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History of the Firm
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Recommendations & Recognition
Albert Eganyan, Managing Partner
Albert Eganyan
Managing Partner
Albert Eganyan
Managing Partner

PhD in Law
MCIArb
Chambers Europe 2011 (PPP & Infrastructure)
Legal 500 EMEA 2012
European Legal Experts 2011 (Corporate and M&A)
Lawyer of the Year 2012 in Investment

Practice Areas  
  • Organizational and legal support for infrastructure and PPP projects
  • Project financing, government-backed project financing
  • Law-making; managing regulatory risks; government relations
  • Legal support for major transactions, including mergers
Professional credentials  
  • Since 2003, arbitrator in a number of Russian arbitration tribunals, including arbitration panel of the arbitration tribunal and mediator panel of the mediation service under the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs
  • Since 2000, Partner, Managing Partner of Vegas Lex Law Firm.  
Education  
  • Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK), qualification in the area of international arbitration (MCIArb)
  • Saratov State Academy of Law, Legal Department, defence of a thesis (Cand. Sc.)
  • Law Society of England and Wales,  a course in International Private Law
  • Volgograd State University, Legal Department, majoring in Jurisprudence
Recent Projects - Completed and Ongoing (project supervision)
  • Reconstruction of existing facilities and construction of a new terminal in the Pulkovo Airport
  • Modernization Program for heat supply systems in the Kurgan Region required for receiving financing from Vnesheconombank
  • Sochi Development Corporation
  • Comprehensive investment projects for developing South Yakutia, Transbaikalia, Belkomur, the Amur River Region;
  • Comprehensive development of sites for residential construction purposes in Yekaterinburg (The Akademichesky Project)
  • Setting up the Boguchansky Energy and Metallurgical Union (BEMO) in the Krasnoyarsk Territory 
  • Investment project for integrated circuits production
  • Structuring the first investment projects of the Russian Nanotechnology Corporation
  • Concept of investment-driven development of railroad terminals in Russia
  • Creating a regional hub on the basis of the Koltsovo Airport
  • Creating a timber industry cluster in the Vologda Region
  • Investment projects associated with the 2012 APEC Summit
  • Building transport infrastructure for developing deposits in the Chita Region
  • Modernizing Ulan-Bator railroad
Publications/Speaking Engagements
  • Authored numerous analytical essays and studies and is regularly published in Vedomosti, Commersant, RBC Daily, Zakon (Law), Itogy (Results), Corporate Lawyer, etc.
  • Over 50 speaking engagements at various international and Russian events in 2008-2009.
  • Commissioning editor of two PPP Addenda to the Corporate Lawyer Magazine – Public-private partnership in Russia and Public-private partnership in the crisis context
Major Accomplishments and Awards
  • 2009 – the only Russian adviser recommended by the reputable international Chambers Europe guide for support of infrastructure projects and public-private partnership projects in Russia according to the 2008 results;
  • 2009 - earns gratitude from V.A. Shtyrov, the President of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, for engagement in and personal contribution to the South Yakutia Comprehensive Development Investment Project;
  • 2004 – included in the List of Top 100 Best Representatives of Business and Authorities over 2000–2004 jointly by Publishing House Commersant and Association of Russian Managers.
Publications and comments:
Will investment projects be implemented under the budget deficit?
Denis Shtirby, Senior Associate PPP & Infrastructure Practice