Igor Gorchakov

Partner / Advocate

Moscow

Igor is a partner in Banking and Dispute Resolution practices and an advocate at the Advocates Bureau "Allen & Overy Legal Services".

He is an experienced and versatile Russian lawyer specialising in banking and dispute resolution, including domestic and cross-border litigations and arbitrations. His wide ranging banking and finance expertise includes general lending, syndicated lending, project finance, real estate finance, securitisation, derivatives and bank regulation. Igor also practises in the areas of international capital markets and M&A.

Igor is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (ACIArb) and a member of the Moscow Bar Association.

Igor is recognised as a leading practitioner by The Legal 500, Chambers Global, Chambers Europe, IFLR1000 and Pravo.ru-300 legal directories. The current edition of Best Lawyers in Russia named Igor a leading lawyer in Banking and Finance, Litigation, Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Capital Markets, Corporate Law, M&A, and Project Finance and Development practices.

Expertise

Practices

Banking and Finance

Debt Capital Markets

Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations

Projects

International Arbitration

Sectors

Energy

Banks

Infrastructure and Transport

Mining and Metals

Office

Moscow

Allen & Overy Legal Services
Dmitrovsky pereulok 9
Moscow
107031

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Qualifications

Academic

Diploma in law (with high honours), St. Petersburg State University, 2000

Diploma in linguistics, English major, St. Petersburg State University School of Linguistics, 1996

Experience highlights

Insolvency of Russia's second biggest airline

Morgan Stanley on bankruptcy proceedings

Advising VTB Leasing and GTLK on the insolvency of Transaero Airlines, the second biggest airline in Russia.

Advising Morgan Stanley Bank on the bankruptcy proceedings of South Oil Company, JSC being the guarantor under the syndicated loan agreement.

Advising Gazprombank on a RUB30bn credit facility for PJSC "State Transport Leasing Company" (GTLK), to finance the development of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 leasing program.

Advising Goldman Sachs International, ING Bank, Raiffeisen Bank International and AO Raiffeisenbank as mandated lead arrangers on the USD800m leveraged financing of the acquisition of a 70% stake in Far Eastern Shipping Company (FESCO) by the Russian private equity funds Summa and GHP Group.