Inara Blagopoluchnaya

Ms. Blagopoluchnaya’s experience includes representing:

• the Magnum Ice Cream Company (TMICC) in its separation, demerger and spin-off from Unilever PLC, creating the world’s largest stand-alone ice cream business, with brands including Magnum, Ben & Jerry’s, Wall’s and Cornetto
• Alussa Energy Acquisition Corp. II on its $288 million IPO on the New York Stock Exchange of units consisting of shares and warrants
• Fix Price on its $2 billion IPO of GDRs on the London Stock Exchange
• Kismet Acquisition One, a special purpose acquisition company, in its $1.9 billion initial merger with Nexters Global Limited. As a result of the merger, Nexters became a publicly traded company
• several major multinational companies in various industries in connection with exiting the Russian market and winding down their business and operations in Russia, which has involved advising on complex M&A, regulatory, sanctions and other legal issues, including:
  • Citigroup, Inc. in connection with the sale of AO Citibank, Citi’s former Russian subsidiary, to Renaissance Capital
  • Frigoglass Group in the divestment of its Russia business
  • Unilever PLC in the sale of its Russia business to Arnest Group
  • a U.S.-headquartered global logistics company on the disposal of its 50% interest in a joint venture to a Russia-based food manufacturer
  • L’Occitane in the divestiture of its Russian business to local management
  • Renault Group on the sale of Renault Russia to the city of Moscow and the disposal of its 67.69% interest in AvtoVaz to NAMI
  • Ball Corporation in the $530 million sale of its beverage packaging business in Russia to Arnest Group
• Yandex N.V. in connection with the restructuring of several of its joint ventures in the e-commerce and fintech sectors
• Endo International plc in connection with its $8.1 billion acquisition of Par Pharmaceutical Holdings, Inc., which included the related acquisition financing, including a $2.3 billion offering of ordinary shares and a $1.64 billion Rule 144A/Regulation S high-yield offering of 6% senior notes
• Fortress Group in connection with a number of financings and investments
• Tele2 Russia in its merger with a leading Russian telecom operator
• the underwriters in the initial public offering of ordinary shares and listing on the New York Stock Exchange of Luxoft Holding, Inc., a provider of software development services and information technology solutions
• Marazzi Group and Permira Funds in the $1.5 billion sale of the Marazzi Group, a leading manufacturer and marketer of ceramic tile in the U.S., Russia, Italy, France and Spain, to Mohawk Industries, Inc.
• VimpelCom Limited in its $30 billion exchange offer for OJSC VimpelCom and its business combination with CJSC Kiyvstar G.S.M., a Ukrainian telecommunications company