CORPORATE AND SECURITIES

Commensurate with the size and breadth of our practice, the firm has the facilities and resources to handle all aspects of client's needs in that area of business. We are regularly involved in major transactional work in the areas of domestic and cross-border merges and acquisitions, private equity, corporate restructuring on behalf of large Russian and foreign  corporations and financial institutions.

We recognize the importance of having a clear understanding of our client's objectives and the positions likely to be taken by the other parties involved. Our transaction team regularly include lawyers experienced in the competition, tax, pensions, employee benefits, banking, intellectual property and financial regulatory issues involved in corporate transactions.

The corporate and securities practice of Avesta Business Consulting includes the following major areas:

• mergers and acquisitions: structuring business combination transactions to maximize economic benefits; providing advice on corporate governance matters; negotiating and drafting asset and stock purchase and sale agreements and merger agreements; assisting in due diligence investigation; developing management and employee participation and incentive programs; negotiating and drafting documents for financing transactions, such as a bank loan agreements; insurance company funding, and sales of debt or equity security; advising on post-closing matters such as renegotiation of collective bargaining agreements and implementing compliance procedures.
  
• corporate finance and securities: providing advice on market customs and practices; providing advice on issuance of stock and antitrust registration; preparing a company for an offering and assistance in preparing for a due diligence investigation; assisting in the development of the terms and conditions of the security to be offered; assisting in preparing the registration statements, prospectus or offering circular for marketing the securities; drafting closing documentation.
  
• corporate governance: compliance assessment of governance structure and documents, board composition and independence issues, relationship with external auditors; design of governance documents and guidelines, committee charters, issue resolutions, trading policies; executive's compensations.
  
• corporate restructuring: any enterprise may be motivated to reorganize its tax and legal structure for a variety of reasons. Whatever the objective, to be truly successful, a reorganization must be structured in a manner that not only optimizes the ultimate tax position of the enterprise but also addresses a multitude of legal issues that arise as a result of restructuring.

Our corporate and tax lawyers work together to assist local and multi-national businesses in structuring and restructuring their domestic and international transactions and operations.    

We manage every aspect of sophisticated corporate and securities transactions, from the initial stage involving advice as to appropriate structures strategies and tactics, through the preparation and negotiation of the necessary documents for closing.

If you need detailed information, you can contact Head of Corporate & Securities Department Igor Goryachev by or by tel. (095) 101-35-73.

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