All cases: Company Liquidation Services
Company Liquidation Services
- Acting as liquidator of six Russian financial market companies for a large international bank in Russia (Deutsche bank); preparing and submitting all necessary documentation for liquidation;
representing the company during tax audits, engaging accounting experts as necessary, coordinating all procedures with the client and organising deregistration of the liquidated companies; - Representing the liquidator of a Russian property development company in preparing and filing a liquidation petition; assisting in preparing a liquidation balance sheet; representing the client in a state audit and in court.
- Representing a foreign liquidator of a group of companies controlled by a major Russian bank (with foreign investment) in Russian courts in connection with complex corporate litigation aimed at restoring the interests of a creditor of liquidated Russian companies; analysing and defending the client’s interests in connection with the liquidation.
- Advising the client, an international transport company, on changing the corporate structure of the acquired Russian business, which included consolidation of assets, contracts and personnel into the main company and liquidation of redundant structures. Legal and tax assessment of planned transactions and preparation of a detailed action plan for the Client on their implementation.
- Turnkey liquidation of a Russian company, which was used as an asset holding mechanism and ceased to be relevant after optimisation. Our firm assumed the role of the Client’s lawyer (the Client did not have an in-house lawyer and relied on us) and provided legal support at all stages of the liquidation up to the de-registration of the company.
- AT Law Firm provided comprehensive legal support in reviewing, evaluating and simplifying the corporate structure used by the Client (a major shareholder of a Russian pharmaceutical business), which included liquidation of several companies in different jurisdictions. We assessed the legal and tax implications of the proposed transactions, developed an action plan and implemented it, acting as general counsel to the Client, a controlling service provider in several jurisdictions. The client also entrusted us with filing ‘tax amnesty’ and ‘tax-free liquidation’ documents for certain group companies.
- The firm provided comprehensive legal support in reviewing, evaluating and simplifying the corporate structure used by the Client (a family owning a Russian FMCG manufacturing, wholesale and retail business), which involved the liquidation of several companies in different jurisdictions. We assessed the legal and tax implications of the proposed transactions, developed a plan of action and implemented it, acting as general counsel to the Client controlling a multi-jurisdictional service provider. The restructuring was complicated by complex intra-group debt that could not be easily waived or assigned due to Russian CFC and currency control regulations.