Mark Withey has been appointed a partner in Dentons’ Russian Corporate and M&A practice.
Withey has a broad-ranging Corporate practice, advising on private and public mergers and acquisitions, private equity, joint ventures, equity capital markets, corporate reorganisations and general corporate law matters. He has advised on transactions across a wide range of jurisdictions and industry sectors. He also spent time on secondment with two leading investment banks in London. Withey has been based in Russia since early 2014.
Florian Schneider, Russia Managing Partner says: “I congratulate Mark on this appointment. Since joining Dentons’ Russian Corporate/M&A practice in 2014, he has successfully worked on some of the most challenging and high-profile transactions in Russia.”
Withey has advised AmRest Holdings, the largest independent restaurant operator in Central and Eastern Europe, on a number of transactions in Russia. He has also advised Russian Direct Investment Fund and certain co-investors on their acquisition of Sibur Portenergo and associated co-investor arrangements, VTB Capital on its investment into a national chain of stores in Russia and Olma Investment Group on its acquisition of Zurich Insurance Group’s retail insurance business in Russia.
