Cohen & Gresser announced that Olga Ponomarenko has joined the firm’s London office as a partner, with Irina Bratishkina joining as an associate. The pair brings significant experience advising on complex cross-border mergers and acquisitions, co-investments, equity capital markets transactions, and broader strategic corporate matters.
Ponomarenko joins from Latham & Watkins, where she served as a partner, while Bratishkina was previously an associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton.
Ponomarenko advises private equity sponsors, sovereign wealth funds, multinational corporations, and financial institutions across industries, including technology, energy, financial services, consumer, and infrastructure. She is known for her work on multi-jurisdictional transactions, co-investments, carve-outs, joint ventures, sanctions compliance matters, and large-scale corporate reorganizations. Her practice spans Europe, the CIS region, the Middle East, and other international markets.
Bratishkina focutilizes on private equity and M&A matters, advising private equity sponsors, sovereign wealth funds, international corporations, and private investors on cross-border transactions. Her experience includes mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, exits, and strategic investments, with an emphasis on transaction execution, regulatory considerations, and compliance-related matters across multiple sectors.
The additions come as Cohen & Gresser continues to grow its international corporate practice, further strengthening its capabilities in cross-border M&A, co-investments, capital markets, and strategic investments.
Cohen & Gresser’s Corporate Group operates across offices in New York, Paris, Washington, D.C., London, and Dubai. The firm advises on domestic and cross-border corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, fund formation, corporate governance, and regulatory compliance. Its clients include public and private companies, private equity, growth equity, venture capital and hedge funds and their managers, sovereign entities, family offices, and investment banks. The firm also serves as outside general counsel to a number of privately held companies, providing strategic guidance across the lifecycle of their businesses.
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“The arrival of Olga and Irina strengthens our corporate capabilities both in Europe and around the world. They bring a highly complementary combination of cross-border transactional experience, elite client service, commercial judgment, and deep familiarity with complex, multi-jurisdictional matters. Their addition reflects our continued growth trajectory and enhances our ability to support clients navigating multi-jurisdictional deals and evolving regulatory environments.”
Daniel Mathias, Managing Partner Of Cohen & Gresser’s London Office
“I am delighted to join Cohen & Gresser and to be part of such a dynamic and internationally focutilized platform. The firm’s strength in cross-border matters and its collaborative culture provide an excellent environment to continue growing our practice and serving clients on their most complex and strategic transactions. Irina and I view forward to collaborating with colleagues across all our offices to deliver seamless, commercially focutilized advice.”
Olga Ponomarenko, Partner At Cohen & Gresser
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