Michael Copeland has over 20 years’ experience as corporate lawyer focusing on M&A, investments, joint ventures and restructurings. Throughout his career, Michael has acted on matters across a range of sectors, including energy, infrastructure, metals and mining, and technology, with a particular focus on cross-border transactions.
Michael was previously a partner in the London office of one of the largest law firms in the CIS, having spent more than a decade at Herbert Smith Freehills.
Michael Copeland
Attorney Profile
Practice Areas
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Investments
• Restructurings
• Investments
• Restructurings
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Mergers & Acquisitions
- Advised an Indian investment company on the disposal of a controlling interest in a Russian gold mining project to a state-owned Chinese company
- Advised JCDecaux in respect of the disposal of its 25% interest in Russ Outdoor
- Advised a family office on the US$1 billion disposal of its controlling interest in a Russian fertiliser producer
- Advised the controlling shareholder of a major global fishing company on the acquisition of a minority shareholder’s blocking stake
- Advised a European investor on the acquisition of a controlling interest in an airport operator in the CIS
Investments
- Advising a major Saudi Arabian conglomerate on a strategic manufacturing joint venture in KSA with an EU company
- Advised an infrastructure fund on its investment in an operator of heat and power generation and heat distribution facilities in St Petersburg
- Advised a listed metal production company in connection with a strategic joint venture in Russia
- Advised a Russian petrochemical company in connection with the establishment of a production joint venture in India
Restructurings
- Advised an oil refinery company on restructuring a major borrowing facility and entering into equity upside arrangements with the lending bank
- Advised an investment company on an event-driven restructuring of its holding in a listed metal and energy company and the related debt facilities
- Advised a major oil company on the pre-sale restructuring of its downstream business within the CIS
