Portfolio Projects

OGK-2

Sberbank Capital

URALSIB Bank

Legal support in the transaction on the bank’s purchasing of a block of shares of the development division of the Marta Holding Company:

• Conducting due diligence of the group of companies (more than 30 companies) regarding corporate aspects.
• Defining triggers (conditions and mechanism of walk-away from the transaction, if the seller fails to meet its guarantee obligations).
• Participation in structuring of the REPO transaction (the Russian and Western part); defining of security mechanisms.

URALSIB Bank

Bank for Foreign Economic Activity

Developing laws applicable to insurance of export credit facilities.

Bank for Foreign Economic Activity

Legal support in the transaction for the delivery of two Sukhoi civil aircraft – Sukhoi Superjets – for lease to the Armavir Airline (Armenia). Preparing of an entire set of documents pertaining to the transaction, including a loan agreement, aviation lease agreements, supporting documentation, participation in negotiations with all the participants of the project. The transaction was worth 40 million US dollars.

World Bank

The project for devising of a system aimed at attracting of direct investment through the public and private partnership. Preparing proposals on stimulating investment, including engagement of financial mechanisms/MFO funds. Developing of a legal groundwork for the mechanism of partial credit guarantee for borrowing by the Russian institute of long-term resource development from international financial institutions. Developing of a legal groundwork for the mechanism of direct lending to the Russian Institute for the further financing of infrastructure projects.

Gazprombank

Gazprombank Invest

Legal support in the dispute regarding the right to the stake in PIS LLC.

Gazprombank Invest

Khanty-Mansi Non-Government Pension Fund

Legal support in the dispute regarding the recovery of the losses caused to the Fund by the trustees and expert appraisers due to the groundless appreciation of the appraised value of the property used for investing of pension reserve funds.

Khanty-Mansi Non-Government Pension Fund

Renova Group of Companies, Koltsovo Airport

Legal support in implementing of a project aimed at building a regional hub by using the resources and facilities of Koltsovo Airport. Preparing amendments to the federal and regional legislation in order to attract additional investment in the development of the airports; analysis of the laws pertaining to special economic zones and defining an action plan required for obtaining the status of the special economic zone of the port type; preparing recommendations for using state financial institutions of development and for optimization of the corporate structure of Koltsovo Airport; preparing recommendations aimed at attracting additional investment in the airport development; devising of patterns of cooperation with the Bank for Foreign Economic Activity.

CIG

Legal analysis and preparation of a package of transactions for purchasing of a building in Moscow.

Federal Financial Markets Service

Preparing of a draft law addressing specific characteristics of investment in infrastructure through infrastructure bonds.

Energomashexport

Protecting the client’s interests in arbitration courts, in the dispute against Alef-Bank JSB, CJSC, regarding the ban on payments based on the bank guarantee.

Confidential project

Preparing documents for the transaction in purchasing of shares of a Russian industrial company in a Russian region. The project is worth 250 million rubles.

Confidential project

Legal support in the project "Violation of the fiduciary duties by the former employees – top managers of the bank, which resulted in their enrichment and caused damage to the bank". The VEGAS LEX experts conducted legal due diligence, prepared evidence database and developed a legal strategy (including a step-by-step plan, specification of risks and success prospects for each strategy option) for initiating lawsuits against the former top managers, taking into consideration specific characteristics of the Russian and foreign jurisdictions.

Confidential project

Preparing Russian law-related memorandums covering the aspects pertaining to loan and surety agreements; the memos will be used in proceedings in English and Cyprian courts.

Confidential project

Legal support in preparing and signing of a credit facility agreement entered into by and between the bank and the Chinese subsidiary of the multinational corporation, having partial collateral security in the Russian jurisdiction. The project was worth 1 billion rubles.

Confidential project

Legal support in implementation of the project for preparing and substantiation of the methodology of the standard project of building motor roads through combined budget and non-budget financing, including devising of an organizational and legal pattern of the project, analysis of the main project-associated risks, legal analysis of the legislative regulation of concession tender procedures and criteria, preparation of a schedule for implementation of the concession tender, etc.

Confidential project

Legal support in the court proceedings with the administration of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation regarding the contracts for revamping of roads in Yaroslavl. The legal standpoint was implemented, requiring that the completed work must be paid for at fixed contractual prices, regardless of the amount of the actually transferred types of work, due to the fact that the completed work has already been delivered.