Advises private equity funds, asset managers and multinational corporations in relation to mergers and acquisitions (M&A), co-investments, joint ventures and other complex corporate transactions.
Has experience across a range of sectors, including energy, consumer goods, technology and financial services.

Andrew is a counsel in the corporate practice of the London office.

Prior to joining Akin, Andrew practised 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.

Representative Work

Advised:
- Energy Equation Partners and Stonepeak on:
  - Their €2.5 billion acquisition of a majority interest in JET, a leading fuel retailer in Germany and Austria, from Phillips 66;
  - The acquisition of Anwim S.A., one of Poland's fastest-growing fuel companies, from Enterprise Investors.
- A leading private credit fund manager on its proposed hybrid capital investment in a technology company.
- Mubadala Capital, the wholly owned asset management subsidiary of Mubadala Investment Company, on its acquisition of a majority stake in Bugaboo Group, a global market leader in strollers and premium children’s consumer products.
- The acquiror of upstream assets in Africa for an aggregate consideration exceeding $1.5 billion.
- Helios Investment Partners and Helios Fairfax Partners Corporation on their offer to acquire CAB Payments Holdings Plc, whose subsidiaries include Crown Agents Bank Limited, a bank authorised by the UK PRA.
- An infrastructure fund manager on its co-investment alongside a multilateral development bank in a Polish renewable energy group.
- A German multinational financial services company on its €2 billion joint venture, creating a pan-African insurance group across 29 countries.
- Reckitt Benckiser Group plc on a $2.2 billion carve out and sale of its infant formula and child nutrition business in China to Primavera Capital Group, a private equity firm.
- A multinational energy and services company on its proposed acquisition of strategic gas storage assets in the UK.
- A Swiss-based multinational energy and commodity trading company on the sale by its subsidiary of its 50% interest in a Ukrainian oil and gas company to its joint venture partner.
- 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.
- A private equity firm and a biotech company on the carve-out and sale of a pharmaceutical plant to a German pharmaceutical company. This transaction was one of the largest foreign investments in the Ukrainian pharmaceutical industry.
- A fund manager on an IRR-linked phantom shares incentive plan for senior managers of its energy portfolio company.
- A fund managed by a private equity firm with around £10 billion AUM on the Ukrainian aspects of its investment in a US software company.
- The founders of an artificial intelligence start-up on its sale to a NASDAQ-listed company.
List may include matters worked on prior to joining Akin.