Goltsblat BLP has strengthened its Russian banking and finance team with the appointment of a new partner from Linklaters.

Oleg Khokhlov will join Goltsblat BLP's Moscow arm later this month from Linklaters, where he was a managing associate in the firm's local office.

Khokhlov specialises in secured and unsecured lending transactions in the banking, telecommunications and energy sectors and his appointment makes him the third English-law qualified partner to be based in the firm's Russian office.