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Banking & finance

Our team has rich experience in providing services to banks, fintech companies and other financial institutions. In recent years, we have implemented dozens of successful projects. We can help you in the following areas.

Banking & finance

Due diligence (pre-investment review) of rights for shares/stocks of a lending institution, of its operations
Support in obtaining the preliminary approval of Bank of Russian for lending institution stock/share acquisition, legal support to reissuance of rights
Structuring and legal support of transactions in the banking sector
Legal support of changes in the registered capital of a lending institution and other corporate procedures carried out through Bank of Russia
Support in obtaining the preliminary approval from Bank of Russia for raising a subordinated loan and other instruments
Advising on lending institution operations
Developing structure of a payment service, drafting documents, legal support during implementation stage, supporting approval procedures with Bank of Russia
Challenging Bank of Russia regulations related to lending institutions
Tax consulting, tax audit and defense in tax disputes

Cases

Legal due diligence of a bank — a subsidiary

Due diligence of a bank’s business lines

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Increase in the authorized capital of a bank

Legal support to increase the interest of a member in the bank’s authorized capital and increase the bank’s authorized capital

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Due diligence and support of an acquisition of a non-state pension fund

Actuarial, financial, tax and legal due diligence of a non-state pension fund; support of a share purchase deal

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Support of a bank’s restructuring

Developing several options to change the shareholding structure

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Support to a large foreign bank in its operations in Russia

Legal support on corporate matters

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Improving the insurance legislation in the Russian Federation

Developing proposals to prevent the practice of withholding assets by insurance companies

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Legal support of a credit history bureau’s reorganisation

Support of corporate and registration actions, preparing corporate documents

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Support to create an online bank

Providing support with the activities required to register an online bank in the Russian Federation

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Analysis of a Russian bank’s compliance programme

Consulting services for a bank subject to the US blocking sanctions

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Legal alignment of a European bank’s financial strategy

Development of corporate procedures, drafting of contracts

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Tax audit of a bank

Reviewing transactions with derivatives, terms and conditions of securities trading

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Support of an acquisition of a Moscow bank by a non-resident

Structuring and legal support of an acquisition

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Legal support of an acquisition of shares in a Russian bank by a bank from Kazakhstan

Due diligence and deal support

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Team

Valentina Polyakova

Head of Practice, PhD in Law

Another services

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Economic sanctions and sanctions compliance

Benchmark litigation