Other Services

Assessment of legal risks of transactions involving the acquisition of a warehouse complex between legal entities with prevailing state ownership.

Our Client is one of the largest air carriers in Russia. The client is interested in acquiring an aircraft storage complex from another legal entity with predominant state participation.
The client asked us for legal assistance in conducting several interrelated transactions on transferring ownership of a warehouse complex.

Our Client is one of the largest air carriers in Russia. The client is interested in acquiring an aircraft storage complex from another legal entity with predominant state participation.

The client asked us for legal assistance in conducting several interrelated transactions on transferring ownership of a warehouse complex.

Within the scope of work with the Client, the PB Legal team:

  1. analysed the chain of transactions for risks of the planned strategy of actions;
  2. gave recommendations on mitigating possible risks and amending the transaction strategy;
  3. advised the Client on the necessity to coordinate transactions with state authorities.

Conducting an internal investigation at a major pork producer company in Russia in connection with an outbreak of African swine fever.

Our client is an agro-industrial company in the Tver region, one of Russia's 20 largest pork producers.
The PB Legal team conducted an internal corporate investigation into the legality of the actions of government agencies and company employees during the outbreak of viral animal disease.

Our client is an agro-industrial company in the Tver region, one of Russia's 20 largest pork producers.

The PB Legal team conducted an internal corporate investigation into the legality of the actions of government agencies and company employees during the outbreak of viral animal disease.

Consulting a Russian investment company on issues related to special administrative districts.

Our client is a well-known Russian investment company that finances real estate projects in the special administrative district of Russky Island.

Our client is a well-known Russian investment company that finances real estate projects in the special administrative district of Russky Island. PB Legal team is developing for the client a roadmap for the registration of an investment project, which would allow to simultaneously use the benefits of the special administrative district and the regime in force in the territory of the "Free Port of Vladivostok".

Advising a Russian gold mining company on the application of the concept of “affiliation” in corporate law.

Our client is a large Russian gold mining company. The company approached us with a question regarding the criteria of affiliation within the framework of legislation obliging to send a binding offer to shareholders when acquiring large blocks of shares in public joint-stock companies.

Our client is a large Russian gold mining company. The company approached us with a question regarding the criteria of affiliation within the framework of legislation obliging to send a binding offer to shareholders when acquiring large blocks of shares in public joint-stock companies.

The PB Legal team analyzed cases of application of the concept of "de facto affiliation" within the framework of the Law on Joint Stock Companies and prepared a legal opinion. Based on the research, we assessed the risks of the client and provided recommendations on how to mitigate these risks.

Participation in the deal structuring on the investor’s entry into the capital of an agricultural company.

PB Legal team represents the beneficiary of a large agricultural company, which needed to attract additional funding due to the need to expand its business.
Negotiations have now been initiated with an investor to acquire a 50% share of the company.

PB Legal team represents the beneficiary of a large agricultural company, which needed to attract additional funding due to the need to expand its business.

Negotiations have now been initiated with an investor to acquire a 50% share of the company. The provision of extensive additional financing to the company by the investor is also being discussed. PB Legal team represents the client at all stages of the transaction.

Representing the interests of an owner of a business center in Moscow in a dispute over the protection of business reputation, recovery of damages from disseminators of defamatory information

Our client is the owner of a large business center in Moscow. After the acquisition of the business center, defamatory information was published on the Internet about the client's company and its managers in order to spread defamatory information.

Our client is the owner of a large business center in Moscow. After the acquisition of the business center, defamatory information was published on the Internet about the client's company and its managers in order to spread defamatory information. As a result of these actions our client’s counterparties started to lose confidence in the company and refuse its services.

As part of the strategy on protection of the client's interests, we prepared a claim to protect the company's business reputation and recover damages caused to the client as a result of the creation of a website by cybercriminals that disseminate information discrediting the client's business reputation, and also filed suits to Russian courts on behalf of the client's employees.