Leonid Lepold

Mr. Lepold’s experience includes advising:

• IVI, an online video streaming platform, on a new funding round of US$250 million from external investors and current shareholders
• MTS Artificial Intelligence in connection with its venture investments in Kneron, an AI chip developer
• TotalEnergies in connection with its investments in Arctic Transshipment LLC
• TotalEnergies in connection with its investments in Arctic LNG 2, a significant LNG production project*
• A sovereign fund in connection with its investments in e-commerce joint venture with Mail.ru Group, Alibaba, and MegaFon*
• Special Committee of the Board of Directors of MTS in connection with the two-stage acquisition of 68.13% of shares in MTS Bank*
• KAZ Minerals on its acquisition of the Baimskaya copper project*
• Nestlé S.A. on local part of its 50:50 joint venture with PAI, a leading French private equity house, to merge Nestlé's ice cream and frozen food business with R&R Ice Cream*
• Charoen Pokphand Food PCL in relation to acquisition of the poultry farm from Agro-Invest Brinky B.V. for US$680 million*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham