Bio

Alexander Tsakoev a banking and finance lawyer based in Moscow and head of the banking and finance team. He works across a range of cross-border and domestic finance transactions governed by English and Russian law. Alexander acts for borrowers and lenders, including multilateral financial institutions, development banks and export credit agencies on bilateral and syndicated loans. He has extensive knowledge of commodity finance, real estate finance, acquisition finance and asset finance and has experience of insolvency and work-outs, as well as M&A and regulatory matters in the banking sector. He advises clients in the energy, metals, mining, real estate, transport and financial markets sectors. Alexander is annually ranked as the leading Russian banking lawyer by The Legal 500, Chambers & Partners, Best Lawyers, Pravo-ru 300, IFLR1000.