Maxim Bunyakin

Managing Partner

More than 20 years of experience in corporate governance, support of reorganization projects and mergers and acquisitions. Advises major public and private companies on restructuring projects, corporate governance optimization and mergers and acquisitions.

Member of the expert groups of the Bank of Russia (including on corporate governance and sustainable development), member of the Sustainable Development Committee of the Association of Independent Directors, member of the Council of the Russian Ecological Society, member of the expert council of the Best Legal Departments competition. He participates in the development of draft laws on corporate law and, in particular, on the regulation of the reorganization of business entities.

Recommended by the international ratings The Legal 500, Chambers Europe, Best Lawyers, as well as Pravo.ru-300 and Kommersant in «Corporate Law/Mergers and acquisitions».

Regularly moderates expert discussions, conducts trainings and master classes on reorganization, corporate law, project management, legal and business writing skills for large companies and at leading universities (Moscow State University, Moscow State Law Academy, MGIMO, etc.) — for more than 15 years.

Manages the telegram channel «Практическое КУ» on practical issues of corporate governance.

Selected project experience:

• Support of restructuring projects of Gazprom Energoholding Group of companies, X5 Group, Vimpelcom, Rostec Group of companies, ABB, Rosgosstrakh, etc.;
• Support of M&A-projects to the interest of Severstal, Gazprom Energoholding, VTB, RUSNANO, Russian Utility Systems, etc.;
• Support of corporate law and corporate governance issues within the integration of TNK-BP Group companies acquired by Rosneft;
• Support of projects on analysis, optimization and development of the corporate governance system of X5 Group, Rosneft, M.Video, RusHydro, Rosseti, etc.