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Yury Tuktarov
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Yuri has 26 years of legal experience in financial transactions. He is an expert in the Russian capital markets, including structuring financial transactions within PPP projects.
Education

  • Faculty of Law, Far Eastern State University.

  • Master of Private Law degree from the Russian School of Private Law.

  • Postgraduate studies at the Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation.

  • Additional education at the Institute for the Unification of Private Law.

  • Ship Finance course at Cambridge.

  • Course on credit ratings of constituent entities of the Russian Federation and infrastructure projects at Moody's.

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Concession agreements
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Bills adopted in the field of finance and PPP
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Recognition and achievements
Rossiyskaya Gazeta
Group 1 in the field of PPP/infrastructure according to the annual Ranking of Russian Lawyers and Their Firms, 2025
Kommersant
Group 2 in the field of PPP/infrastructure projects according to the federal ranking «Leaders of the Legal Services Market - 2026»
Chambers Europe
Among the best lawyers in the field of PPP, 2017-2021
The Legal 500
Among the best lawyers in the field of PPP, 2015-2018
Best Lawyers
Among the best lawyers in the segments of
Capital Markets Law, Debt and Equity, Financial Institutions, Investment and Structured Finance Law, 2016-2021
Recognition in the industry
Client testimonials
The Department of Investment Policy and PPP Development of the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia expresses its deep gratitude to Yury Evgenyevich Tuktarov for his active participation in reforming and improving the current legislation of the Russian Federation in the field of public-private partnership, as well as in the preparation of the draft federal law “On the Fundamentals of Public-Private Partnership in the Russian Federation”  
– Ministry of Economic Development of Russia
Thanks to your contribution to the work and your expert opinion on a broad range of professional issues, the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia was able to make balanced decisions when shaping approaches and regulating requirements under the provisions of Federal Law No. 224-FZ
– Ministry of Economic Development of Russia
Our experience of working together with the LECAP team under the leadership of Yury Tuktarov has convinced us that your exceptional qualifications and expertise, as well as the high quality of legal services provided, meet the most stringent requirements of modern companies
— Agropark PRIMORYE
We would like to express our gratitude to the LECAP team under the leadership of Yury Tuktarov for its high level of knowledge and expertise in the field of public-private partnership and for assistance in work on concession projects
– OOO ALOR+
The Department of Investment Policy and PPP Development of the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia expresses its deep gratitude to Yury Evgenyevich Tuktarov for his active participation in reforming and improving the current legislation of the Russian Federation in the field of public-private partnership, as well as in the preparation of the draft federal law “On the Fundamentals of Public-Private Partnership in the Russian Federation”  
– Ministry of Economic Development of Russia
Thanks to your contribution to the work and your expert opinion on a broad range of professional issues, the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia was able to make balanced decisions when shaping approaches and regulating requirements under the provisions of Federal Law No. 224-FZ
– Ministry of Economic Development of Russia
Our experience of working together with the LECAP team under the leadership of Yury Tuktarov has convinced us that your exceptional qualifications and expertise, as well as the high quality of legal services provided, meet the most stringent requirements of modern companies
— Agropark PRIMORYE
We would like to express our gratitude to the LECAP team under the leadership of Yury Tuktarov for its high level of knowledge and expertise in the field of public-private partnership and for assistance in work on concession projects
– OOO ALOR+
The Department of Investment Policy and PPP Development of the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia expresses its deep gratitude to Yury Evgenyevich Tuktarov for his active participation in reforming and improving the current legislation of the Russian Federation in the field of public-private partnership, as well as in the preparation of the draft federal law “On the Fundamentals of Public-Private Partnership in the Russian Federation”  
– Ministry of Economic Development of Russia
Thanks to your contribution to the work and your expert opinion on a broad range of professional issues, the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia was able to make balanced decisions when shaping approaches and regulating requirements under the provisions of Federal Law No. 224-FZ
– Ministry of Economic Development of Russia
Our experience of working together with the LECAP team under the leadership of Yury Tuktarov has convinced us that your exceptional qualifications and expertise, as well as the high quality of legal services provided, meet the most stringent requirements of modern companies
— Agropark PRIMORYE
We would like to express our gratitude to the LECAP team under the leadership of Yury Tuktarov for its high level of knowledge and expertise in the field of public-private partnership and for assistance in work on concession projects
– OOO ALOR+
Biography

Under Yury's leadership, the LECAP PPP team has supported:

  • 19 PPP projects related to transport infrastructure in 10 regions of Russia with investments of about RUB 98.7 billion;

  • 120+ PPP projects related to the creation of waste management facilities in 43 regions of Russia with investments of about RUB 138.8 billion, 17 concession agreements concluded, the design capacity of all facilities — more than 17.5 million tonnes of municipal solid waste per year;

  • 50+ PPP projects related to utilities facilities (heat supply, water supply, energy) in 11 regions of Russia with investments of about RUB 9.1 billion, 7 concession agreements concluded;

  • 12 PPP projects related to social and sports infrastructure facilities in 8 regions of Russia with investments of about RUB 11.7 billion;

  • 10 PPP projects related to medical and healthcare facilities in 6 regions of Russia with investments of about RUB 10.2 billion

He has extensive experience in supporting bond issuances, including the first floating-rate bond placement in Russia by the International Finance Corporation, the first balance-sheet mortgage-covered bond issues by JSC CB MIA, the first subordinated transaction involving mortgage bond issues by AHML, the debut issuance of ING Bank local bonds, and the first bond issue by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) linked to the value of a basket of precious metals.

Yury heads LECAP's PPP and project finance practice. Under Yury's leadership, more than 200 PPP projects have been implemented across Russia (in 51 regions), with investments exceeding RUB 300 billion; 28 concession agreements have been concluded with investments exceeding RUB 30 billion.
Expert activity
Yury has participated in preparing a large number of legislative initiatives, including drafting legislation on infrastructure bonds, reforming legislation to develop project finance in Russia, and reforming pledge legislation.  

  • For several years, he was a member of the Expert Council of the National PPP Center

  • Headed the Legal Committee of the Working Group on Housing
    Finance and Securitization in Russia at the International Finance Corporation (IFC)

  • Worked on civil legislation at the Research Center for Private Law under the President of the Russian Federation

  • Participated in the reform of civil legislation regarding provisions on financial transactions

Educational activity
Yury is the author and lecturer of specialized courses, as well as the editor of a number of professional publications
Yury taught at the Russian School of Economics (RSE) for several years, delivering the lecture course “Law and Finance (Structuring Financial Transactions)”.
He taught at the Russian School of Private Law for several years, delivering the lecture course “Comparative Law (Civil Legislation of Foreign Countries)”.
In 2016, the STATUT Publishing House published the result of many years of experience in implementing PPP projects by the LECAP team — the practical guide “Concession Agreement: Legal Nature, Scope, Procedure for Execution and Performance,” edited by Yury Tuktarov.
At the end of 2019, the STATUT Publishing House published the Practical Commentary on the Federal Law “On Concession Agreements” (article-by-article summary of arbitration practice) authored by the specialists of the LECAP Infrastructure PPP and Project Finance practice and edited by Yury Tuktarov.
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