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Alexander V. Malakhov

Advocate, member of the Presidium

Biography

After graduating from the Humanities Faculty of Moscow State Industrial University, Alexander Malakhov joined Klishin & Partners as an assistant advocate.

In June 2002 he was admitted to the bar (No. 77/792 in the Moscow register of advocates) and has practised at Klishin & Partners ever since. In 2005 he became a member of the Presidium.

Alexander Malakhov is a highly qualified specialist in corporate law, antitrust regulation, and civil and arbitrazh procedure.

Selected matters

He successfully represents major companies, including before arbitrazh courts. His clients include FGC UES, Rosseti, RusHydro, Khimprom, Promsintez, BSK-M, Expocentre and many others.

In the course of his practice he has exercised legal oversight of a number of privatisation processes at large Russian enterprises.

He takes an active part in the reorganisation of legal entities of various forms and has supported a large number of transactions in securities and LLC participation interests, as well as shareholder agreements, including the resolution of pre-contractual disputes.

He works closely with the legal press, explaining changes in Russian legislation and commenting on current issues in legal practice.

Languages: English.

News and publications

19.01.2026 Alexander Malakhov for Kommersant: “Ours is not a precedent-based system, so final judgments do not bind courts in later cases, though they do not rule out such reliance either”
19.01.2026 Alexander Malakhov for RBC: to challenge a transaction, the claimant must provide direct evidence of sham, such as correspondence or witness testimony confirming collusion to circumvent sanctions
03.03.2025 Alexander Malakhov for Kommersant: “It seems unlikely that the cassation court will overturn the judgments”
16.10.2024 Alexander Malakhov for Vedomosti: “For a bank, collateral is usually the first condition of a loan, and creditworthiness is unlikely to change that”
29.11.2022 Alexander Malakhov for RBC: “Hundreds of foreign arbitral awards may be enforced in Russia”