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Murat Akuyev

Investor

General Counsel at Runa Capital

New York

About

Murat Akuyev joined Runa Capital in 2023 as General Counsel, leading the firm's legal function, coordinating outside counsel, and advising portfolio companies on legal matters. He has over 25 years of legal experience, including as a partner at a U.S.-based international law firm, with work spanning capital raising, joint ventures, M&A, tender offers, debt restructurings, litigation, arbitration, and investigations. He is a graduate of NYU School of Law and a member of the New York bar, and has also served as an adjunct professor.

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Experience

  1. Runa CapitalGeneral Counselcurrent2023 — presentNew York, New York, United States
  2. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLPPartner, Senior Attorney, Associate1995 — 2020

Education

  1. New York University School of LawLL.M., Law1994 — 1995
  2. Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) MFA Russia MGIMOMaster of Laws - LLM, International Law and Legal Studies1989 — 1994
  3. Beijing Language and Culture UniversityCertificate of Graduation, Mandarin1991 — 1992

Skills & more

Cross-border M&A1Corporate GovernanceForeign InvestmentCorporate LawCapital MarketsSovereign DebtJoint VenturesFinanceCrisis ManagementDispute Resolution

Languages English · Mandarin Chinese · Russian

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Also attended New York University School of Law54

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Also attended Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) MFA Russia MGIMO8

Denis KalininAsia Business Development Manager at Runa CapitalSergey OnoykoFinance Director at RedstoneLuna ArañaInvestor at Global Social Impact InvestmentMichal PechrInvestor at Honestus Family Office AGPolina BermishevaPrincipal at 10T FundTodor TashevGeneral Partner at Omidyar Technology Ventures

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Also attended Beijing Language and Culture University26

Lindsey YeePrincipal at Starbridge Venture Capital LlcSophie StalkerOperations Director, Healthcare at Red Cell IncubationMick AguirrePrincipal, Strategy & Sustainability at Kickstart VenturesMinh DoChief Operating Officer at Animoca BrandsMathieu CostesOperating Partner at Airbus VenturesKaitlyn TregenzaAdvisor at Emmeline Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP17

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Colleagues at Runa Capital

Andre Bliznyuk
General Partner at Runa Capital
Anna Elokhina
Human Resources & Operations Manager at Runa Capital
Denis Kalinin
Asia Business Development Manager at Runa Capital
Denny Gabriel
VC Investor at Runa Capital
Dmitry Chikhachev
General Partner & Co-founder at Runa Capital
Dmitry Galperin
General Partner at Runa Capital
Eugene Chernyavsky
Data Lead at Runa Capital
Francesco Ricciuti
Associate at Runa Capital