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Herbert Smith bolsters Moscow capital markets

Author: Sofia Lind

Published: 05/09/2008 11:21

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Herbert Smith has hired a senior lawyer from Russian investment bank Renaissance Capital as a partner in its Moscow office.

Evgeny Zelensky was executive director and co-head of legal and compliance at the bank, which specialises in emerging markets, until June this year.

Zelensky has joined the City firm’s capital markets practice in Moscow, which he will help develop alongside office head Allen Hanen and corporate partners Alexei Roudiak and Nick Moore.

Zelensky’s practice focuses on Russian capital markets transactions and equity capital markets (ECM) deals.

He took up his position at Renaissance Capital in October 2004, managing a 90-strong legal team. He joined the bank from US law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton’s Moscow office.

Hanen commented: “Evgeny is one of only a handful of Russian ECM specialists with deep experience in this market, so his recruitment is particularly important to us.

“He is well known and highly regarded across the investment banking community in Moscow and will give what is already a strong practice a great opportunity to significantly expand our market share and to deepen our relationships with banks and issuers alike.”

Herbert Smith’s Moscow capital markets team counts Renaissance Capital among its clients, along with Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan, Alfa Bank and Trust Bank.

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