Corporate
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Our Moscow corporate team provides a full service corporate and commercial practice, advising a number of prominent corporates, investment funds, banks, financial institutions, state corporations and multilateral funding agencies on the negotiation and completion of a wide range of corporate-related transactions throughout Russia.
Working as part of our global corporate group, we also work alongside our corporate experts abroad to deliver integrated advice on cross-border transactions throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, Canada, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and Central Asia.
Drawing on the expertise of our local lawyers in banking and finance, tax, employment, intellectual property, and other practice areas, we provide a holistic service to all of our clients and we have developed particular expertise in the following key industry sectors: financial institutions; energy; infrastructure, mining and commodities and transport.
Our areas of work include:
- mergers and acquisitions
- joint ventures
- inward and outward investment projects
- private equity
- competition and regulatory
- general corporate advisory
- corporate restructuring
- commercial contracts
- corporate governance
- compliance (including anti-bribery)
Our recent work:
- Advising HSBC on the sale of certain elements of its Russian retail business to Citibank via an innovative sale structure for Russia
- Advising Siberian gold miner Zapadnaya Gold Mining Limited, which has three major assets in Eastern Siberia — two producing gold mines and one advanced-stage development project, on VTB Capital investment in Zapadnaya, by way of an equity subscription and share purchase
- Advising ROLF Group, one of the biggest automotive dealers and vehicle importers in Russia with its headquarters located in Moscow, on the sale of 51 per cent of its logistics business Rolf SCS to Japanese Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line), one of the largest shipping companies in the world and a core Mitsubishi company, and the creation of a 51/49 joint venture
- Advising Barrick Gold Corporation over the course of several transactions for a period covering 12 years, including legal advice on transactional, corporate, subsoil, regulatory, land and metals sales matters and JV. We have also been providing on-going support to the client’s Russian subsidiary in terms of corporate and regulatory issues
- Advising Petrokamchatka Resources in connection with operations of its Russian subsidiaries (corporate, labour, subsoil, and tax matters, as well as import of equipment), the company’s AIM listing, corporate reorganisation, and advice on issues related to strategic investments
- Advising Foraco International SA on legal issues related to drilling contracts, as well as the most appropriate form of corporate presence in Russia and full legal assistance in setting up a corporate structure
- Advising Petrolinvest on various legal issues including transactional, corporate, subsoil, regulatory matters
More information on our global corporate practice