Victoria Bortkevicha
Victoria Bortkevicha, a partner in Clifford Chance’s global Finance practice, has been appointed Managing Partner of the firm’s Moscow office. Victoria formally assumes her new responsibilities on 1 February, succeeding Logan Wright who has led the firm’s Russian operations for the past two years. Logan is relocating to London, where he will continue to focus on developing markets, including Russia and the wider CIS.
Matthew Layton, Clifford Chance Managing Partner commented, “I’m delighted to see Victoria take on the leadership role in Moscow from Logan, who has done an excellent job. Victoria has a fantastic reputation in the market and over the years has demonstrated a strong commitment to developing our practice in Russia, particularly sponsoring knowledge and talent development.”
Victoria Bortkevicha commented, “I am confident that, with the support of our strong team, we will continue to have a strong practice delivering the best legal advice to our clients in this fast-changing legal and business environment.”
Victoria worked on a number of landmark and, in some cases, ground-breaking projects and transactions including recently advising a Russian petroleum industry leader on the prepayment financing in connection with a long term oil export contract; the world’s fifth-largest independent oil trader on the financing for its flagship oil products terminal; leading financial institutions on the financing of the construction and maintenance of an airport; one of the world’s leading fertilizer producers on a loan to fund construction of a new plant; and a Russian petrochemical company on the financing, construction and operation of a multi-billion US$ olefins expansion project.
