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Corporate Law and M&A, Practice provides services in key practice areas requiring efficient legal support and cost-effective solutions. Along with full scope support on general corporate issues BGP Litigation advises on large-scale mergers and acquisitions and venture investments (in Russia and abroad, under English law), as well as business restructurings, reorganisations and transfer of seat (redomicilation).

BGP Litigation's lawyers deliver legal services that remain valuable to clients’ business today and beyond, taking into account clients’ strategic goals, UBO/sector specifics, and sanctions environment. Our business-oriented approach along with deep professional expertise and market flexibility helps our clients to take practical decisions on most complex matters in their ordinary activity, investments and strategic planning.

Our clients are major Russian and international companies from wide range of economy sectors (chemical, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, IT, real estate, etc.), state-owned corporations, large manufacturers, investment funds, banks, as well as beneficiaries and shareholders.

Being a full-scope law firm and having Middle East Desk with office in UAE gives us a unique opportunity to provide clients with personal unique solutions. 

Services
Mergers and acquisitions
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BGP Litigation provides legal support in M&A transactions in different industry sectors and during all stages: structuring commercial negotiations, drafting transaction documents, clearances and closing procedures
General corporate law support
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This includes share capital structuring, protection of shareholders and management’s rights, advising on general corporate matters
Due diligence on both legal and tax issues
Joint ventures (JV), private equity (PE) and strategic alliances in Russia and abroad
Asset restructuring including distressed assets and asset deals
Regulatory clearances
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BGP Litigation obtains regulatory clearances form the President, the Bank of Russia, the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service, the Government Commission on Monitoring Foreign Investment in the Russian Federation, etc.
Settlement of corporate conflicts
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This includes protection against hostile takeovers and illegal attempts to gain corporate control, complex corporate disputes.
Development of corporate governance and asset management
Management buyouts, sale of assets by foreign investors
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This includes legal support for exiting from Russia
Sale of assets by foreign investors
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BGP Litigation provides legal support for sale of assets from Russia by foreign investors

We advised:

Samolet Group

in connection with acquisition of a major real estate agency that also provides online educational activities, including due diligence and drafting of the transactional documentation

An International Manufacturer of Construction Materials

in connection with acquisition of a major Russian manufacturer of construction materials, including due diligence of the company and drafting of the transaction documentation

A Leasing Company

for the purpose of establishing a joint venture with its partners - the biggest passenger car manufacturer in Eastern Europe and a systemically important Russian bank

An Oil and Gas Company

in connection with acquisition of a share in an oil company’s share capital, including structuring the transaction, due diligence of the company and drafting of the transaction documentation

A Russian Venture Fund

in connection with investing in a startup that owns an AI medicine service for verifying doctors’ diagnoses, including due diligence of the company, implementation of recommendations for mitigating identified risks, and drafting of the transaction documentation

A Russian Production Company

in connection with establishment of a joint venture for mining and processing rocks, including development of a transaction and management structure for the venture and drafting of relevant documentation for operation of the joint venture and its subsidiaries

Russian Hydrogen,

a major chemical company, in a RUB 3 bln transaction to acquire a core enterprise producing soda ash and food soda

Titanaktiv,

Russia's biggest producer of titanium dioxide, in connection with acquisition of four chemical companies, including due diligence, structuring of the transaction to take account of the array of restrictive measures imposed by Presidential Decrees on transactions with persons from unfriendly countries

ALROSA,

a major diamond-mining company, the world leader in diamond production and reserves, in connection with establishment of a joint venture for developing oil and gas licence areas in the Republic of Sakha

A Holding Company

specialising in management of real estate and infrastructure facilities in connection with a project to acquire production and energy companies from a person from a hostile state, including due diligence of the companies and drafting of the transaction documentation

A Russian Venture Fund

in connection with acquisition of a company involved in developing complex oil fields

Team

Timur Unarokov
Partner, partner committee member — M&A and Corporate Restructuring
Elena Rybalchenko
Counsel — M&A and Corporate Restructuring

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