Leonardo Business Center
19-21 Bohdana Khmelnytskoho Str.
01030, Kyiv, Ukraine
11th floor

Telephone/fax: +380 44 220-0335  e-mail: info@avellum.com

Practice

Representative experience in Corporate/M&A


Our firm is a specialized legal advisor on сorporate/M&A in Ukraine. We provide a very broad range of services to our clients in the following types of сorporate/M&A, and related transactions:

cross-border private and public acquisitions
mergers, spin-offs, splits-offs, split-ups, and other types of reorganizations
private equity acquisitions and disposals
corporate restructurings
corporate governance advice

We provide superior legal services to purchasers and sellers, both strategic and financial, including:

structuring transactions from the legal and commercial perspective
drafting and negotiation of share purchase and shareholders agreements, option agreements, security documents, warranty deeds, bank guarantees, and other transaction documents under English (in cooperation with leading English legal advisors) and Ukrainian law
leading clients through the process of risk allocation by means of English-law instruments, such as representations and warranties, indemnities, vendor protection mechanisms, and various shareholder rights
assisting clients on the disclosure letter preparation and its review
conducting legal due diligence and preparing full-size and problem-type due diligence reports
preparing vendor due diligence reports and arranging electronic data rooms

Our attorneys possess a strong combination of Western experience, top-tier education, local knowledge of legislation and state of affairs, common language and a wide net of contacts among leading Ukrainian businessmen. We share a common language with both foreign and domestic clients and very often help to facilitate the closing process successfully. We have an excellent knowledge of local conditions and business environment in Ukraine. We employ leading market practices for the legal due diligence and the drafting of transaction documentation.

Avellum Partners has considerable experience in сorporate/M&A of companies in various spheres of commercial activity, including FMCG, agriculture, real estate, financial services, retail, telecommunications, natural resources, insurance, and banking. Recently we have advised: