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Bumagin, Sofiya

Sofiya Bumagin

Counsel
  • Energy
  • M&A
  • Private Equity
  • Project Finance and Infrastructure

Biography

SOFIYA BUMAGIN advises financial sponsors and private capital providers on a range of infrastructure and private equity M&A transactions, including energy transition matters in the battery storage and district heating space, and digital infrastructure (across telecoms towers, fiber, and data centers). She has a strong interest in environment, social, and governance matters and experience advising on an array of transactions in the voluntary carbon markets.

Prior to joining Sidley, Sofiya was in-house as a legal director at a global investment group, supporting the infrastructure investment team.

Experience

Representative Matters

Recent examples of Sofiya's work include assisting in the representation of:

  • Pictet Alternative Advisors in its acquisition of Technology Services Group Limited.
  • Advising a state-owned investment company on their investment in a battery storage operator in the UK
  • Advising an infrastructure fund on an acquisition of a set of European data centers by way of a carve-out from the seller’s existing business
  • Acting for a number of investors on their financings and offtake agreements involving voluntary carbon credits
  • Advising a consortium of infrastructure investors on the c. GBP 4 billion takeover of a London-listed aviation business
  • Acting for a private equity investor on their acquisition of a stake in a UK fiber-to-the-premises business
  • Acting for a number of corporates on the carve-outs of their telecoms towers businesses
  • Acting for a private equity investor on their buy-out of a French care homes business
  • Acting for a private equity investor on a number of buy-outs of businesses in the U.S. with complex carve-out features

The above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.

Credentials

Admissions & Certifications
  • England and Wales (Solicitor)
Education
  • London School of Economics and Political Science, LL.B., 2012
Languages
  • Russian

News & Insights

  • Co-author, “What UK climate reporting rules mean for portfolio companies,” New Private Markets, May 4, 2022. 
  • Author, “The Year ESG went mainstream,” The Drawdown, January 4, 2022.