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Igor KOSTENNIKOV

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Partner, Deputy Head of Corporate and Commercial

Specialization:

Corporate law and M&A, Contract law, Legal regulation of foreign investments, International arbitration

Industry:

Real estate, Aviation and Defense industry, Banking and Finance, Retail, Innovations and IT, Pharmaceuticals and healthcare

Marked by the Kommersant ranking among the legal services market leaders in the area "Transborder economic activities" and "Banking and finance law".
Marked with international ranking The Best Lawyers among the best Russian specialists in the direction of "Banking and Finace Law".
Recommended Pravo.ru-300 among the legal services market leaders in the areas "Corporate and M&A" and "Foreign trade / Customs law and currency regulation".

Advises clients of the Firm on the matters of Russian law, international law, European Union law.

Has experience of legal due diligence of Russian enterprises (construction, investments and banking).

Member of the Russian-British Program of exchange of young lawyers, within the framework of which took training courses in English law firms and Bar associations, city of London (Great Britain).
Represents the interests of the Firm’s clients in Russian courts of general jurisdiction and courts of arbitration. Has experience of participation in the protection of interests of the Firm’s clients in international commercial arbitration. Author and co-author of a number of publications (including abroad).

Renders legal support to external commercial transactions, elaborates and does legal study of agreements, constituent and internal documents of legal entities.

2008 Graduate from the Faculty of Law of the Saint Petersburg State University.

2009 Has a diploma of the College of Europe – joint program of MGIMO(U) of the MFA of Russia and the College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium.

2009 Associate of the YUST Law Firm.

2010 Graduate cum laude of the European Law Institute of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the MFA of Russia. Master at Law.

2014 Senior Associate of the YUST Law Firm.

2018

Associated Partner of the YUST Law Firm.

2023

Partner of the YUST Law Firm.