Natasha Ziabkina

Partner

Natasha Ziabkina is a partner in the Corporate practice group of Riker Danzig, resident in the New York office. She advises on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, corporate finance and public and private securities transactions. She also assists companies with preparation of SEC periodic reporting documents and general corporate and financing documents. Clients also rely on Natasha in connection with corporate governance matters and general corporate counseling. Her experience extends to companies in a wide range of industries, including insurance, technology, clean energy and telecommunications.

Passionate about all things international, Natasha is regularly involved in various transactions for issuers and investors in the U.S., Europe and the Russian Federation. Her broad range of corporate law experience, combined with a deep understanding and appreciation of different cultures and approaches to legal issues, help her represent successfully companies and high net worth individuals in the emerging markets (in particular, the Russian Federation and other regions in the Commonwealth of Independent States) seeking to pursue business opportunities in the United States. Natasha advises both emerging and established businesses, whether foreign companies or investors, on corporate entity formation matters and establishment of U.S. operations.

Whether advising multinational companies on cross-border corporate restructurings and joint ventures, or assisting emerging businesses with start-up and financing matters, Natasha combines sophisticated counsel with a practical, solutions-oriented approach and a personal touch much appreciated by her clients.

Fluent in the Russian language, she enjoys giving back to the community through her work with many Russian-speaking clients, as well as involvement in several organizations and activities supporting related charitable and educational causes in the Russian Federation.

Prior to joining Riker Danzig in 2009, Natasha practiced for over ten years in the New York office of Baker & McKenzie LLP, an international law firm, where she was elected partner in 2007 and was a member of the Corporate and Securities practice group.

Natasha’s representative matters include successful representations of the following:

• A leading Russian provider of sophisticated IT services to multinational companies in select global locations, with respect to financing transactions, intercompany restructurings, and ongoing general corporate counseling
• A leading Russian construction and development company with respect to proposed securities offerings and listing upgrade and compliance with U.S. reporting and compliance requirements
• A Fortune 500 NYSE listed multinational corporation with respect to multiple intercompany mergers
• A management team in respect of a management buyout of a major U.S. corporation
• A Chinese manufacturer of diesel power generators and diesel machines in its proposed spin-off from the parent
• A U.K. group in its acquisition of capital stock of a U.S. environmental management services company and a subsequent reorganization
• Subsidiaries of a U.S. public company in their acquisition of equity interests of companies that owned certain intellectual property and related assets
• Numerous issuers, sponsors and placement agents in connection with domestic and international private placements of equity and convertible securities and financings pursuant to Regulation D, Regulation S and Rule 144A, including strategic investments, joint ventures, PIPEs and reverse mergers
• Companies based outside the U.S. (in particular, Europe and the Russian Federation), with respect to corporate entity formation matters and establishment of U.S. operations
• A leading Russian IT company, in its pre-IPO reorganization and proposed IPO and Nasdaq listing
• A European private equity fund, in its investment in a Russian portfolio company and subsequent recapitalization
• A Fortune 500 NYSE listed multinational corporation with respect to several intercompany restructurings of its operations and post-acquisition integrations (involving Asia, Europe, Latin America, Canada and the U.S.)
• A Fortune 500 NYSE-listed multinational corporation with respect to the restructuring of the client’s manufacturing center in Europe and related restructuring of certain lines of business of the client’s operations in many European and other jurisdictions
• A Global 500 corporation with respect to the restructuring to integrate the North American business of an acquired company into the client’s existing North American infrastructure
• A Global 500 corporation with respect to the realignment of its North American assets, so as to include the North American holdings and operations in the U.S. subsidiary and the Canada holdings and operations in the Canadian subsidiary
• A biofuel producer with respect to a series of financing transactions and ongoing general corporate counseling
• U.S.-based service providers and investors with respect to various joint ventures, sales and distribution arrangements and other business dealings involving counterparties in Russia and other regions in the Commonwealth of Independent States
• A leading luxury goods company in a cross-border reorganization of a joint venture in respect of a distilled spirits business
• A Bermuda provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance products, services and solutions, in a private offering of its shares under Rule 144A and Regulation S, a subsequent underwritten IPO of its shares with a secondary tranche and listing on Nasdaq, and a subsequent secondary resale shelf registration statement
• A Bermuda provider of services for workers’ compensation self-insured groups, in selected aspects of an underwritten IPO of its shares, with a secondary tranche; also assisted with pre-IPO reorganization and listing on Nasdaq
• A Bermuda specialty lines insurance, reinsurance and risk consulting services provider, in selected aspects of its $600 million Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of common shares
• A major U.S. corporation as borrower under a new credit facility and, separately, as issuer of senior unsecured notes in a private placement
• “Bulge bracket” investment banking firms as initial purchasers in separate offerings of senior notes and cumulative convertible preferred stock issued by a high-speed internet access provider
• “Bulge bracket” investment banking firms as initial purchasers in an offering of convertible notes of a semiconductor manufacturer
• A subsidiary of a leading wireline and wireless communication solutions provider in an offering of its cumulative preferred stock
• “Bulge bracket” investment banking firms as underwriters in an IPO, and a separate secondary public offering by selling shareholders, of a high-speed internet provider

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