Legal due diligence, legal research and advice on corporate law and real estate law matters

• legal due diligence of transaction objects (shares, real estate, etc.)
• legal due diligence of constituent documents of companies
• legal advice for management decision-making

Improvement of the ownership and management structure of companies

• improvement of corporate governance structures for the current tasks of owners / management
• building a corporate governance structure in accordance with the requirements of investors / lenders
• introduction of the lender into the existing corporate governance system (for the purposes of monitoring the activities of the borrower)
• creation of «special project companies» (SPVs) for joint investment and/or joint project implementation
• introduction of new bodies into the current corporate structure: The Board of Directors, the Management Board, several directors (implementation of the «two keys» principle)
• drafting of internal corporate documents (policies, regulations, etc.)

Transaction support

• transactions with shares of JSC / participation interests in LLC
• loan and security transactions (loan agreements with collateral agreements: mortgages, sureties, independent guarantees, etc.)
• representation of the interests of the buyer or seller in transactions for the sale of shares
• real estate transactions
• drafting of corporate contracts (shareholders’ agreements)
• drafting of option agreements in relation to shares

Pre-trial and judicial challenging of decisions and actions of registering tax authorities

• appeal against illegal registration refusals and unreasonably entered records in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities
• preparation of objections to the exclusion of legal entities from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities on the initiative of the tax authority
• appeal against the illegal exclusion of legal entities from the Unified State Register by the decision of the tax authority
• preparation of responses to «corporate» requests from tax authorities: confirmation of the authenticity of the address / participant / director, insufficient net assets of the legal entity, etc.

Registration support

• registration of companies and individual entrepreneurs in the Russian Federation
• registration of branches / representative offices of foreign companies in the Russian Federation
• registration of amendments to the Сharters of companies,
• registration of changes to the Unified State Registers of Legal Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs, State Register of Accredited Branches and Representative Offices of Foreign Legal Entities
• registration of the issues of shares
• registration of real estate transactions