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BGP Litigation's International Banking and Finance Practice provides advice on all issues related to structuring international settlements and making international payments, organising stable payment infrastructure in foreign banks, taking into account current sanctions and counter-sanctions restrictions.

The practice's lawyers have extensive experience in advising on the application of financial market protection measures, including compliance with currency control legislation, implementing operational risk management, structuring foreign assets in the current business environment.

The practice's clients include large Russian and international companies from a variety of industries. BGP Litigation's competitive edge is a wide range of practices and services, which allows for a comprehensive approach to resolving a client's legal and business issue when working on a particular project.

Services
Financial market protection measures
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  • Practical application of certain Russian Presidential Decrees
  • Advising on currency control legislation
  • Obtaining regulatory approvals 

Structuring of foreign assets
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  • Establishment of legal entities in foreign jurisdictions
  • Corporate governance issues of foreign legal entities
Organising securities issues in russia and abroad
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  • Working out a system of dividend payments to foreign shareholders
  • Establishment of foreign funds
  • Provision of access to foreign securities markets

We advised:

The Management Company of a Major Venture Fund

on asset and portfolio company restructuring, considering the requirements of the Russian and foreign legislation for financial markets

A Major Company

on organisation, obtaining permits and project management of more than ten transactions for acquisition of shares in Russian subsidiaries of foreign holdings

An IT Holding

on assistance in registration and incorporation of a foreign legal entity in the Asian region in the context of sanctions and other economic restrictions in relation to the principal

A Private Investment Company

on corporate restructuring required for implementing an asset complex sale and purchase transaction in Russia

Team

Sergey Glandin
Partner, attorney, PhD in Law — Compliance and Sanctions Law