CMS leads the Bloomberg league table of legal advisors for M&A in Russia for H1 2009.
CMS has advised on 4 deals involving Russian targets with a total value exceeding 1,6 bln USD.
These included the US$150 million acquisition by VTB Bank of 19.90% of Otkritie Financial Corporation.
John Hammond, Managing Partner of CMS in Russia, commented: “This is a remarkable achievement for the firm in what is currently a very difficult market, and underscores the success of our strategy of building strong industry focused teams in the Moscow office.”
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