Anton Konnov

Partner

Dubai

CIS Desk

Anton is a corporate partner and the global head of the CIS Desk. He has advised extensively on a broad range of corporate, regulatory, infrastructure and general commercial matters and on a number of high-profile corporate transactions including M&As, joint ventures and corporate restructurings in the CIS in a wide range of business sectors including TMT, oil and gas, financial institutions and manufacturing.

Anton is both Russian and New York law qualified. He is recognised as a leading lawyer in Corporate and M&A and Energy & Natural Resources by legal directories. The Best Lawyers named Anton a leading lawyer in Corporate Law, M&A, Energy and Natural Resources Law, Investment, Project Finance and Development Practice. According to Chambers Europe, Anton is singled out for his ‘strong communication skills and a very commercial and practical approach to negotiations’.

Expertise

Practices

Corporate and M&A

Employment and Benefits

Antitrust and Competition

Projects

Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations

Sectors

Energy

Banks

Mining and Metals

Communications and Media

Office

Dubai

11th Floor, Burj Daman Building, Al Mustaqbal Street, Dubai International Financial Centre
Dubai
PO Box 506678

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CIS Desk

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Qualifications

Professional

Admitted as lawyer, Russia, 1999

Admitted to the bar, State of New York, USA, 2007

Academic

Diploma, Law, Moscow State University, 1999

LLM, Corporate Law, New York University School Of Law, 2006

Publications: 23 November 2023

Understanding the energy transition in Central Asia and Caucasus

Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Georgia have all set off on a journey of energy transition, but each of these countries is taking a path of its own, as Anton Konnov, Alexey Mareev and Arthur…

Publications: 05 July 2023

Global sanctions on Russia accelerate focusing on sanctions circumvention and Russia responds

Publications: 21 April 2021

Developments in US sanctions targeting Russia