Company registrations in Russia

The executives of a large Russian magazine decided to reorganize in the form of transformation a private joint-stock company to a limited liability company. In the beginning the general meeting of the shareholders consisted of 20 shareholders. Thus, it was important to efficiently support reorganization.

• the lawyers prepared the plan of reorganization, held negotiations with the shareholders and discussed the conditions of LLC incorporation;
• drafted the incorporation documents and application forms necessary for the tax authority;
• held responsibility for communication with the shareholder register, tax authorities and non-budget funds.

A Russian advertising agency whose client is a leading Moscow airport and a Hong Kong company specializing in lighting technology and other installations, decided to create an LLC with the aim of joint cooperation and provision of comprehensive services to clients. At the same time, the company from Hong Kong decided to contribute to the authorized capital in the form of intellectual property, namely, a unique technology in the field of lighting.

• Lawyers negotiated with representatives of both parties and agreed on the basic conditions;
• Prepared incorporation documents, including a corporate agreement at the request of the client;
• Accompanied the process of property valuation for the contribution to the authorized capital of the future LLC;
• Communicated with tax authorities and non-budgetary funds;

A large foreign company incorporated in Germany and represented on the territory of the Russian Federation by affiliated legal entities whose main scope of activity is the research, production and sales of innovative plants in the field of agricultural production, has reached out to VALEN Group lawyers to provide assistance and full range of services in the matter of legal, from migration legislation standpoint, employment of a foreign citizen accepted as CEO of a Russian legal entity.

The case was sophisticated by the fact that the above foreign citizen acted as the General Director of two Russian companies being part of the German holding company operating in different regions of Russia.

VALEN Group lawyers:

• collected and prepared the entire package of necessary documents for permits obtaining in the migration authorities;
• submitted documents to the relevant structural divisions located in different regions of Russia;
• provided support for the client to the state body when receiving documents.

As a result of the work done, a foreign citizen has successfully obtained documents that allow him to freely carry out work in the Russian Federation on legal grounds.

A large American company, a global brand of clothing and accessories, as part of its activities in Russia, applied to VALEN with a request to prepare a legal opinion on the regulation, procedure and specifics of sale of precious metal products.

• An opinion on the specifics of sale of precious metals was prepared.
• The requirements for the premises for the storage of precious metals were outlined.
• To comply with anti-money laundering regulations – the procedure of registration on the “Rosfinmonitoring” website has been clarified.

The owner was planning to conclude a sale of non-residential premises contract with a large construction company. A complex transaction structure with several types of securities and warranties and a multi-stage payment system by letter of credit has been developed. The situation was complicated by a long-term corporate conflict between the participants of the owner company.

• Multi-stage transaction structure has been developed;
• Negotiations with premises’ buyer have been carried out;
• Draft contracts for the sale of non-residential premises, guarantee agreements, pledge agreements, and other documents have been developed as part of these transactions’ implementation;
• Legal support for registration of buyer’s ownership has been provided.