ALEXEY PODKOLZIN

apodkolzin@tag.international 

Areas of practice: cross-border and domestic M&A transactions, post M&A integrations, management, strategy, operational improvements.

Industries: metals and mining, energy and natural resources.

EDUCATION

Executive MBA, Saïd Business School, St. Hugh’s College, University of Oxford (UK), 2013

Moscow State Institute of International Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, diploma in international relations (Masters equivalent), 1996.

REPRESENTATIVE DEALS

USD 550 million acquisition of a copper/cobalt project in Africa – Investment committee decision-making support

USD 1.25 billion acquisition of copper/cobalt assets in Africa – Investment committee decision-making support

USD 300 million acquisition of iron ore exploration licenses in Brazil – Investment committee decision-making support

USD 250 million acquisition of the balance 50% of an iron ore brown-field project in Brazil– Investment committee decision-making support

USD 175 million acquisition of a copper/cobalt project in Africa – Investment committee decision-making support

USD 300 million acquisition of a cobalt plant in Africa – Investment committee decision-making support and its subsequent integration

c. £ 600 million acquisition of an AIM listed company with various mining exploration licenses in Africa – Investment committee decision-making support and its subsequent integration

USD 300 million acquisition of 50% of an iron ore brown-field project in Brazil – Investment committee decision-making support

USD14.5 million acquisition of 50% of a Ferroalloy plant in North-West China – Investment committee decision-making support and its subsequent integration

USD 3 billion LSE IPO of ENRC PLC – managing Sales & Marketing Division deliverables for the listing Prospectus

USD 1.48 billion PXF facility of ENRC PLC – securing receivables pledge

USD1 billion unsponsored ADRs of Unified Energy Systems of Russia – managing custodian aspects for the private placement

ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE:

Management and successful resolution of several tax disputes resulting in winning of more than 100 court cases with recovery of USD 30 million

Development & roll-out of several UK Code of Conduct compliant policies and restructuring projects for a mining group with 60k employees worldwide

Investment Policy (including M&A process)
M&A integration guidelines
Delegation of Authorities (RACI principle)
Restructuring of the Finance department global structure
Successful pre-IPO restructuring of the sales and marketing function, merging five stand-alone divisional arms into single operation in Switzerland
EUR 40 million BOPP (Bi-Oriented Poly-Propylene) Film Plant project – investment opportunity evaluation for a Russian client

USD 300 million Ferro-alloys plant –M&A opportunity valuation for a Russian client

European fishery company – restructuring of interests in the Russian fishery sector

EUR 70 million 5* beach resort and golf club in Croatia – managing DD, tax & legal structuring for the tender bid for a Russian Client