Artem V. Faekov

Artem Faekov concentrates his practice on cross-border corporate and investment transactions, international finance and projects related to TMT, energy and infrastructure, as well as emerging markets.

Artem has deep experience across a range of cross border transactions, including project finance and development, corporate finance, corporate structuring, M&A, privatisations and private investments by corporates, funds and family offices.

He is recognised in Euromoney’s World’s Leading Lawyers Expert Guides: Banking, Finance and Transactional; Notable Practitioner in IFLR 1000 UK; and is listed in the Legal 500.

Artem’s representative experience includes:

• Advised on $2 billion E-commerce platform joint venture with Alibaba: lead on structuring and negotiating JV, shareholders, adtech and platform contracts
• Advised on digital payments processing joint venture with Alipay: lead in negotiating corporate and digital payments arrangements
• Advised major Scandinavian energy company on analysing and exiting several Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) offshore oil and gas joint ventures, including financing, shareholder and corporate matters
• Acted on a $1.5 billion private acquisition of controlling stake in social media company by strategic buyer
• Lead on $8.5 billion purchase of control over major Russian mobile telecoms operator, shareholder arrangements and relationship with Scandinavian telecoms co-owner. Subsequent advice to main shareholder in connection with the initial public offering (IPO) of such operator
• Lead on structuring and drafting proposed acquisition of Uzbekistan telecoms operator, associated cross-border issues
• Lead on $1.65 billion bank-financed acquisition of mining and ore-processing facilities in the CIS, follow-on $2 billion acquisition of associated facilities, related refinancings and shareholding matters
• Advised Shell on liquefied natural gas regas, transportation and gas sale project (Gujarat, India): worked on gas transportation and sales, negotiations with buyers
• Borrower-side advice on multiple bank financings and associated security documents in the $10 million to $1+ billion range
• Represented a significant secondaries-focused UK private equity fund on M&A aspects of general partner (GP)-led secondaries relating to several European targets, including warrant and indemnity (W&I) issues
• Advised the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on several concession-based secured infrastructure financings in Eastern Europe, concession and security bankability
• Counseled an independent Russia/CIS-oriented energy group in a corporate consolidation involving more than 10 European, CIS and offshore jurisdictions with a view to an initial public offering. Also advised in the subsequent disposal of three Russian oil-producing subsidiaries to a major Russian energy company