Our Corporate and M&A team is widely regarded as one of the leading and most reputable practices. We help our clients to achieve their strategic and commercial objectives.

Since ALRUD was established 30 years ago, we have been at the forefront of some of the most significant corporate transactions across a wide variety of sectors and industries spanning energy & power, metals & mining, TMT, real estate and construction, financial and insurance services, retail and healthcare.

Our clients look to us not only for technical excellence in the law, but also for our capacity for innovative thinking, our broad business focus and our multi-specialist skills. We are especially recognised for our ability to represent the complex requirements of overseas clients investing in Russia, and for our track record in advising Russian clients on international strategic partnerships.

Our full-service offering is a key factor in attracting blue-chip domestic and international clients. Our Corporate and M&A team routinely works with ALRUD’s top-ranking teams in other practice areas including Competition / Antitrust, Banking & Finance, Tax, Employment, Intellectual Property and Real Estate. This approach enables us to advise on the full spectrum of a client’s complex requirements, giving us the scale of resources needed to service the most demanding transactions, which often require rapid deployment of sizeable and multi-disciplined teams.

Much of our corporate work has an international element and we are proud to be the Russian law firm of choice for many of the world’s top tier law firms in Europe, Asia and the US. Our success in establishing collaborative relationships with our overseas law firm partners enables us to deliver the highest quality service on international transactions. Our clients greatly value our ability to assemble teams that are in tune with their specific needs, both commercially and culturally.

Our practice is supported by some 30 specialist lawyers, securing our position as one of Russia’s leading corporate and M&A advisory firms. The Practice head is Alexander Zharskiy, ALRUD Partner since 2007 with more than 20 years of experience. His practice is focused on in-bound and cross-border public and private M&A transactions across a variety of sectors including agribusiness, retail, financial sector, telecommunications media and technology, pharmaceuticals. Alexander is an officer of IBA (International Bar Association) Corporate and M&A Committee. Alexander is recommended in Corporate practice and Life Sciences by Who`s Who Legal and in Corporate / M&A and Real estate by Best Lawyers. Legal 500 includes Alexander in the Hall of Fame for Commercial, corporate and M&A and Banking & Finance practice. Chambers Global and Europe rank Alexander in Top Bands for Corporate / M&A practice. IFLR 1000 highly regards Alexander in Mergers & Acquisitions, Restructuring and Insolvency, Banking. Four more Partners strengthen the Practice team – Anton Dzhuplin, Andrey Zharskiy, Sergey Khanaev and Alexander Kleschev.

Our core philosophy, which sets us apart from our competitors, is that providing excellent advice on corporate matters is not only about the technical interpretation of the law; it is equally about the economic, political, business and social considerations. This philosophy guides our approach to recruiting and developing the best lawyers in the field. We are unique in the focus we place on educational and development programmes for our lawyers, supporting them through post-graduate programmes at top business schools and secondments to some of the world’s leading international law firms. This enables our team to bring a broader perspective to our advice.

Our Services

The mainstream of our Corporate practice is buying and selling companies and supporting M&A and JV transactions. We provide a full-service offering, supporting our clients through all stages of their domestic or international M&A projects, including:

  • Structuring international and local M&A transactions under Russian or foreign law
  • Formalizing shareholders’ arrangements in Russia and off-shore by drafting and negotiating shareholder agreements, call/put option agreements and other execution documents
  • Drafting and negotiating share purchase agreements and ancillary documents
  • Advising on joint ventures and strategic partnerships that best meet our clients’ business objectives
  • Conducting full legal due diligence
  • Completing risk evaluation plans and supporting deal closure
  • Providing antitrust, tax, financing and other regulatory advice in respect of our clients’ transactions

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