Corporate Law

The practice’s attorneys offer a wide range of services pertaining to issues of corporate law.

We provide legal support for M&A transactions, conduct comprehensive due diligence reviews of assets slated for acquisition, and offer consulting on matters associated with the creation and reorganization of companies and joint ventures, as well as many other aspects.

Ost Legal also represents the interests of its clients under the resolution of corporate disputes, offers legal assistance on issues of corporate governance – including the drafting of corporate agreements, option contracts and a company’s internal documents, and assesses the risks of holding management body officers liable for their actions.

Over the past several years, Ost Legal’s corporate practice team has taken part in a number of complex and high-profile corporate transactions in such sectors as oil & gas and mining, construction, energy, alternative energy, agriculture, and medicine.

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M&A transactions: structuring, drafting of contractual documentation, handling of negotiations and closing, regulatory issues, due diligence on assets

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Consulting Highland Gold Mining Limited in connection with its acquisition of three gold-mining assets in the Far East (due diligence review of assets, drafting of contractual documentation, consulting on the associated regulatory issues).

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Consulting one of India’s leading oil & gas companies in connection with the creation of a joint venture with a Russian petroleum company for the purposes of developing a number of offshore drilling sites on the basis of the respective risk operator agreement. Ost Legal’s services included a due diligence review of the assets contributed to the joint venture, participation in the drafting and discussion of the relevant contractual documentation, and the provision of consultations on subsoil usage issues as well as the regulatory and antimonopoly aspects of the transaction.

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Consulting on transactions involving the acquisition and divestment after six years of ownership of a stake in the authorized capital of a company owning a shopping center spanning a total of 6,206 m2 and the underlying plot of land in Tula Region.

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Consulting ROSMORPORT FSUE in connection with the implementation of a project involving the construction of a seaport, including developing the project’s structure, preparing the draft investment agreement and compiling the relevant legal opinions.

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Consulting TEK Mosenergo OJSC in connection with the performance of a due diligence review of a group of companies encompassing 6 branches, 15 subsidiaries and affiliates and more than 50 real estate properties.

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Consulting a transnational group of oil & gas and petrochemical companies in connection with its acquisition of lease rights to a chain of refuelling stations in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

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Consulting in connection with the performance of a due diligence review of a number of development projects in the Greater Moscow Area slated for acquisition by one of Russia’s largest financial-industrial groups.

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Consulting a development company in connection with its acquisition of certain real estate properties spanning a total of 8,865 m2 within Moscow city limits, including developing the structure of the transaction and its payment arrangement, preparing drafts of the preliminary agreement, sale-purchase contract and surety contracts, and providing legal support for negotiations and closing.

Joint ventures – consulting on shareholders’ agreements and agreements on the exercise of participants’ rights, preparing them for conclusion

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Consulting one of India’s leading oil & gas companies in connection with the creation of a joint venture with a Russian petroleum company for the purposes of developing a number of offshore drilling sites on the basis of the respective risk operator agreement.

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Performing a due diligence review of the assets slated for contribution to the joint venture, participating in the discussion and drafting of contractual documentation, consulting on issues of subsoil use and the regulatory and antimonopoly aspects of the transaction.

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Consulting China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation on a range of corporate issues pertaining to the power plant in Yaroslavl Region to be managed by the Russian-Chinese joint venture.

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Consulting Inter RAO UES on a range of corporate issues in connection with the creation of a joint venture with General Electric.

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Consulting in connection with the drafting and conclusion of a corporate agreement and option contract under Russian law between the participants of a joint venture building an infrastructure facility in Moscow (transport-transfer complex).

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Consulting in connection with the drafting and conclusion of a shareholders’ agreement and option contract under Russian law between the investors in a development company (residential construction in Moscow Region).

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Consulting in connection with the drafting and conclusion of a shareholders’ agreement under Russian law between the shareholders of a leading Russian energy company.

Corporate restructuring and reorganization, consulting on creating the optimal corporate structure for the implementation of investment projects

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Consulting in connection with the drafting and conclusion of a shareholders’ agreement under Russian law between the shareholders of a leading Russian energy company.

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Consulting in connection with the drafting and conclusion of a corporate agreement and option contract under Russian law between the participants of a joint venture building an infrastructure facility in Moscow (transport-transfer complex).

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Consulting in connection with the drafting and conclusion of a shareholders’ agreement and option contract under Russian law between the investors in a development company (residential construction in Moscow Region).

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Consulting M+W Group on corporate issues in connection with the implementation of a series of ambitious high-tech construction projects in the field of microelectronics and nanotechnology.

Representing client interests within the scope of corporate disputes

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Representing the interests of a foreign shareholder in the course of a corporate conflict arising in connection with the siphoning off of assets by the management of the Russian group of companies and their conclusion of certain transactions to the detriment of corporate interests.

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Representing the interests of Raduzhny Mir LLC in a dispute over the improper performance of a share sale-purchase agreement.

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Representing the client’s interests in a dispute over the right to certain stakes in Spetstrans LLC.

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Representing the interests of a shareholder in a dispute challenging a transaction concluded by the company’s management to the detriment of the legal entity’s interests.

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Representing the interests of borrowers in disputes over the contesting by TRUST Bank PJSC of certain transactions – supplemental agreements to the respective loan contracts, concluded to the detriment of the claimant’s interests.

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