Anna
Chikhanatskikh

experience/skills

Before joining О2 Consulting, Anna had worked at a Moscow-based law firm, specialising in English commercial and corporate law.

At O2 Consulting Anna specialises in English law on complex cross-border deals with a value from $30mln and is a part of the firms M&A, Private Equity, VC and Cross-Border JVs team.

Individual
recognition

Anna has been recognized as a consultant in the Intellectual Property category by Pravo-300 and nominated in the Rising Star category in the Legal500 and Chambers & Partners ratings, and in the Leaders of Industry category in the Kommersant rating.

education

LL.B, First Class Honours, Red Diploma, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) (Moscow, 2011).

LL.M in Commercial and Corporate Law, Merit, Queen Mary, University of London (London, 2012).

Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL), Pass, BPP University (London, 2013).

Legal Practice Course (LPC), Commendation, BPP University (London, 2014).

LL.M in Financial Regulation and Compliance, Merit, BPP University (London, 2015).

Accredited Mediator Training Course on Successful Commercial Negotiations, Pass, London School of Mediation (London, 2015).

languages

english

russian

selected projects

• Advising on the English-law governed multi-billion cross-border joint venture of Rusatom Cargo with DP World to develop the Eurasian Container Transit (including through the Northern Sea Route) connecting Europe and Asia through passage ways along Russian Arctic areas

• Advising on the English-law governed multi-billion cross-border management buy-out deal in which a managerial team of British American Tobacco (Russia) purchases shares of the Russian group companies from its international head company (BAT)

• Advising JSC International Tobacco Marketing Services (being a group company of British American Tobacco (Russia)) on the English-law governed multi-billion cross-border purchase of the technology in relation to the heat-not-burn products from the Turkish technology owner

• Advising JSC Rusnano on the English-law governed cross-border exit of JSC Rusnano from a JV in Russia and the return of the multi-billion investments in the Crocus Group

• Advising on the English-law governed acquisition of Italian 5G telecom fiber optics and microwave technologies by a Russian telecom group for approximately $30m

• Advising a real estate development group on the English-law governed acquisition of 50% of a Cypriot company, owning a major Moscow shopping centre, for approximately $100m

• Advising Dzing Finance, UK neo-bank, on the group restructuring and multiple English-law governed white label agreements in the neo-banking sector with partners from the UK and EU

• Advising a Russian software development company on a complex $4.5m English-law governed IT asset acquisition deal, involving securing rights for the use of the source code and supplementary tools from the licensor, major Swizz-based IT company

• Representing interests of a majority investor in the $5m development project by means of the English-law governed acquisition of a group of companies, holding title to the land plot in Saint Petersburg and project development documents

• Advising on the Target Global venture capital fund’s English-law and US-law governed private equity deals in relation to several target tech companies (Simple, intermittent fasting appWannaby, AR solutions for the fashion industry; OneSoil, precision farming app; Cherry Labs, AI-powered computer vision solutions, increasing operational efficiency and improving employee safety)

• Advising the iTech Capital II fund on its acquisition of 25% interest in the capital of Amulex, platform for round-the-clock subscription-based legal services, from Alexey and Vassiliy Berezutskies, private investors and ex-star football players of PFC CSKA

• Advising on the private client English-law governed acquisition of shares in a BVI investment company with the main asset - interest in the iTech Capital I fund Advising on the Tashir Group’s US-law governed investment in a leading global online food delivery marketplace

• Advising on the sale by a majority shareholder of Sbarro Russia fast food chain of his shares in connection with restructuring of the chain’s debt due to Alfa Bank, resulting in Alfa Bank becoming Sbarro Russia’s new controlling shareholder

• Advising Prisma Labs, B-to-C software and mobile applications developer, on all matters related to Prisma’s round A financing, whereby a Cypriot investor acquired 40% in the share capital of the company

• Advising on the private client’s VC investment in the Happybook project, on-line platform that provides tools to create customised photo books and other printable products

• Full-service advice on a range of legal matters, including licensing (with a value of licensing activity exceeding $1m), IPR protection, investment attraction, marketing and corporate activities, of the IT company using neural networks, deep learning and computer vision technics in order to provide photo filters services, transforming photos of users on the PCs and through mobile applications

• Advising on the English-law governed M&A deal integrating RegStaer’s duty-free and duty-paid shops at Vnukovo (Moscow) airport into RegStaer’s JV with Dufry, recognised world leader in travel retail

• Legal due diligence of English-law governed documents establishing a title to and encumbrances over the two big cinema chains in Russia in order to evaluate legal risks and attractiveness of purchasing equity in that business