturer of implants and surgical instruments to specialty surgical markets with operations in Germany and the US, to Linden Capital Partners.

• Advised AstraZeneca, Volvo and Smiths Group on their US acquisitions and divestments.

• Advised the State of Alaska on Alaska Gas Development Corporation’s joint ventures with ExxonMobil, BP, ConocoPhillips and other strategic partners in the US and globally.

• Advised Vista Equity Partners, a leading PE firm focusing on software and technology-enabled businesses with over USD 30 billion in assets, on various sales and acquisitions of its portfolio companies.

• Advised Centre Partners on its acquisition of Nearly Natural, a rapidly growing e-commerce platform of artificial plants with operations in the US, Asia and South America.