2016 LINIYA PRAVA LAW FIRM
About us Our expertise in project finance and PPP, capital markets, corporate and banking law, M&A, tax law, Private Equity, energy and natural resources, dispute resolution, restructuring and insolvency, and TMT is confirmed by the leading international and Russian rating agencies Liniya Prava is a leading law firm that delivers a full range of services in capital markets, banking, finance and tax law, corporate law, M&A as well as representation of clients in courts. Clients value the expertise of our lawyers in legal support of foreign direct investments across all regions of Russia (project finance, public-private partnerships, infrastructure investments, Private Equity) 2
Development of our expertise 16 years in the market 2013 2010 Tax practice Project finance and PPP unites 70 (6 partners, 45 lawyers) people 2008 Litigation 2002 1999 Corporate law Capital markets More than 560 clients 5 key practices: Corporate practice Securities practice Tax practice Litigation practice PPP practice More than 2300 completed projects 3
First-ever projects in the Russian stock market We have supported : More than 400 issues of shares and bonds More than 50 securities public offering transactions, including IPO, at Russian and foreign stock exchanges 1,3 trillion rubles the total amount of funds raised by way of securities offerings for the last 5 years Multi-index bond issue by VTB Mortgage participation certificate issue by GFT Capital Management Company 2012 Subordinated mortgage backed bonds issue by the Agency for Housing Mortgage Lending 2007 Corporate bonds issue by Gazprom 1999 Support of establishment of structured notes program of Sberbank of Russia 2015 Issue of RDRs for RUSAL shares by Sberbank of Russia Issue of foreign state bonds(republic of Belarus) in the Russian Federation 2010 IPO of Seventh Continent 2003 4
Corporate law and M&A Participation in negotiations of all interested parties and legal support of execution and closing of a deal We provide complex support of M&A projects as well as support of separate stages of a deal, including: Preparation or provision of recommendations on prepared termsheet, MoU, LoI, etc. (in accordance with Russian or English law) Preparation of all documents in relation to a deal (subscription agreements, sale and purchase agreements, shareholders agreements, joint-venture agreements, documents securing performance of obligations under the deal and after its closing) Intragroup (business) restructuring for the purposes of a deal Advising on transaction structuring, including available forms of financing (subject to English and/or Russian law) 5
Litigation We protect clients interests in disputes related to: The success of our litigation lawyers stems from expertise in application of arbitration procedural and civil procedural legislation Corporate issues Subsoil use Tax legal matters Contractual relations Title to real estate Securities Borrowing/lending obligations Antitrust regulation КРАСНЫЙ проспект Trademark protection 6
Public-private partnership and Project Finance We provide legal support as follows: Tax structuring of PPP projects Project finance with participation of foreign capital Bonds issues to finance development projects in infrastructure We have a solid record in advising representatives of both state and private capital in the sphere of structuring of PPP projects Investment lending Establishing a company with participation in the equity capital of the project of the initiator and co-investors Leasing-based project finance Project finance via acquisition of a block of shares or a stake in the charter capital Development of project concept, selecting a model for implementation of PPP project 7
Tax consulting and Tax disputes resolution International tax structuring Services delivered by tax practice of Liniya Prava : Tax due diligence in the sphere of capital markets Tax advise in the sphere of wealth management tax due diligence Challenging decisions of tax authorities through legal or extrajudicial proceedings Transfer pricing services 8
Support on cross-border transactions Our strengths: Liniya Prava advises on major cross-border transactions in cooperation with reputable foreign advisors. Features of cross-border projects involve: foreign asset in the scope of a proposed transaction specific nature of a transaction party group structure seller s intention to integrate the target business We serve as a client of foreign law firms and we are interested in obtaining high-quality input from them Possibility to change a foreign partner during the project if quality or responsiveness is not satisfactory We ve been present for more than 16 years in the market, we offer an extensive network of reliable consultants and established standards of communication Rouble-denominated fees Time saving project management Possibility to adjust assignments in accordance with specific clients goals or proposed transaction objectives 9 9
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Client references The team of Sberbank of Russia expresses its thanks to Liniya Prava Law Firm and its team of lawyers. We recommend Liniya Prava as a reliable, conscientious and professional business partner who is pleasant to work with» Sberbank of Russia Exceptional expertise and competence of Liniya Prava management and employees bring the hope that the Firm will continue to develop dynamically. We wish further success and prosperity to Liniya Prava Russian Federal Property Fund High expertise of Liniya Prava employees gives us an opportunity to entrust major and important transactions of our bank to Liniya Prava. We do not doubt their legal competence in various legal aspects VTB We appreciate high expertise and coordination of Liniya Prava legal team in our close cooperation in a number of practices, including drafting amendments to the current legislation and thorough review of legal aspects of certain investment transaction structuring Russian Venture Company Thanks to your personal commitment a number of important expert recommendations aimed at enhancement of efficiency of state property management has been prepared. Your self-reliant comprehensive approach has rendered us invaluable assistance with completing many practical tasks set before the Agency. Federal Agency for State Property During the whole period of cooperation Liniya Prava has proven to be a trustworthy and reliable partner. We highly appreciate contribution of Liniya Prava to the implemented transaction and are ready to recommend the Firm as a reliable and highly professional easy-going partner UralSib Bank We express profound gratitude to Liniya Prava team. We would like to underline extreme expertise, commitment and stress management of Liniya Prava lawyers Credit Europe Bank Based on our working experience with Liniya Prava we would like to note high qualification and competence of the Firm employees and managers that are capable to find solutions in a time efficient manner Leader 11
For Liniya Prava, being a leader on the Russian legal market means setting the standards for legal services, continually monitoring our clients' needs and offering unique legal solutions in order to assist them in achieving their business goals Business Centre Rosso Riva, 5 th floor, 4 Shluzovaya embankment, Moscow, 115114, Russia tel.: + 7 (495) 937 8000 fax: + 7 (495) 937 8001 E-mail: moscow@lp.ru Andrey Novakovskiy Managing partner Dmitriy Chepurenko Partner Ruslan Nagaybekov Partner Oleg Bychkov Partner Vladislav Ganzhala Partner Vadim Konushkevich Partner Lidiya Charikova Head of Tax Practice Corporate and banking law Project finance and PPP Capital markets Private Equity & Venture Capital Privatization Representation of clients in courts Insolvency Corporate law Corporate law Mergers and acquisitions Capital markets Project finance Energy and subsoil use Corporate law Mergers and acquisitions Capital markets Banking law Challenging decisions of state authorities Real estate Insolvency Corporate and M&A (Russian, English, Chinese law) Foreign Investments Banking and Finance Tax advice Tax structuring, including transactions across various jurisdictions In-court (pre-court) representation of taxpayers in disputes with tax authorities Andrey.Novakovskiy@lp.ru Dmitriy.Chepurenko@lp.ru Ruslan.Nagaybekov@lp.ru Oleg.Bychkov@lp.ru Vladislav.Ganzhala@lp.ru Vadim Konyushkevich@lp.ru Lidiya.Charikova@lp.ru 12