Alexey V. Kiyashko

Partner, Capital Markets; Mergers and Acquisitions

Alexey Kiyashko has practiced law in Skadden’s Moscow, New York and Paris offices and is currently a co-head of the Moscow office. Mr. Kiyashko rejoined the Moscow office in February 2002 after working as counsel at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London. He focuses on international M&A and corporate finance transac- tions, and has been repeatedly ranked as a leading individual in Chambers Global, Chambers Europe, IFLR1000 and The Legal 500 EMEA, which named him as a member of its Commer- cial, Corporate and M&A: Moscow Hall of Fame in 2021 and 2020. He also was named as the 2020 Corporate Law Moscow Lawyer of the Year in The Best Lawyers in .

Mr. Kiyashko has represented major Russian groups and Western companies in connection with cross-border M&A, corporate and restructuring transactions, including:

T: 7.499.270.2102 -- ExxonMobil in connection with the entering into, and subsequent withdrawal from, joint F: 7.495.797.4601 venture agreements with , a Russian oil company; [email protected] -- Eurasia Drilling Company Limited, the largest provider of onshore drilling services in Russia, in connection with the announced purchase of 51% of its total issued share capital by Schlumberger, the world’s leading provider of technology to the oil and gas industry; Education LL.M., New York University -- the controlling shareholder of Cherkizovo Group, the largest vertically integrated meat and School of Law, 1995 feed producer in Russia listed in Moscow and London, in connection with the acquisition of 21.05% of the group’s ordinary shares and global depositary receipts (GDRs) from the Law Degree, Moscow State Institute of funds and portfolios under the management of Prosperity Capital Management; International Relations (MGIMO), 1994 (with honors) -- National CinemaChain LLC, a Russian company controlled by Suleyman and Said Kerimov, in its US$120 million sale of Russia’s largest cinema chain, Cinema Park, to entities Bar Admissions affiliated with A&NN Investments, a Russian group controlled by ; New York -- Otkritie Holding, the largest privately owned Russian financial group by assets, in connection Russian Federation with the US$1.45 billion acquisition from , a Russian oil company, of 100% of shares of JSC Arkhangelskgeoldobycha, a Russian producer and seller of rough diamonds Recent Publications operating the Verkhotinskoye diamond field; “COVID-19: Russian Capital Markets -- Roust Trading Limited, the ultimate shareholder of Russian Standard Bank, in a U.K. Update,” Skadden, Arps, Slate, court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement to restructure two series of eurobonds in the Meagher & Flom LLP, April 9, 2020 amount of US$550 million. The bonds were issued by Russian Standard Finance S.A., “COVID-19: Russia Introduces a Luxembourg-based special purpose vehicle, to fund related loans to Russian Standard Bankruptcy Filing Moratorium,” Bank. This was the first time that an English scheme of arrangement had been used to Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom implement a restructuring to address capital adequacy issues for a Russian bank; LLP, April 8, 2020 -- entities associated with the Foundation and several other Russian investors in the sale of all of their shares in OJSC Uralkali, one of the world’s largest Languages potash producers based in Russia; and of all of their shares in PIK Group OJSC, one of Russian Russia’s leading residential real estate developers; English French (proficient)

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-- Nafta Moskva in connection with a number of transactions, -- QIWI plc, a provider of electronic payment services, in its US$212 including in its: million initial public offering of ADS with a listing on the Nasdaq • acquisition of a significant stake in OJSC Uralkali; Global Select Market, and its listing of ADS on the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange. QIWI plc was the first Russian • acquisition of shares and American depositary shares (ADS) company to complete an IPO under the U.S. JOBS Act, and the of OJSC , a leading gold mining company in first foreign company to list on a Russian stock exchange; Russia; and -- the underwriters in two U.S. SEC-registered offerings of preferred • acquisition of shares and GDRs of PIK Group OJSC; shares by OAO, a Russian mining and metals company, -- Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. in its US$180 million with the listing of ADS on the New York Stock Exchange; acquisition of Natur Produkt International JSC; -- the underwriters in the US$400 million IPO of ordinary shares and -- a Russian investor in connection with a proposed investment and a GDRs of OJSC TransContainer, an intermodal container transpor- shareholders’ agreement regarding OAO GMK , the tation and logistics company. This was the first major privatization world’s leading producer of nickel and palladium; conducted by the Russian government as part of its US$50 billion privatization program; -- Holdings & Investments Ltd. in the US$5.2 billion sale of its 25% stake in OJSC MegaFon to AF Telecom and a subsidiary -- OJSC Protek, Russia’s largest vertically integrated pharmaceutical of MegaFon; and , in connection with the IPO of its shares with listing on the Russian Trading System and the Moscow Interbank -- VimpelCom Limited in its US$30 billion exchange offer for OJSC Currency Exchange; and VimpelCom, a Russian telecommunications company, and its business combination with CJSC G.S.M., a Ukrainian -- the underwriters in the US$435 million secondary offering by telecommunications company. OJSC , a Russian food retailer.

In the corporate finance arena, Mr. Kiyashko’s experience includes Mr. Kiyashko was a member of the ’s Committee advising, among others: on Primary Equity Markets, a committee advising the Moscow Exchange and the Russian securities market regulator on how to -- the lead underwriters in the US$400 million IPO of ordinary improve the legislative and regulatory framework for the equity shares of Segezha Group PJSC on the Moscow Exchange; capital markets in Russia. -- National Atomic Company Kazatomprom and Sovereign Wealth Fund Samruk-Kazyna (as selling shareholder) in Kazatomprom’s IPO of GDRs and shares. The shares and GDRs are listed on the Astana International Exchange (AIX) recently launched by the Astana International Financial Centre – the first-ever listing on the AIX; -- Cherkizovo Group in connection with the delisting of its GDRs from the London Stock Exchange; -- PIK Group OJSC, a real estate developer and home builder, in connection with its US$330 million secondary offering of newly issued shares to existing shareholders and certain anchor investors, which also included an underwritten offering via an accelerated bookbuilding to institutional investors organized by VTB Capital and Sberbank CIB;

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