Nikita Polkovnikov

About Nikita Polkovnikov

Nikita specialises in project development and project finance, and is also experienced in general corporate matters.

He joined the firm in 2013.

Apart from working in Freshfields, Nikita’s experience includes working as a legal counsel for Russia and CIS at a major international hotel operator and as a head of legal department of one of the largest Russian medical companies where he supervised development and implementation of life cycle contracts for medical equipment.

A native Russian speaker, Nikita is also fluent in English.

Recent work

Nikita ’s selected experience includes advising:

• Macquarie Asset Management on its investment a leading sustainable aviation fuels platform;
• A major oil and gas company on matters with regard to a joint venture in the petrochemicals complex in the MENA region which will include the development, operation and ownership of a facility comprising a cost competitive methanol production plant and other ancillary infrastructure;
• Fraport-led consortium of sponsors on various aspects of the USD 2bn St. Petersburg Pulkovo Airport PPP scheme, including on construction and operation of the project;
• A private sponsor in relation to a PPP project to reconstruct Samarkand airport in Uzbekistan;
• Sheremetyevo International Airport as the concessionaire on various matters in connection with operating the Sheremetyevo Airport, including ongoing corporate and commercial advice and disputes with public regulators;
• Amadeus on various commercial and regulatory aspects related to IT airport and airline infrastructure;
• Vinci-led consortium of sponsors in an international construction arbitration with a European consortium in respect of a major toll road project;
• A group of lenders on the financial restructuring of the Healthcare PPP Projects in Türkiye;
• Russian Railways on a number of rail finance, construction and operation projects, including a project to develop a network of Russian high-speed rail lines, including Moscow to St. Petersburg and a concession to finance, reconstruct and operate the national railroad system of Armenia;
• A major European investor in connection with the planned acquisition of the largest regional operator of Russian airports.