BIRCH LEGAL advised the Cherkizovo Group on the acquisition of the Healthy Farm Group

BIRCH LEGAL provided full scale legal support to the Cherkizovo Group with the acquisition of the Healthy Farm agricultural holding company’s facilities.

The Cherkizovo Group is Russia's largest meat producer. The Healthy Farm Group (Russian - Zdorovaya Ferma) is the largest poultry producer in the Urals.

This acquisition will enable Cherkizovo Group’s broiler meat production to exceed 1m tons per year.

The BIRCH LEGAL team assisted throughout the entire transaction.

The project was led by Co-Managing Partners Mikhail Timonov and Yury Pugach. The team also included Nikita Butenko, Leyla Ibragimova, Oxana Lobova with Evgeny Danilov (M&A), Andrey Shubin (finance), and Olga Eremina (restructuring and insolvency).

The total value of the deal will be RUB 5bn with RUB 1bn in debt obligations. You can find more information in the Cherkizovo Group's press release.

Mikhail Timonov: “For us, the year ends with the 10th anniversary of a major deal from the Cherkizovo Group being entrusted to our team.”

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