Rich Wilkie is the partner in charge of the Moscow office. Mr. Wilkie's practice primarily emphasizes U.S. and international capital markets transactions; cross-border merger, acquisition and disposition transactions; international law; and general corporate law. Mr. Wilkie has served as counsel in transactions representing—
- a major Russian oil company in acquiring a Canadian publicly listed oil company with assets in Kazakhstan for $2.4 billion
- a major Russian mining company in connection with the sale of its 50 percent stake held in a New York Stock Exchange-listed U.S. mining company through a U.S. public offering for $1.0 billion
- a major Russian oil company in connection with multiple Rule 144A/Reg S offerings of Eurobonds and convertible bonds aggregating over $4.0 billion
- a major Russian oil company in entering into a $2.4 billion equity and upstream strategic alliance with a major U.S. oil company
- leading international investment banks in offerings by a major offshore drilling company of $1 billion of senior debt and $300 million of preferred stock
- a major Russian oil company in connection with acquiring a 49 percent stake in a European refinery for $2.0 billion and entering into a joint venture for the operation of the refinery
- a major Russian oil company in its sale of a $1.4 billion equity interest in a Caspian Sea energy consortium to an international energy company
- a major Russian oil company in the first full secondary listing by a Russian company on the London Stock Exchange
- a leading international investment bank in an $800 million offering of zero-coupon convertible notes by a large U.S. manufacturing and engineering company
- the sale by shareholders of a leading Russian investment bank for $425 million to a leading European investment bank
- a major Russian oil company in connection with a $750 million privatization offering by the Russian government
- a U.S. manufacturing company in connection with the $105 million sale of the company to a major international oil services company
- a large U.K. electricity supply company in a U.S. initial public offering and subsequent equity offerings in an aggregate amount of $500 million
- a major Russian oil company in connection with offerings of $350 million of convertible bonds and $340 million of mandatorily convertible bonds
- a Russian independent natural gas company in an initial public offering
- a U.K. independent oil and gas company in a million initial public offering of ADRs
- a large U.S. aviation services company in connection with a $200 million bond offering
- a consortium of investment banks in a $160 million initial public offering by a leading provider of e-business solutions to emerging Internet businesses.
Mr. Wilkie received his B.B.A. with honors in 1986 and his J.D. with honors in 1991 from the University of Texas at Austin. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas.