Andrew Finogin
Associate
Areas of Focus
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Private Equity Transactions
- Corporate & Finance
- Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
- Technology
- United Kingdom & Europe
- Advises private equity funds and multinational corporations in relation to M&A, joint ventures and general corporate matters.
Andrew is an associate in the corporate practice of the London office.
His practice focuses on cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A), co-investments, joint ventures and private equity transactions.
Andrew advises major private equity houses, asset managers and management teams across a range of sectors, including the technology and financial services sectors.
Prior to joining Akin, Andrew practiced at a magic circle law firm in London. Andrew was also the general counsel of a technology company and has experience of working in-house for a private equity fund manager focused on telecommunications.
Andrew is fluent in Ukrainian and Russian.
- Advised a specialist infrastructure fund manager on its co-investment alongside a multilateral development bank in a Polish renewable energy group.*
- Advised a German multinational financial services company on its €2 billion joint venture, creating a pan-African insurance group across 29 countries.*
- Advised a Swiss-based Dutch multinational energy and commodity trading company on the sale by its subsidiary of its 50% interest in a Ukrainian petroleum company to its joint venture partner.*
- Advised a British multinational consumer goods company on a $2.2 billion carve out and sale of its Chinese infant nutrition business to a Chinese private equity firm.*
- Advised a fintech company on a CMA-mandated disposal of a fintech business to an Australian private equity firm and a carve-out and re-acquisition of a business division.*
LanguagesUkrainian
Russian
Ukrainian
Russian
EducationLL.B. (Hons), Kyiv University School of Law, with distinction, 2008
Master of Arts in Law, University of Oxford, with distinction, 2010
LL.B. (Hons), Kyiv University School of Law, with distinction, 2008
Master of Arts in Law, University of Oxford, with distinction, 2010
Bar AdmissionsSolicitor, England and Wales
Solicitor, England and Wales
