Banking and finance
The attorneys of our banking & finance practice provide comprehensive legal support to banks, professional securities market participants, financial institutions and investors at all stages of their business.
Registration, licensing and regulatory advice for banks and other financial institutions
- Providing legal support in the establishment, registration, licensing and re-organization of banks, credit organisations, professional securities market participants and other financial institutions
- Providing legal support in dealings with regulatory authorities in relation to registration and licensing issues
- Regulatory advice for banks, credit organisations, professional securities market participants and other financial institutions
- Providing legal support in the development and implementation of new banking and financial products and services, including drafting product documentation
- Providing advice on tax and currency control regulations
Legal support of financial transactions
- Capital markets transactions
- Issuing and trading in securities
- Bilateral and syndicated lending
- Derivatives transactions
- Pre-export financing
- Trade finance
- Security for lending transactions
Working with distressed debts
- Restructuring distressed debts
- Representing lenders in state commercial courts and before arbitral tribunals
- Foreclosing in transactions secured by a pledge
- Handling bankruptcy cases
- Recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards and foreign court judgements in Russian courts
Legal support for retail banking and financial services to private individuals
- Private banking & off-shore wealth management products
- Deposits and loans
- Credit cards
- Mortgages and securitizations
Taxation of financial transactions and tax disputes
- Advising on the tax aspects of financial transactions (transactions with securities, exchange-traded and OTC derivative financial instruments, structured financial products)
- Transfer pricing for banks and financial institutions
- Tax aspects of SLA and similar agreements; testing and optimizing documentation flow, taking into account the requirements of the Russian tax authorities and courts
- Tax aspects of hedging transactions; testing and optimizing supporting documentation, taking into account the requirements of the Russian tax authorities and courts
- Providing tax support for M&A transactions and intra-group restructurings, including for companies with foreign shareholders
- Conducting comprehensive tax audits, identifying risks and overpayments
- Handling disputes with tax authorities; pre-trial settlement of disputes and handling court cases
Information security and data protection
- Advising on compliance with the requirements of bank secrecy legislation
- Advising on compliance with the requirements of personal data protection legislation
- Advising on establishing a commercial secrecy regime