Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)

Our experts are experienced advising on projects implemented by Russian companies abroad and transactions in Russia with the participation of foreign firms. We have the requisite experience and resources to structure transactions, draft documents and negotiate projects involving the application of international private law and the law of foreign jurisdictions (with the involvement of foreign partners if necessary), obviating the need for our clients to have to search for foreign lawyers.

Most M&A deals involve tax law, be it a tax audit of an asset or target company, tax structuring of the transaction, tax sheltering of the holding structure or taxation of commercial contracts. NSP offers balanced tax and legal solutions to achieve our clients’ objectives, without the need to waste time and money seeking advice from tax advisors at another firm and coordinating a common position with them.

When supporting M&A transactions, we rely on the experience gained by NSP’s litigation group, so our advice always takes into account positions elaborated in the actual practice of the courts. This helps us mitigate the risk of future disputes arising out of M&A transactions and to choose the best possible strategy if a dispute does arise. Best practices We closely monitor all innovations on the M&A market, in order to be in a position to use the best market-tested solutions in our clients’ transactions.

We carefully follow all innovations in the M&A transactions market to use in our clients' transactions the best solutions tested by the market.