Legal

We provide general company and compliance advice to our clients on typical and atypical legal issues.  Our practical experience covers a wide range of company law related issues i.e. advice on board procedures regarding issues arising in takeover situations, analysing corporate policies, codes of conduct and assistance with shareholder engagement. We advise on corporate law, sector-specific regulations, relevant listing rules, liability and risks for board directors and senior executives, on prevention as well as how to respond when compliance issues arise.

We assist our clients in the professional drafting of employment agreements, internal procedure regulations as well as in preparing other documentation related to human resource management. We support our clients to manage labour law risks in their day-to-day operations, as well as in relation to complex restructuring and M&A transactions. We offer representation of our clients’ interests in court in both individual and collective labour disputes derived from any conflict, discrimination situation or dismissal.

We have rich experience in investment structuring, planning and finding optimal legal form of organization for financing. We provide legal advice in connection with the structuring of clients’ investment intentions, offering the optimal legal form and structure from the perspective of management efficiency and tax planning and supporting the incorporation and maintenance of all forms of legal entities.

We have comprehensive practical experience in implementing corporate law related issues of national and foreign corporations. We offer legal services in connection with all possible phases of a corporate entity, e.g. establishment of the company, its subsidiaries, branches or commercial presences, changes in structure, supporting the operation with drafting or reviewing shareholders’ agreements, security agreements, formulating articles of association and their modifications, minutes on business quota holders’ and shareholders’ meetings, shareholders’ resolutions and other firm documents, M&A transactions or termination with or without legal succession. We prepare and review syndicate agreements, policies, management and other by-laws, parent – subsidiary and all other kinds of intercompany agreements.

We offer our clients legal advice on M&A acquisitions, corporate reorganisation and restructuring, merger and demerger of companies. Our services include advising on transactions, agreements, guarantees and warranties in negotiations and setting up structures for different types of M&A transactions and preparing the necessary documents. We support all phases of the M&A cycle, from the initial evaluation of a potential target or preparation for possible sale, through to final integration of an acquisition or handling a demerger process.

We have extended practical experience in conducting due diligence investigations including legal investigation or assessment of all aspects of the subject business in the specific industry including corporate information, licences and approvals, material contracts, banking facilities, assets and properties, employment, litigation, insurance, environmental matters. During the legal due diligence process we identify the risks and opportunities and may assist in the negotiation process and support our clients to get the adequate warranties and indemnities are sought to protect against the key risk areas identified.

We assist clients on the acquisition of operating assets or equity interests from distressed companies and asset management companies, advising on structuring and implementing investments in distressed multi-tiered capital structures and supporting our clients across the full life-cycle of debt and claims trades, advising on the diligencing, structuring and negotiating of such trades.

We offer a full array of legal services relating to purchase and sale of office buildings, apartment buildings, shopping centres, commercial and industrial use properties and other developed and undeveloped real property. We offer legal services regarding the financing and refinancing of real property and we prepare commercial, office and residential leases, license agreements, management contracts and contracts for the construction, restoration and repair of buildings. We represent our clients’ interests in all types of real estate matters, including construction contract and defect disputes, easement disputes, commercial and residential landlord-tenant litigation, disputes between cooperative corporations and tenant-shareholders, mortgage foreclosures, real estate ownership and partnership disputes, sales contract disputes.

We provide a comprehensive array of legal services to clients engaged in all aspects of the renewable, alternative or “green” energy fields. We support the renewable energy projects of our clients in connection with numerous practice areas, including corporate, regulatory and permitting matters, finance and equity funding, intellectual property, real estate, tax and land use. We prepare ground leases, easements, accommodation arrangements, related documents for renewable energy projects and perform due diligence and project review for investors, lenders, buyers, and related parties.

We provide comprehensive legal services in the area of banking and finance. We provide legal services to leading banking and financial institutions, corporations and other subjects on the side of both debtors and creditors during the provision and drawing down of acquisition, operating or investment loans or international syndicated loans and when negotiating the security for them. We regularly handle matters related to lending and secured transactions, loan workout agreements, mortgages and bank foreclosures and related banking matters.