
Alexander Kolmakov
PartnerAlexander is an experienced corporate and corporate finance law practitioner with 20+ years’ experience of working on multi-jurisdictional transactions. He advises clients on a broad range of matters, with a particular focus on cross-border share and business acquisitions / disposals, venture capital investments and fundraisings in video games, media, entertainment, sports and technology sectors. He also often advises on structuring, formation and operation of investment funds and assists Eastern European-origin investors and businesses on international transactions.
Alexander...
Alexander is an experienced corporate and corporate finance law practitioner with 20+ years’ experience of working on multi-jurisdictional transactions. He advises clients on a broad range of matters, with a particular focus on cross-border share and business acquisitions / disposals, venture capital investments and fundraisings in video games, media, entertainment, sports and technology sectors. He also often advises on structuring, formation and operation of investment funds and assists Eastern European-origin investors and businesses on international transactions.
Alexander advised on transactions in North America, Europe, Africa, Middle East, Asia and Australia, and also worked for several years in New York and Moscow.
His broader experience includes also advising on joint ventures, group reorganizations, private equity investments, and public and private placements of equity and debt securities, in particular by foreign private issuers in exempt offerings in the United States.
Alexander also regularly advises private clients, not-for-profits, social enterprises and businesses on setting up and operating charities and foundations in the UK. His third sector clients rely on Alexander for advice in relation to corporate structure, governance, regulatory compliance and structuring cross-border operations.
He is also one of the volunteer attorneys at KIND (Kinds In Need of Defense) where he assists children of low-income immigrants with obtaining British citizenship.
EXPERIENCE
M&A
- Moon Active, an Israeli mobile game developer on several acquisitions of mobile game developer in merge-2 and -3 genres and puzzle games in Turkey, UK and Cyprus.
- Wargaming, a global video game company and developer of the AAA video games World of Tanks and World of Warships on the disposal of its Australian...
M&A
- Moon Active, an Israeli mobile game developer on several acquisitions of mobile game developer in merge-2 and -3 genres and puzzle games in Turkey, UK and Cyprus.
- Wargaming, a global video game company and developer of the AAA video games World of Tanks and World of Warships on the disposal of its Australian studio.
- Aristocrat, an Australian public gambling machine manufacturer and its subsidiary Plarium, an Israeli mobile, social, and web-based game developer and publisher on acquisition of Futureplay, a Finnish mobile game developer of Merge Gardens and other video games.
- Private owner on the sale of Innova, a Luxembourg video game publisher and localization company to EG7, a Swedish public video game company.
- Private owner on the divestment to Blackstone of the business and assets of Murka, a mobile video game developer in the social casino genre.
- PodX Group, a global podcast publisher on acquisitions of several podcast studios in the UK, France and Argentina.
- Gett, a taxi app company, on acquisition of Juno, a New York taxi app company with an R&D center in Belarus.
- Pragmatech Ventures on exit from investment into Della AI, an artificial intelligence solution to review contracts.
- GWM AG, a Swiss multi-client family office and wealth manager on disposal of its UK operations.
- Access Bank, a Nigerian multinational commercial bank on the separate acquisitions of the bank subsidiaries and retail banking operation of Standard Chartered Bank in five African countries – Angola, Cameroon, The Gambia, Sierra Leone and Tanzania.
Venture Capital – Investors
- Krafton, a South Korean video game publisher and developer of AA video game PUBG: Battlegrounds on several minority investments in studios located in the UK, Norway, Cyprus and Spain.
- The Games Fund, one of the most active early-stage video games VC investment fund on a minority investment into Drama Studios, the team behind the viral 'Unrecord' trailer.
- Fabric Ventures, a VC firm that invests in scalable decentralised networks on a minority investment into Tiny Rebel Games, an AR and NFT-focused games developer.
- Huuuge Games, a global game developer and publisher of mobile social games on developing their investment documents for video game start-ups and venture capital investment involving development of games tokens and NFTs.
- Scania Invest, a corporate venture arm of the Swedish commercial vehicles manufacturer on a minority investment into Neutreeno, a digital decarbonisation platform.
- The Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), a global provider of marketing solutions on a minority investment into Threedium, a 3D and AR platform empowering brands to showcase products in 3D and immersive AR experiences.
- Famille C Participations, a private investment firm of the Clarins-owning Courtin family on a majority Series C investment into PAI Skincare, a clean prestige skincare brand.
Venture Capital – Company
- iDeals, a virtual data room services provider on venture debt funding by Flashpoint Ventures.
- Cellulant Corporation, a pan-African payments company on its Series C investment round and several debt equity funding rounds.
- Vita Mojo, a digital ordering and restaurant management system on Series A investment round and a secondary sale by several hundred shareholders to a new VC investor.
- Copia Global, a Kenyan e-commerce platform on several debt and equity funding transactions.
- Gett, a taxi app company, on its Series D funding round.
- Jaja Finance, a mobile credit card company, on its fundraising in connection with its acquisition of Bank of Ireland's UK credit card business..
- Russian
- English
- LL.M., Cornell University 2008
- Law Degree (J.D. equivalent), Moscow State Law Academy 2006
RECOGNITIONS
- Shortlisted for LawWorks 2018 Annual Pro-Bono Awards (Best Contribution by an Individual) for his work for KIND (Kids In Need of Defense).