Practices
Corporate and M&A
Our Corporate / M&A team covers the full spectrum of corporate and M&A deals, private equity and venture capital bringing together leading expertise from top-tier international law firms.
We advise on transactions under both Russian and international law, including complex cross-border ones, and have extensive experience in obtaining permits and approvals from Russian authorities in an environment of increasing regulatory and sanctions oversight.
Related expertise:
- The full spectrum of M&A deals, including outside the Russian Federation: from drafting Memorandum of Understanding to deal closing (including negotiations and coordination of the parties);
- The full-cycle support of joint ventures;
- Regulatory matters arising from M&A and joint venture deals, including obtaining approvals from the President of the Russian Federation, the Government Commission, the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation (FAS), and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation;
- Asset sale auctions and tender procedures;
- Corporate restructurings and corporate governance (development and their successful implementation);
- Asset management and investment structuring in Russia and abroad;
- Redomiciling of companies from foreign jurisdictions to the Russian Federation, i.e. within the framework of Federal Law No. 470 (on economically significant organizations), including corporate and regulatory issues;
- Venture capital;
- Direct investment;
- Long-term management incentives plans;
- GR-advice (Government Relations);
- The full range of corporate governance matters in Russia and abroad (company establishment, opening of corporate and personal bank accounts, corporate and board restructuring);
- Directors’ liability matters.
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