Ivan Makhalin
Partner
Ivan is a partner at Lecap, with many years of experience supporting transactions in the debt and equity capital markets, and has developed innovative mechanisms that ensured connectivity between Russian and foreign infrastructure.
Education
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Law.
Russian School of Private Law.
Postgraduate student at the Faculty of Law of the Russian Peoples' Friendship University (RUDN).
Recognition and Achievements
Group I in Capital Markets according to Kommersant's ranking Leaders of the Legal Services Market 2024.
Included in the ranking First Faces of Law Firms in the categories Capital Markets and Sanctions Law (Pravo-300, 2023-2024).
Biography
At present, Ivan advises major Russian companies on sanctions regulation, including the termination of depositary receipt programs, delisting, primary listing in Russia, transfer of shares for trading in Russia, and redomiciliation of Russian companies; he develops mechanisms for receiving payments under Eurobonds and depositary receipts, and participates in the development of pre-IPO financing.
In a number of projects, it was under his leadership that innovative legal structures were implemented, enabling the effective linking of Russian and international infrastructure, including the use of complex cross-border instruments.
In a number of projects, it was under his leadership that innovative legal structures were implemented, enabling the effective linking of Russian and international infrastructure, including the use of complex cross-border instruments.
Ivan has established relationships with the Bank of Russia, the Ministry of Finance, the National Settlement Depository, and other relevant institutions on financial market regulation matters, including sanctions compliance, work with foreign financial infrastructure, and counter-sanctions legislation.
Among the projects he has worked on are advising international banking groups (ING, UniCredit), as well as major international financial organizations (EBRD, IFC), on the placement and support of debt and equity instruments.
Among the projects he has worked on are advising international banking groups (ING, UniCredit), as well as major international financial organizations (EBRD, IFC), on the placement and support of debt and equity instruments.
Expert Activities
Ivan participated in the development and approval of key legislative initiatives that have shaped the Russian financial market in recent years.
Law on Improving the Securities Issuance Procedure.
Law on Structured Bonds.
Law on Financial Platforms.
Law on Digital Financial Assets.
Participation in shaping the regulation of balance-sheet convertible bonds (under the 2018 Federal Law on Simplifying Issuance).
Participation in the preparation of the Main Directions for the Development of the Financial Market of the Russian Federation for 2019–2021 and 2022–2024.
Ivan participated in the development and approval of key legislative initiatives that have shaped the Russian financial market in recent years.
Participation in shaping the regulation of balance-sheet convertible bonds (under the 2018 Federal Law on Simplifying Issuance).
Law on Digital Financial Assets.
Law on Financial Platforms.
Law on Structured Bonds.
Law on Improving the Securities Issuance Procedure.
Participation in the preparation of the Main Directions for the Development of the Financial Market of the Russian Federation for 2019–2021 and 2022–2024.
Educational Activities
Ivan promotes knowledge of financial regulation by giving lectures at leading Russian universities, including HSE and MGIMO.
2019
A published article on fiduciary duties in financial markets was shortlisted for the Conditio iuris 2019 legal research competition and published in the Vestnik ekonomicheskogo pravosudiya journal.
2022
Author of the textbook Sustainable Development and Capital Markets (MGIMO, 2022), co-author of the authoritative commentary series on the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, Glossa.
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