We specialize in providing diversified corporate legal services to foreign and Russian entrepreneurs in all major areas of business law in Russia. Our lawyers can assist you in the following:

Incorporations, reorganizations, liquidations

• Consulting on all types of Russian legal formations;
• Drafting customized foundation documents;
• Formation of LLC or JSC (ООО or АО);
• Accreditation of representative and branch offices;
• Registration of foundation documents with all necessary state bodies;
• Registering share issues with the Central Bank;
• Opening bank accounts;
• Corporate compliance.

Corporate (re-)structuring

• corporate formation, structuring, and regulatory compliance (including the formation and structuring of holding companies and other special purpose vehicles);
• inbound investment advice: assisting foreign clients in performing due diligence on potential Russian companies to be acquired;
• pre-acquisition legal and tax due diligence on behalf of both vendors and purchasers;
• drafting and analyzing share purchase agreements, shareholders’ agreements and other related transactional documents.

Corporate governance

• board composition and regulations;
• management structure & proceedings;
• deadlock provisions;
• directors/officers responsibilities;
• provision of temporary directors.

Commercial

• competition, anti-trust and consumer protection;
• competition law compliance of contracts and corporate actions;
• government procurement;
• advertising;
• natural monopolies;
• foreign investments;
• consumer protection legislation compliance;
• international sale of goods and services (import and export transactions);
• international product distribution (building a distribution network, developing distribution agreements, exclusivity and pricing);
• cross-border logistics (freight-forwarding agreements, agreements on international goods carriage, storage);
• agency, franchising and marketing;
• public procurement (tender documentation);
• leasing transactions (structuring, concluding, amending or terminating leasing contracts);
• licensing/certification;
• E-commerce (online stores, electronic payment systems).

In addition, we can help you in some individual cases (by special appointment) involving:

• matrimonial relations (marriage contracts, divorce, division of property, alimony, child care);
• landlord-tenant relations (rent collection, eviction);
• wills & inheritance, etc. (preparing & execution of wills, opposing wills).

Please contact us: info@vkulaw.com