Utilizing our considerable experience in corporate, finance, securities, and tax law, we render high–level legal services in IPO transactions including:
- Establishment of corporate governance standards to meet the stock exchange requirements;
- Tactical planning and structuring IPO transactions considering stock exchange requirements and specifics of the industry sector;
- Transaction-related tax issues;
- Legal due diligence of the companies with Ukrainian assets being part of the IPO process and mitigation of the transaction-related risks;
- Drafting and negotiating transaction documents (offering memorandum, listing documents, subscription agreement, depository agreement, etc.);
- Drafting legal opinions;
- Representing the client in multilateral negotiations as well as in relationship with Ukrainian regulators;
- Assistance in fulfillment of pre-closing undertakings;
- Full post-closing support that may include assistance in meeting the stock exchange requirements to public companies, information disclosure, and relationships with investors.
We have significant experience of acting on complex, high-value domestic and cross-border transactions in the financial sector.
We advise banks and financial institutions on the full range of deal structures from takeovers by way of auctions and bid processes to leveraged buy-outs and asset acquisition deals, bringing together international experience and local knowledge.
Our services in M&A matters, among other, include:
We advise banks and financial institutions on the full range of deal structures from takeovers by way of auctions and bid processes to leveraged buy-outs and asset acquisition deals, bringing together international experience and local knowledge.
Our services in M&A matters, among other, include:
- Advising on pre-sale restructuring and tax planning issues;
- Tactical planning and structuring the M&A transaction, advising on mitigation of the transaction-related risks, including consultations on foreign investment and currency control requirements;
- Efficient and reliable legal management of the transaction including preparation of an offer, legal audits, drafting and negotiating the transaction documents (including term sheet, share purchase agreement, merger agreement, escrow agreement, etc.);
- Assistance in procurement of regulatory approvals required for closing of the transaction and representing the clients in relations with Ukrainian regulatory authorities (the National Bank of Ukraine, the State Securities and Stock Market Commission, the Antimonopoly Committee and the State Commission for Regulating of Financial Services Markets);
- Participation in closing of the deal;
- Post-closing support that may include tax - and business - effective integration or restructuring, and establishment of new corporate governance of the target (in acquisition transactions) or the surviving entity (in merger transactions).
We offer in-depth analysis of securities law combined with industry-specific advice in structuring private placement transactions and advising on the following issues:
- Establishing the transaction structure and corporate shareholding structure of the target;
- Legal audit of the target group of companies;
- Drafting transaction documents, including private placement memorandum, subscription agreement and other transaction documents to the extent required, including legal opinions;
- Assisting in fulfillment of pre-closing conditions.