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Throughout his career, Anton has supervised M&A, private equity and joint venture deals in various sectors, with a particular emphasis on energy and natural resources, real estate and infrastructure, retail and consumer goods, banking and finance, TMT, and industrial manufacturing.
For twenty years, Anton was responsible for establishing, launching and managing the Corporate and M&A practice which, under his leadership, has become one of the largest, most resourceful, versatile and the most sought M&A teams in the Russian market.Experience
- acting as counsel to the shareholders of Zapadnaya Gold Mining on the sale of the group to a private investor – “Deal of the Year, 2025” by Kommersant Legal Rating
- providing a full scale legal support to Avito in relation to its strategic acquisition of AdRiver and Soloway advertising platforms
- providing full scale legal support to Yandex in its acquisition of Pruffme, a Russian technology solution to be used in client’s new interactive online whiteboard service – Yandex Concept
- providing full scale legal support to Eurasia-Logistics with the acquisition of the Taganrog grain terminal
- advising Amur Minerals on the sale of Kun-Manie Project to Bering Metals LLC – “Deal of the Year, 2023” by Kommersant Legal Rating
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- English
- Russian
- Italian
- Spanish
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Load moreWe are pleased to announce the successful completion of the transaction whereby our client has sold Zapadnaya Gold Mining Group of Companies to a private investor.
We are pleased to announce the successful completion of the transaction for our client: Avito’s acquisition of a group running the AdRiver and Soloway advertising platforms which play an integral role in the online advertising market in Russia.
SPIMEX and BIRCH LEGAL held a joint meeting on the project to create an international system of price indicators.
Testimonials
Anton was personally mentioned as a leading lawyer in Corporate and M&A (high market) in the Pravo300 Legal Rating 2026
Anton has been recognized as a leading lawyer in Corporate and M&A, TMT by the Kommersant Legal Rating 2025
Anton was personally mentioned as a leading lawyer in Corporate and M&A, TMT in the Pravo300 Legal Rating 2025
Anton was personally mentioned as a leading lawyer in Corporate and M&A, Energy and Natural Resources, TMT in the Pravo300 Legal Rating 2024
Anton was personally mentioned as a leading lawyer in Corporate and M&A in the Pravo300 Legal Rating 2023
For many years, Anton Sitnikov has been recommended by The Legal 500, Chambers and Partners, Who's Who Legal in Corporate and M&A, Energy and Natural Resources
“Anton Sitnikov is personable, measured, and very on-the-ball on legal matters”, The Legal 500 2021
“Very good in deal structuring, negotiations and strategy”, IFLR1000 2020
“Anton Sitnikov is a great leader not only when it comes to his department, but also in terms of handling clients’ projects”, The Legal 500 2020
Anton has been recognized as a Leading Individual in Commercial, Corporate and M&A by The Legal 500 2018-2021
“Anton is extremely client-oriented and pragmatic and always tries to achieve exactly what clients want, regardless of the budget, deadline or scope”, Chambers Europe 2018
Anton was personally mentioned as a leading lawyer in Corporate and Finance, Energy and Infrastructure in IFLR1000 2014-2020
Anton has been selected by Best Lawyers in Russia 2009-2022 for his work in Corporate law, M&A, Competition / Antitrust law, Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Banking and Finance law