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Ekaterina Larens (Matveychuk)

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Vienna
About

Ekaterina Larens is a partner in DLA Piper’s Corporate Group in Vienna. Her main area of expertise is the structuring and managing of complex multi-jurisdictional transactions both in Europe and the CIS region, with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, options and regulatory advice.

Ekaterina has a broad range of experience representing private equity and public investors, investment banks, venture capital firms, technology companies, developers, construction companies, and advising, apart from M&A, on a broad spectrum of real estate, IT, employment and IP transactions.

As DLA Piper head of Legal Tech Austria, she is also responsible for leveraging technology to optimise internal legal processes as well as the services offered to the firm's clients.

Areas of FocusCorporativoBienes inmueblesEmpleoPropiedad IntelectualBienes de consumo, alimentos y comercio minoristaEnergía y recursos naturalesServicios industrialesTecnología
Bar admissionsAdvocate registered with Advokatskaya Palata Moskovskoy Oblasti

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising a Lichtenstein foundation in connection with the disposal of residential real estate in the heart of Vienna and an internal restructuring, including contribution to the charter capital.
  • Advising a major European e-commerce company on a complex cross-border corporate restructuring, including mergers and granting of options to employees.
  • Advising an international investor on the purchase from a major bank consortium of the shares in the company holding agriculture complex.
  • Advising Italian client in connection with entering into the lease agreement and hotel management agreements with world famous Hotel operator in relation to four star hotel in the center of Milan.
  • Advising the Luxembourg fund in connection with acquisition of an office center building nestled in the heart of Islington, London (including finance aspects).
  • Advised Gazprom Export on the acquisition of 100% of the shares in Centrex Europe & Energy Gas AG from Gazprombank.
  • Advising Renaissance Insurance Group, a Russian investment company, on the sale of its 100% stake in non-state pension fund Renaissance Pensions to the non-state pension fund of Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank.
  • Advising FFF Real Estate S.à.r.l., a subsidiary of FFF Fund I SCSp SICAV-RAIF, a multi-compartment-regulated Luxembourg fund managed by a Cyprus-based management company, on financing provided to a residential real estate developer for the acquisition and further development of a residential project in Hesperange (Luxembourg).
  • Advising FFF Real Estate S.à.r.l., a subsidiary of FFF Fund I SCSp SICAV-RAIF, a multi-compartment-regulated Luxembourg fund managed by a Cyprus-based management company, on financing provided to Luxembourg residential real estate developer for the acquisition and development of an O’Cite residential project in Luxembourg.
  • Advising Pfizer on its investment in, and collaboration with, the Russian pharmaceutical company NovaMedica, including licensing, manufacturing, supply and joint venture arrangements (voted "Deal of the Year 2017“ by industry peers at the Platinum Ounce awards, an annual Russian pharmaceutical industry awards ceremony).*
Languages
  • Russian
  • Inglés
  • German
Education
  • Plekhanov Russian University of Economics “Legal basis and legal practices of work with cryptocurrency and blockchain projects” (2019)
  • Insead course 2018 (Broadening Business Perspective Course)
  • Lomonosov Moscow State University (with honors), specialization: commercial law (2006)

Publications

Prior Experience

  • 2005-2019 – Senior Associate in the corporate practice of an international law firm, Moscow

Lecturing and charitable work

  • Lecturing at the High School of Economics, Moscow – Corporate and M&A
  • Lecturing at Plekhanov Russian University of Economics – Digital legislation and standards
  • Gratitude of Ministry for Social, Demographic and Family Policy of Samara Region of Russian Federation for volunteer fundraising and help to state enterprise, that renders services to the disabled children.
  • Initiated and participated in project "Generation Bridge" on behalf of the former employer, an international law firm, who, together with United Ways, arranged photo courses for the kids from an orphanage and sold the photos at an auction. The funds collected were transferred to the home for elderly people.

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Association of Russian lawyers, member of Commission for corporate law
  • Expert member of tender “Digital decisions for Regions” conducted by Agency of Strategic Initiatives

My latest insights

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DLA Piper Women's Lounge focusing on female pioneers in male-dominated industries

12 de junio de 2024 .2 minute read

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DLA Piper Austria promotes Ekaterina Larens to its partnership in Vienna

26 de abril de 2024 .2 minute read

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DLA Piper advises Russia’s Gazprom Export on the acquisition of Centrex Europe & Energy...

1 de julio de 2021 .2 minute read

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+43 1 531 78 1905
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+7 985 643 7129; +43 6768 888 1124
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