English / Russian
Antitrust Law - Corporate Criminal Law & Compliance - Corporate/M&A
Nikolay Potanin is Senior Associate at ADVANT Beiten's Moscow office and a member of the Corporate/M&A practice group. His practice area comprises issues in the fields of corporate law, mergers & acquisitions, as well as civil and commercial law. Specifically, he advises his national and international clients on establishing joint ventures, protecting the rights of their participants, and associated general corporate law issues. His field of expertise is corporate, currency, antimonopoly, commercial and civil law, communications with state authorities, and other aspects of law that are pertinent when conducting business in the Russian Federation. He is experienced in acquiring businesses through share deals, establishing and structuring joint ventures in industrial and retail business, and reorganising existing undertakings.
Nikolay Potanin studied law at Lomonosov Moscow State University. He started his career as a lawyer at CMS Hasche Sigle (later CMS International B.V. (Netherlands)) in Moscow. From 2009 till 2010, Mr Potanin worked as a senior lawyer on corporate law at JSC "The Seventh Continent". He has been working for ADVANT Beiten since 2010.
Publications:
Sanctions. How to Settle a Dispute with a Client
Nikolay Potanin
in: Korporativnyj jurist, 11/2019
The Director exceeded the limit on the corporate card
Nikolay Potanin
in: Trudoviye Spory, 2/2017
A company has a backlog of debts. Instances where the company’s participants would have to pay its debts
Nikolay Potanin
in: Yurist Kompanii, 11/2014
Due Diligence in Russian
Nikolay Potanin
in: Russland aktuell, 22/2013
Comments on the article "Options Contracts in M&A Transactions
and Corporate Relations in the Draft Amendments to the Civil Code of the Russian Federation"
Nikolay Potanin
in: Mergers & Acquisitions, 6/2013
Is Russian Law Acquainted with Guarantees?
Nikolay Potanin
in: Korporativnyj jurist, 02/2011
Lectures/Online Seminars:
Business Breakfast "Contract Management according to the New Rules" (from the Perspective of Reform of the Law of Obligations), ADVANT Beiten CIS, Moscow, 1-3 June 2015
Business Breakfast "Amendments to the Civil Code of the Russian Federation – Impact on Corporate Governance", ADVANT Beiten CIS, Moscow, 18-23 September 2014
Business Breakfast "Confirmation of Annual Results", ADVANT Beiten CIS, Moscow, 25-26 February 2014
Business Breakfast "Civil Law, Material and Disciplinary Liability of the General Director and Members of the Collegial Bodies of Russian Limited Liability Companies", ADVANT Beiten CIS, Moscow, 26-27 November 2013
