Sergey Marakhovsky

Sergey has extensive experience coordinating and delivering complex projects for market-leading companies across multiple industries, including:

• Retail and trade: Sportmaster-Ostin, Decathlon, Jamilco, Baon, Kenguru

• Pharmaceuticals: Alkaloid, Merck, Rus Biopharm, ASNA, Feron, Breffi

• Manufacturing and engineering: Energotrust, Thermoform, Inline-R, Abagy, Bryullov Consult, Bühler Service

• Food production and distribution: Ramensky Confectionery Plant, Dobryninsky & Partners, Grabli, Irkutsk Confectionery Plant

• Other sectors: Sovfracht, Oltri, InSales, Typit, Lux Tour, My Equator Foundation, Golden Turtle, Taxi 2412, Atlant Pacific

Sergey is ranked among recommended lawyers in Corporate Law / M&A (mid-market transactions) in 2025.

Selected Experience

• Comprehensive tax compliance support for a general contractor involved in a major international transport infrastructure project;

• Tax due diligence of a company operating a large retail chain of owned and franchised grocery stores, aimed at ensuring a high level of tax compliance across key business processes;

• Full-scope support of an acquisition of a Russian retail chain (a subsidiary of an international group), including structuring of warranties and settlement mechanisms taking into account potential tax risks;

• Acting as an independent tax expert on VAT compliance in one of the largest commercial real estate transactions in Moscow;

• Comprehensive tax advisory for a group of business units on tax accounting of transactions related to the organisation and execution of one of the largest marketing programmes in the market.