team leader | corporate services (Dubai)
Vadim Absalyamov
M&A ■ joint ventures ■ private equity ■ restructuring ■ regulatory issues ■ financing ■ sanctions ■ incorporation ■ reorganization and liquidation of companies ■ capital markets ■ advising on UAE law
Vadim is Team Leader of Corporate Services at White Square, Dubai office, LL.M., Ph.D..
He has extensive experience in advising major companies and private clients on a wide range of UAE legal and corporate matters, such as setting up and administration of corporate structures, investments, private equity, real estate and financing.
Prior to joining White Square, Vadim worked at leading international law firm Cleary Gottlieb.
Selected experience and clients
Delimobil, a Russian carsharing service, in connection with the sale by VTB Capital of its minority stake in Delimobil Holding SA., (owner of the Delimobil, Anytime and Anytime.Prime services) for $75 million
Texas company in connection with the sanctions risk analysis of a transaction concerning the purchase of products from a Russian chemical group
Family office of beneficiaries of a major steel company in connection with opening of bank accounts for the beneficiary, establishment of companies and investments in a number of assets in Europe, the UAE and the US
Russian developer in connection with acquisition of a stake in a UAE company, an owner of a land plot in Dubai, including obtaining necessary approvals in the UAE
Posti Group, a Finnish logistics service company, in connection with obtaining a loan from DOM.RF Bank and sale of its logistics business in Russia (Itella) to Russian operator Tablogix
Russian Railways, Russia’s largest railway company, in connection with several Eurobond issues on the Irish and Swiss exchanges
Investment fund in interaction with Cypriot registrars on the EU sanctions
Private investor in connection with a purchase of a stake in an oilfield services company in Abu Dhabi
Etalon, a Russian residential real estate developer, as part of a secondary offering of global depositary receipts on the London Stock Exchange and the Moscow Exchange
A number of Russian technology companies on the US, EU and UK sanctions
Major industrial group as part of a transaction to transfer its holding structure to the UAE
Market Recognition
Russian Gazette Legal Ranking, 2024: Leading lawyer in Private Wealth and Investments, Real Estate
Education
Higher School of Economics
George Washington University
Languages
Russian — Native
English — Fluent
Turkish — Elementary
