Konstantin Mineev is an associate in the Moscow office and focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Mineev is also experienced in international private equity transactions and advising on corporate structuring matters. Mr. Mineev concentrates on the retail and oil and gas industries as well as sector of financial institutions.
Mr. Mineev’s representative transactions include—
- Alfa-Access-Renova consortium (AAR) - on the amendment and restatement of the shareholders agreement for TNK-BP, the leading Russian oil company formed by the merger of BP's and AAR's Russian and Ukrainian oil and gas assets
- Urals Energy (a leading Russian independent oil company) - on the US$590 m acquisition of Taas-Yuriakh Neftegazodobycha, a privately owned Russian exploration and production company
- Geotech Oil Services Holding (a major Russian oilfield services company) - on the US$100 m private placement of shares to institutional investors
- Otkritie Financial Corporation - on the sale of a 19.9% interest to Russian state-owned bank JSC Bank VTB
- ING Continental Europe - on the sale of a non-state pension fund business in Russia to Aviva plc
- Altimo (former Alfa Telecom) - on various corporate matters under Russian law in telecommunication sphere
- Rusnano, Russian state corporation in the sphere of high technologies, -on a number of hi-tech joint venture projects
- the Cherkizovo Group (one of Russia's leading integrated diversified meat producers) - on the US$143 m acquisition of 100% of the shares in the holding company of OAO Chicken Kingdom from a group of US private equity investors
- Prof-Media Group (a major Russian media holding) - on the US$360 m acquisition of the MTV Russia
- Finstar (a major Russian financial group) - on the US$155 m acquisition of Rive Gauche, a major premium perfume retail chain
- Cersanit (Magellan Pro-Equity Fund) - on the US$61 m acquisition of Lira Ceramica group, a major Russian ceramic tile producer
- a major Japanese investment bank - on acquisition of a minority stake in a Russian railroad transportation company
- a major Russian oil and gas company - on private placement of shares to strategic investors
- a major Chinese power generation company - on a joint venture project in Russia.
Prior to joining Akin Gump, Mr. Mineev was an associate with major international law firm in Moscow.
Mr. Mineev received his D.L. in 2007 from the Moscow State University (MGU). The same year he also received his certificate of Legal Interpreter from MGU. He is a native speaker of Russian and is proficient in English.