KOROSTELEV & PARTNERS
Maksim Korostelev
M&A, joint ventures, venture capital, investment funds, sanctions and counter-sanctions, currency control, technology and natural resources
Maksim Korostelev is the founder of Korostelev & Partners. He advises Russian and international businesses, investors and funds on acquisitions, joint ventures and complex investment projects. His clients include venture capital and private investment funds, industrial groups, technology companies and businesses in the natural resources, consumer and financial sectors.
Before establishing the firm, Maksim worked in international and Russian law firms and gained experience at the Federal Agency for Subsoil Use. He has contributed to legislative initiatives concerning the investment environment and investment partnerships.
Education: Russian State University of Justice, specialist degree with honours, 2010; postgraduate studies at Kutafin Moscow State Law University and the Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law, Candidate of Legal Sciences, 2015 (academic supervisor: Professor V. P. Mozolin); University of London, LLB in English law, 2022; financial markets qualification 5.0 in investment fund management.
Languages: Russian and English.
Key experience
- Transactions with an aggregate value exceeding RUB 80 billion and more than 100 projects.
- Experience on major transactions involving Bridgestone, Bosch, Continental, KONE, Huntsman and A.Raymond assets.
- Participation in the formation of more than 15 venture capital and private investment funds.
- Senior Lecturer in Civil Law at Kutafin Moscow State Law University.
- Author of professional publications in Corporate Lawyer, Legal Insight, Russian Justice, and Law and Economics.

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