Anatoly E. Andriash
Anatoly’s career with Macleod Dixon began in 1996 when he joined the firm as an associate. In 2002, Anatoly was appointed Managing Partner of the firm’s practice in the Russian Federation. Previously, he had worked in the internal legal department of the State Customs Committee and as in-house legal counsel for a medical and then a construction company.
Anatoly is often commented by his peers and by professional legal ranking organizations for his "western concept of client service". His approach is that to give clients the level of service they expect, a legal practitioner needs to have not only an in-depth knowledge of the law and the judicial system, but also an excellent grasp of business and commercial issues. In this connection Anatoly recently successfully completed an MBA programme at a London business school.
Anatoly has been involved in several high profile and large-scale projects, building up an impressive portfolio of clients in the natural resources and telecommunications industries. Some examples of his transactional expertise include:
- Advising on optimal corporate strategies for companies working in the energy sector
- Project financing for various industries in Russia
- Acquisitions and dispositions in the sphere of natural resources and telecommunications
- Advising on IPOs and private placements in the capital markets sector
- Application of the Kyoto Protocol in Russia
- Cross-border transactions with the participation of Russian major oil & gas companies
Anatoly is a regular speaker at mining conferences. He has been elected Director of the Canada Russia Business Association (CERBA) in Moscow, a role he uses to promote and further strengthen ties between the Canadian and Russian business communities not only in Moscow, but also throughout Russia. Anatoly is a member of the International Bar Association.
Anatoly looks ahead to trends and developments in the practice of law in Russia. Not only is the world of doing business becoming increasingly complex but, according to Anatoly, clients are more sophisticated in the demands they place on a lawyer, expecting greater in-depth knowledge in a particular field of law coupled with an understanding of western business practices and commercial terms of the deals.
- OU Business School, London, MBA, 2005
- Moscow State Institute of International Relations, International Law, 1994
- Russian
- English
- Swedish
- Director, Canada Russia Business Association (CERBA)
- Member, International Bar Association
- Speaker, "Challenges Facing Foreign Investors in Russia", International Petroleum Week, London UK, February 2008
- Interview, Russia's oil industry threatened by high taxes, maturing fields, Oil and Gas Journal, February 2008
- Co-author, "Some Practical Recommendations with respect to Implementation of New Subsoil Legislation" published in Oil & Gas Vertical magazine, March 2000
- Speaker, "Investment in the Russian Mining Sector", PDAC Conference, 2000 in Toronto
- Speaker, "Legal Aspects of Investment Risks in the Russian Mining Sector", "Gold 2001" Conference in Moscow
- Speaker, "Legal Aspects and Perspectives of Application of PSAs in the Russian Mining Sector", "Gold 2002" Conference in Moscow
- Speaker, "New Draft of Subsoil Code in Russia", Conference, 2002 in Moscow
- Speaker, "Legal Aspects of Investment Risks in the Russian Mining Sector", PDAC Conference, 2006 in Toronto
Career Highlights include:
- Establishing western/Russian joint ventures for clients, including for one of the world’s largest commodity producers
- Assisting the largest Russian gas producer with negotiations and the implementation of a production sharing agreement in one of the CIS countries
- Advising the world’s largest aluminum company on the acquisition of assets in the Republic of Guyana
- Advising Barrick Gold Corporation, one of the top gold mining companies in the world, on several transactions connected with the acquisition of mining properties in Russia
- Assisting in the sale of assets in Russia of the world’s largest telecommunications company
- Advising Nova Ljubljanska Banka on the acquisition of a Russian bank
- Counselling a Canadian public company on the proposed acquisition of one of the largest Russian mining companies
- Advising a Canadian oil company holding assets in Russia on the numerous legal considerations of listing on the London Stock Exchange
- Review and analyses of the legislative and regulatory frameworks at both the federal and regional levels in a World Bank project for the reform of the Russian power sector
- Advising an international gas consortium on production sharing legislation and drafting a production sharing agreement
- Advising the Canadian Government on issues relating to the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol in Russia
- Chambers Global 2008 Ranking for Energy & Natural Resources
