Nikolay Altukhov

Nikolay advises clients on mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures. Nikolay has experience in a variety of industries including energy, mining, consumer, real estate, banks, automotive and infrastructure. 

Work highlights

Nikolay's most recent experience includes:

• Turk Eximbank: advising the Turkish export credit agency on a landmark investment in Africa Finance Corporation, the pan-African infrastructure-focused multilateral financial institution.
• Volkswagen: advising Volkswagen AG on a €125m disposal of its Russian business.
• DP World: advising on its simultaneous acquisition of a 58% interest in Evyap’s Evyap Port and sale of a 42% interest in its DP World Yarimca port to Evyap.
• A leading German plant breeder: advising the German barley-breeding group on its joint venture with the French group Florimond Desprez. 
• Total: advising on the acquisition of a 10% interest in the Arctic LNG 2 project and related shareholders arrangements.
• Multinational energy company: advising on a proposed disposal of its Russian operations.

Nikolay has been working at Linklaters since 2012.

In 2022, Nikolay joined the Linklaters Corporate/M&A team in Düsseldorf. 

Nikolay studied jurisprudence at the Moscow State Law University (MGYuA). He is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales.

He speaks Russian, English, German and French.