- advising the Cherkizovo Group on a number of major acquisitions of major agricultural players in different regions of Russia (NAPCO, Altai Broiler, Pit-Product, Zdorovaya ferma, Samson, White Bird, Cargill, LISKO-Broiler and others)
- assisting YIT on the RUB 4,5bn sale of its Russian assets to the Etalon Group at all stages of the transaction including structuring the deal, conducting vendor due diligence, organizing the tender, as well as preparing and negotiating the transaction documentation and closing the deal
- assisting GS-Invest on joint venture with Cloud Platform of Rostelecom, the largest Russian telecommunication provider, and YADRO, a leading manufacturer of high-tech equipment for data storage and processing
- assisting General Motors in selling its 50 percent stake in its joint venture with Russia’s biggest car manufacturer, Avtovaz
- advising GetCourse’s co-founder and CEO, Sergei Mikhailov, on a private equity deal with Goldman Sachs, Winter Capital Partners and Baring Vostok Capital Partners. The amount of the relevant investment round is USD 50m
- advising Gazpromneft-Snabzhenie on launching a joint venture with Gazprombank to develop the first integrated platform for supply chain management in Russia
- advising Gazprom Neft on launching a joint venture with ZYFRA to develop an oil and gas digital industrial platform and promoting new process solutions
- advising Orion LLC, an ESN Group company, on the sale of 100% of the shares in the fiscal data operator 1 OFD (ESK JSC) to VTB Group
- advising Open Mobile Platform LLC and RUSINTECH LLC (ESN Group) on the sale of 75% in Open Mobile Platform and 75% in Votron LLC to Rostelecom PJSC who stood to gain control over the developer of Sailfish OS and Sailfish Mobile OS RUS (now – Aurora OS) through this transaction (2018)
- acting for 12 STOREEZ and the founders of the Russian apparel brand on a private equity deal with Baring Vostok Capital Partners Fund (BVCP)
- advising Avito on its investment in HR Messenger, an automated staff recruitment and integration platform, including further increase up to the controlling stake. This is the first ever deal of this magnitude involving chatbot design companies
- assisting R.Stahl AG, a leading manufacturer of explosion-proof electrical and electronic products, with a joint venture with Goreltex LLC
- assisting CB&I, a leading provider of technology and infrastructure for the energy industry, with carrying out the Russian segment of an international acquisition totaling USD 6bn
- assisting Univar Inc. with the Russian segment of its USD 2bn acquisition of Nexeo
- assisting Rolls-Royce Power Systems AG with the Russian segment of the acquisition of the Kinolt Group
- assisting Rolls-Royce with the Russian segment of the sale of its marine business to Kongsberg Gruppen ASA for GBP 500m
- assisting Indutrade Flödesteknik AB which specializes in the manufacture and sale of equipment and components for the shipbuilding industry with selling its Russian business to the current management
- assisting eShopWorld with entering the Russian market, including determining their corporate structure
- assisting Optilan Group with their exit from the Russian market through a management buyout transaction
- supporting a number of reorganizations and restructurings of corporate structures of subsidiaries in Russia of one of the world's leading manufacturers of metal products and tools, including providing full legal support of the transfer of shares (participation interests), increase in the authorized capital and liquidation of one of the subsidiaries
The above-mentioned includes the experience of our lawyers both prior to and after joining BIRCH LEGAL