Projects Page 15

Restructuring "Sosedi" chain

Structuring and consulting in the course of embedding a group restructuring concept, including centralisation of control within managing company, spin-off of functional business units, tax planning, development of measures to optimise business processes; affiliation with management bodies of companies acquired in the course of expansion, for the purpose of representing and protecting the client at the investment stage.

Zoomlion

Representation of Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co. Ltd. Monitoring a project to create a joint venture with Minsk Motorcar Plant OJSC.

Kauno Grūdai

Assitance for a Lithuanian investor within a project aimed at investing in Smolevichy Brewery Works OJSC, monitoring a number of corporate procedures.

Anikavita - Frisland Campina

Supporting an acquisition of Frisland Campina’s CIS distributors. The transaction embraced five jurisdictions: Netherlands, Cyprus, Ukraine, Belarus and Russia.

Drillmec – Seysmotechnica

Supporting DRILLMEC SPA in acquiring the controlling block of shares of SeysmoTechnica JSC. This was one of the most prominent privatisation transactions.

Supporting owner of Milavitsa company

Comprehensive representation of a majority shareholder of a group of companies for the purposes of corporate group management and settlement of corporate conflicts.

Restructuring SITEK group

Expert appraisal, preparation of a technical specification, elaboration and implementation of a concept for the restructuring of a multi-field engineering holding acting as Siemens’s centre of competence in metalwork cutting, overhauls and modernisation of NC machines, production control systems and equipment control systems.

Protecting interests of a major Belarusian company in London

Consulting and protecting a major Belarusian company in an ad-hoc arbitration court (in London) under the UNCITRAL rules in a case on the termination of an international agreement of purchase and sale of gaming equipment/software and compensation for losses.

Representing a French manufacturer

Representation of a French manufacturer in complex disputes in the territory of the Republic of Belarus with customers and support for enforcement proceedings.

MorozProduct

Supporting client in disputes with general contractor in respect of construction of an ice-cream factory (both during contruction stage and during warranty period).

Protecting a shareholder of an OJSC

Representation in a case contesting an unlawful additional issue of stocks of an OJSC at the expense of a shareholder.

Playtech - Viaden Media

Comprehensive support for a pioneering M&A transaction in regard to IT companies specialising on iOS mobile apps, namely acquisition of full control over a global leader in online games and processing.