Denis has been practicing law since 1996. He graduated from the Law School of Saint-Petersburg State University. Before setting up Kachkin & Partners in 2001, he had worked as a lawyer with leading Russian and foreign law firms for several years.

Today he is one of the few internationally certified PPP experts in Russia trained by the Institute for Public-Private Partnerships, Inc. in Washington, DC on ‘Designing Legislative, Institutional & Regulative Frameworks for Public-Private Partnerships’ programme.

Denis has considerable practical experience in supporting PPP and investment projects, as well as advising public legal entities on PPP law-making.

His clients include VEB.RF, Sberbank, Gazprombank, VTB Infrastructure Holding, Sovcombank, Dom.RF, Tourism.RF Corporation, AVTOBAN Road-Building Company JSC, Sinara, Transmashholding, VIS, PIK, Glavstroy, K1, executive authorities of the Russian Federation regions and others.

Denis Kachkin has been honoured as ‘Lawyer of the Year’ by the Best Lawyers legal rating three times in 2014, 2019 and 2021. Besides, he has been ranked as the most recommended expert in the IFLR1000 personal lawyer rating (Project Finance), in The Legal 500 EMEA PPP lawyer rating, in the individual ratings of Pravo-300, Rossiyskaya Gazeta and Kommersant Publishing House.

Denis has been deeply engaged in the processes of PPP legislation improvement for about 15 years. The following regulatory acts were prepared and adopted with his active participation:
• Federal Law ‘On Public-Private Partnership, Municipal-Private Partnership in the Russian Federation and Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation’ dated 13.07.2015 N 224-FZ (headed working group with the Ministry for Economic Development of Russia);
• Amendments to the Federal Law ‘On Concession Agreements’ of 21.07.2005 N 115-FZ in 2014, 2015, 2022, 2023, 2024;
• Amendments to federal legislation on passenger transport, culture, industry, sports, space activities, utility infrastructure, and property of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation involved in the implementation of PPP projects.

Denis is currently heading PPP and Infrastructure sector in Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation. He is also the Chairman of the International Bar Association Subcommittee on Finance in Developing Countries, an Expert member of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation, an Expert Council member of the Association of Infrastructure Investors and Lenders and participates in lots of other initiatives significant for the PPP market as well.

Denis regularly speaks at professional conferences and business events at the invitation of Russian media, non-profit and industry associations. He is authoring a number of articles published in specialised Russian publications, as well as participating as PPP/infrastructure sphere guest lecturer in higher educational institutions such as Moscow State University of International Relations, St. Petersburg State University, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), Financial Academy, etc.

Since 2020, Denis Kachkin has been the head of Joint Department at National Research University Higher School of Economics in St. Petersburg.

Denis is fluent in English and Spanish.