We have been helping our clients to buy and sell companies since we first set up our practice in Ukraine in 1992. Our M&A experience includes:

• Performing in-depth due diligence of M&A targets (including on debts, other liabilities, assets, pledged property, litigation, labor obligations, title to land and other assets, IP rights, etc.)
• Structuring deals.
• Drafting documentation, e.g., share purchase agreements, ownership interest assignment, etc.
• Drafting documents and carrying out practical steps to secure deals.
• Working on real estate aspects of M&A projects.
• Preparing legal opinions.
• Assessing antitrust aspects of M&A and obtaining antimonopoly clearance.
• Coordinating actions with other law firms in cross-border transactions governed by the laws of foreign countries in addition to Ukrainian law (e.g., Russian, EU or U.S. laws).
• Transfer of licenses, rights and titles, including IP rights.
• Dealing with relevant disputes.
• Handling negotiations with counterparties and government regulators and obtaining the necessary regulatory approvals and licenses.
• Dealing with special complications (such as the acquisition of shares burdened by conditions of privatization and other peculiarities of Ukrainian national law or local regulation).
• Working on implementation of conditions precedent and conditions subsequent.
• Coordinating with custodians, banks, and share registrars.
• Transaction closings.

Post-acquisition: absorption or assimilation, restructuring, management, etc.

According to PLC Which lawyer? Yearbook 2009, the RULG - Ukrainian Legal Group is "recognized" in the M&A area. RULG President Dr. Irina Paliashvili has been included in the U.S. based Best Lawyers® publication list of leading lawyers for 2009 as the best lawyer in the M&A area for Ukraine.