GOLTSBLAT BLP IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE  THAT ANDREI BAEV IS JOINING BLP AS A SENIOR PARTNER TO STRENGTHEN FURTHER THE FIRM'S OIL&GAS AND ENERGY PRACTICE AND ITS RUSSIAN OFFER TO CLIENTS.

This appointment is in response to the increased demand by Russian clients and those investing in Russia for high-quality finance advice, in particular in oil & gas, energy and infrastructure sectors.

Most recently Andrei represented Gazprom in connection with the South Stream Gas Pipeline Project; Trans-Balkan Pipeline B.V. in connection with the construction and project financing of the Burgas-Alexandroupolus cross-border oil pipeline project; Atomstroyexport in connection with newly built nuclear power plants in Akkuyu, Turkey and Belene, Bulgaria; Taneko and Tatneft on the construction and financing of a large refinery and petrochemical complex in Nizhnekamsk, Tatarstan; Macquarie Renaissance Infrastructure Fund in connection with the tender for the concession of Samara airport in Russia and InterRAO UES and RusHydro on several acquisitions of energy companies.

Andrei will work closely with the combined English and Russian law capabilities of the London and Moscow offices in executing major regional transactions and he will spend significant amount of his time in Goltsblat BLP, the Russian practice of BLP, and in the London office to support the Russian/CIS clients and others on their needs.

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