Areas of Practice and Notable Projects

M&A and Joint Ventures

 

  • Structuring downside/upside earn-out payouts via option agreement under Russian law when TPGK LLC (fuel and energy sector) was sold (800 mln. rub)

  • Structuring and closing INTECO (development sector) intra-group M&A transactions (3 bln. rub)

  • Structuring and closing sale transaction of metal parts production plant (500 mln. rub)

  • Structuring purchase of a Cyprus holding company, shareholder of a leading Russian microfinance organization (1 bln. rub)

  • Structuring and closing complex sale transaction of a major polyethylene production plant (together with choses in action, promissory notes) (3 bln. rub)

  • Structuring and supervision of sale of Saint-Petersburg major insurance company (1.3 bln. rub)

  • Organization and legal support of a US$ 70 mln. acquisition of a major Russian IT company

Venture Capital

 

  • Legal supervision of 100 mln. rub seed round VC investment in a Russian IT company (beauty services) via Convertible Loan Agreement

  • Legal supervision of a 2 mln. $ seed round VC investment in a Delaware state registered IT company via Convertible note and Warrant Purchase Agreement

  • Legal structuring and supervision of 80 mln. rub seed round VC investment in a Russian e-marketplace IT company, registration of a Cyprus HoldCo and opening a bank account

  • Legal support of US$ 50 mln. equity fundraising by a Russian road-transport startup

  • Legal support of RUB 150 mln. equity fundraising by a Russian LED company

Startups

 

  • Assisting the startups in receiving Skolkovo and other Russian development institutes benefits and tax incentives

  • Advising on fund-raising structures and strategies, providing intro to the major Russian VC/PE companies and supervision of the transaction on the Founders’ side

  • Drafting and implementation of the essential internal regulations, founders’ agreements, non-compete, IP protection agreements and other documents

  • Organization and legal support of a crowd-investing company

  • Organization and legal support of a wine-tech company in Hong Kong

Private Clients

 

  • Registration/liquidation of legal entities in offshore and onshore jurisdictions, opening bank accounts, company management services

  • Establishing trust structures

  • Tax reporting of individuals, currency control issues connected with personal bank accounts and cross border operations

  • Analysis, planning and administration of issues, connected with financing, purchase, ownership and sale of Russian as well as foreign property and other large movable and immovable property objects

Financial Services

 

  • JSC GSL (“Gosloto”) credit facility documents drafting and negotiation (together with collateral). Transaction amount equals to 3 bln. rub (Lender’s side)

  • JSC INGRAD construction project analysis and credit facility documents drafting. Transaction amount equals to 15 bln. rub (Lender’s side)

  • Organization and legal support of RUB 5.6 bln. green bond issue by a major Russian solar technology company

Litigation

 

  • Advising major Russian energy corporation on arbitration dispute in trial court and appellate arbitration courts

  • Initiating a fraud criminal case with the prosecutor’s office in Austria

  • Introducing injunctive remedies against in Cyprus courts against a shareholder of a Cyprus registered holding company

  • Initiating corporate register strike-off procedures in Denmark, UK

  • Legal support and supervision of a US$ 100 mln. LCIA dispute by a major Russian IT company

Liability & Risk

 

  • Complex EU, UK, US sanction compliance check

  • Introducing a corporate structure reducing US (OFAC) sanctions risks for a major Russian railway corporation operating in Iran