Services • Corporate law
Corporate law
Description

We provide our clients with a full range of services to the setting up of Russian and foreign companies, joint ventures, the legal assistance for M&A transactions, corporate restructuring and insolvency, passing strategic corporate resolutions, issuing of shares and the settlement of corporate disputes, as well as the resolution of other issues that arise in the process of corporate management and restructuring.

Specialization

Maxima Legal services in the field of corporate law.

01

Support of mergers and acquisitions.

02

Preparation and support of individual transactions for the acquisition of shares and shares in the authorized capital.

03

Advising on corporate issues related to the establishment and operation of joint Russian and international enterprises.

04

Preparation of joint-stock and other corporate agreements.

05

Legal audit of corporate structure and business, preparation of legal due diligence conclusions.

06

Advising on the organization of the corporate structure, issue and circulation of securities.

07

Preparation and support of reorganization of companies, business restructuring and liquidation of companies.

08

Consulting on antimonopoly legislation.

09

Assistance in resolving corporate disputes.

10

Advising on other issues of Russian and foreign corporate law.

Cases
01
Comprehensive legal due diligence of corporate documentation of six IT companies (two of which are residents of the Skolkovo Innovation Center) and eleven projects implemented by them for the purpose of identifying possible risks and identifying problematic assets.
02
Legal support for the sale of a 50% stake in a Cyprus holding company of a company from China. In particular, ML lawyers prepared a legal opinion on structuring the transaction in accordance with Chinese law, developed several options for its implementation, taking into account the norms of Chinese law, currency control rules, the requirements of Chinese banks, a step-by-step timeline, as well as the need to structure part of the transaction under English law.
03
Analysis of the current structure of an international group of companies, including the corporate structure and intra-group business relations, and development of potential proposals for an alternative structure in order to increase corporate control and eliminate nominal ownership.
04
Preparation of a contract for the purchase and sale of land plots with a total area of more than 1.25 hectares and warehouse complexes located on them, as well as contracts for the purchase and sale of 100% shares / shares in two companies owning part of the acquired real estate.
05
Successful protection of the client’s interests in a dispute over patented strains of microorganisms, which is complex and important for the formation of judicial practice due to the specific subject of legal protection. The first instance lasted 2.5 years, the appeal – another 9 months, during which 11 meetings and several examinations took place.