About us
Avakian, Tuktarov and Partners (ATP) is a leading law firm in Russian capital and loan markets. In debt and equity financing the firm provides its clients legal advice which embraces local focus and international quality.
ATP advises lenders, borrowers, pledgors, financial sponsors, arrangers, issuers, business sellers and purchasers and has significant experience in all aspects of structuring, negotiating and drafting finance and commercial documents in connection with secured and syndicated lending, bond issuance, IPO, business acquisition in banking, construction, leasing, investment, telecommunication, metallurgical, mining, transport and other industries.
The firm’s mainstream products are project and real estate finance, secured lending and domestic bond and equity offerings.
Our clients include Goldman Sachs, International Finance Corporation, Hungarian Export-Import Bank Pte Ltd., Hungarian Export Credit Insurance Pte Ltd. (MEHIB), Association of Regional Banks of Russia, GE Money Bank, Synergy, Kolmar, commercial bank “GPB-Ipoteka”, commercial bank “Delta Credit”, Group of companies “REGION”, Moscow Region Mortgage Agency, Khanty-Mansiyskaya Leasing Company “Otkrytie” and other domestic and foreign companies.
ATP’s main strengths are tailor-made structuring of security and other transactional matters and proactive approach to the needs and interests of the client. Extensive expertise in Russian law, in-depth knowledge of international practice and cooperation with leading European law firms enable the firm to deliver a most sophisticated advice to the client in both domestic and cross-border transactions.
ATP closely liaises with state authorities and intergovernmental organisations inclusive of the Ministry for Economic Development of the Russian Federation, the Federal Service for Financial Markets, the State Duma of the Russian Federation and the International Finance Corporation. ATP made significant contribution to the development of Russian financial law as the main drafter of the Federal Law “On Securitisation” (2008) and the new disclosure rules with respect to mortgage-backed securities (2009).