Legal Support of Mergers & Acquisitions

Unicon’s time-tested M&A expertise enables us to offer legal support to the buyer or seller, or act as a single consultant for both parties (buy-side and sell-side advisory). We offer M&A support at all stages, from initial overview to transaction structuring and closing, ensuring that even the smallest details are considered. We do not only prepare a required set of documents, we also help our clients build the most effective relationships with other parties to the transaction and achieve the most rewarding outcome.

Legal support for M&A:

Legal due diligence
Developing key transactions terms
Advice on applicable law and dispute resolution procedures
Identification of transaction risks and options to cope with them
Elaborating optimal contractual arrangements and detailed transaction planning
Drafting transaction documents (letter of intent, share sale/purchase agreement, shareholders agreement, security arrangements such as escrow agreement, pledge agreement, suretyship agreement, etc.)
Support in negotiating transaction terms between the parties
Participation in negotiations at all transaction stages
Transaction clearance (gaining approvals of state authorities for compliance with antimonopoly legislation and Foreign Strategic Investments Law)
Legal support in transaction closing, including pre-close compliance check
Reviewing fulfilment of the transaction terms
Compiling the documents into Transaction Bible

KEY CONTACTS