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The Moscow Office offers advice covering all aspects of business law, mainly in the following areas: |
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We advise our clients on each stage of the cross-border and domestic M&A process in relation to Russian and overseas targets (both public and private companies) starting from deal structuring advice (including tax structuring aspects) and due diligence through negotiating term sheets and confidentiality arrangements, FAS and Strategic Industries Committee clearances, voluntarily or mandatory offers and squeeze-outs, drafting and negotiating share purchase agreements and shareholders agreements, acquisition finance issues, to assistance at deal signing and closing.
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Our lawyers advise public and private Russian and overseas investors and venture capitalists on the full range of issues surrounding the formation of joint ventures and start-ups in Russia, whether structured through a Russian legal entity or an offshore SPV, including structuring and regulatory issues, tax aspects, debt restructuring and financing issues, LBOs and shareholders' agreements.
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We regularly assist our clients in setting up new group companies, joint ventures, subsidiaries, branches and representative offices, restructuring of groups and, more generally, in all operations relating to companies’ corporate governance.
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GLN advises arranging banks, lenders, credit enhancers, sponsors and borrowers on international financings across every industry. We cover financing through all sectors – from trade and pre-export, equity, property and acquisition financing to public sector finance. The Firm has extensive experience in cross-border lending, representing both leading foreign banks and investment-grade Russian borrowers in term and revolving loans. We act for clients in trade and pre-export finance transactions, project finance and real estate facilities. We advise on complex security structures covering all types of security interests over a wide variety of assets including receivables, shares, soft commodities, bank accounts, real estate and immovables.
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GLN advises international and Russian banks, ECAs, multilaterals, project companies, sponsors, as well as federal, regional and municipal authorities:
- on energy and infrastructure projects, public-private partnerships (PPP), concession agreements, project financings and privatisations;
- in all sectors including roads, airports, railways, bridges, tunnels, housing and utilities, power, oil and gas.
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With the ability to offer our clients a truly global service through a single integrated platform, the Moscow Office advises on a full range of international capital markets, derivatives and structured finance transactions including:
- public and private securities transactions and listings;
- structuring, regulatory and documentation aspects of derivatives and structured products transactions;
- true sale and synthetic securitisation; and
- investment and financial services regulation in Russia.
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GLN has broad experience in advising on all areas of real estate law and construction:
- real estate acquisitions and sales, leases, due diligence of real estate assets and rights;
- land use, town-planning and zoning issues, due diligence of land plots, assignment of lease rights for land plots and real estate assets;
- related financing, mortgage, real estate litigation.
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We advise clients on a whole range of international and Russian tax issues. The tax team works in close co-operation with the Paris and London offices on complex international tax matters. GLN also regularly assists clients on exchange control and customs law issues.
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The Firm has lengthy experience in competition law. Thus, we regularly work on notifications to the Russian antitrust authorities on various corporate deals and business operations. In addition, we assist in drafting agreements on distribution and consumer law.
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Our specialists advise on various issues of intellectual property law, in particular, on trademarks and counterfeiting issues.
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The Office relies on its lawyers' in-depth knowledge of Russian law to deliver advice to large French and international groups for successful staff management.
- Hiring, dismissals, litigation.
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The Office lawyers possess outstanding knowledge of proceedings in Russian jurisdictions. They represent investors in local courts on a regular basis.
- Judicial performance of arbitration awards granted abroad, enforcement of clients' rights in Russian jurisdictions (employment and contract law, trademark law, consumer law, etc.).
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