Practical Expirience
As for June 1st, 2012 the following projects have been implemented or under implementation by our colleagues:
(1) Processing of agricultural products. Food production
Moscow:
Organizing of financing, financial and legal support for the project of building the first stage of a large wholesale complex for meat processing. Preparing presentation materials including making a cash-flow model within the project (3 scenarios). Fund raising to the project. Negotiations with foreign banks and insurance companies in connection with project and export financing purchase of equipment. The legal structuring the project (corporate structure, issues of VAT and custom duties for imports of technological equipment). Successful structuring bank financing and organization of applications for export credit guarantees including preparation of applications to Euler Hermes Kreditversicherungs AG (imports of equipment – more than 65 Mio EUR). The volume of involved investments – about 4,8 billion RUR;
Ulyanovsk Region:
Fund raising to the production of hen’s eggs (modernization of poultry factory). Carrying out complex examination (legal & financial Due Diligence). In the long term – the reconstruction of the enterprise, Fund raising in behalf of the agricultural enterprise in the Ulyanovsk region. The cost of the project – about 85 Mio RUR.
Republic of Abkhazia:
Business planning and financial modeling, expertise of the project of building an enterprise for the production of wine, chacha, sparkling wine, juice and beer in Gagra region of the Republic of Abkhazia. Total investments in project – more than 1,5 billion RUR.
(2) Industrial production
St. Petersburg:
Fund Raising, financial support for the project of reconstruction and expansion of production of drip irrigation lines and accessories. Financial modeling project, preparation of presentation materials. Presentation of the project in investment funds in order to involve investments to creation of joint venture under the shareholders’ agreement. Structuring the deal. Total investments – about 155 Mio RUR;
Germany:
Fund raising to the project for the production of glass for using in photo cells of solar batteries. Analysis and adaptation of presentation and financial model of the project for Russian investors. The total volume of borrowed funds – about 5,9 billion RUR.
Purchasing transport and logistic company for a Russian client, the industry strategic investor and operator with headquarters in Moscow and offices in the Siberian Federal District and Shanghai (China). The amount of the deal – about 650 Mio RUR.
Moscow Region:
Making business plan for the project of building plant to produce PET bottles in the Moscow region. Total investments – about 2,8 Mio EUR;
Republic of Karelia:
Developing business plan for a project of recycling and utilization of tires (technology of thermolysis) for the ore-dressing and processing enterprise in Republic of Karelia.
Lipetsk Region:
Support for the project of building an industrial enterprise in the Lipetsk region (manufacturing industrial refrigeration equipment) – in particular, the choice of the region, the legal structuring the project, attracting investments, the current legal support for project and construction works on the object;
Tver Region:
Legal support for creation of industrial plants for the production of wind generators (registration of management company, managing / trading companies in Moscow and Tver, the current legal support of companies). Volume of investments – about 150 Mio EUR.
(3) Production of building materials
Belgorod Region:
Support of the project of reconstruction and modernization of enterprise for the production of building materials. Fund raising to the project. Consultations on the scheme of restructuring enterprise and creation of joint ventures. Negotiations with co-investors, foreign banks and insurance companies in connection with the project and export financing purchase of equipment. Structuring the project. The volume of involved investments – about 266 Mio RUR;
Fund raising for the production of insulating materials in the Belgorod region. Legal consulting (the corporate structure of the project, legal Due Diligence of the project company), financial consulting (analysis of financial reports, structuring financing of the project), preparing presentation of documents. The volume of investments – about 7,5 Mio EUR;
Novosibirsk Region:
Support of the project of reconstruction and modernization of enterprise for producing building materials. Fund raising to the project. Negotiations with foreign banks and insurance companies in connection with project and export financing of purchasing equipment. Structuring the project. The volume of investments – about 900 Mio RUR.
Interregional projects:
Making a business plan for a project of building plants in Stavropol and Krasnoyarsk territories, Moscow, Leningrad, Tula, Yaroslavl, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara and Volgograd regions. Production of plastic pipes. The volume of investments for each plant – from 4.5 Mio EUR to 11 Mio EUR;
(4) Planning and building
Moscow region:
Development of residential areas in the Istra district (about 12 ha). Purchasing lands and organization of re-surveying. Creation of condominiums and coordination of co-financing of building power transmission lines, gas pipelines, access roads, organization of water supply. Total investments – about 124 Mio RUR;
The Republic of Tatarstan:
Fund raising to a project for building a residential area in the city of Kazan. Total area – approximately 525.000 square meters. Financial modeling and presentation of the project. The volume of attracted funds – about 3 billion RUR;
Krasnodar Region
Legal consulting the client – the largest German architectural and planning company within the project of the building of the Organizing Committee of Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014. Developer of the project – IC Itera, the general contractor – Concern “Monarch”. Total investments – 150 Mio USD.
Legal consulting the client – the largest German architectural and planning company within the project of expansion of production complex of international manufacturer of agricultural equipment.
Moscow
Legal consulting the client – the largest German architectural and planning company, within planning objects of garage building (the program “People’s Garage”). Volume investments – more than 400 Mio USD.
Legal consulting the client – the largest German architectural and planning company, within the project of planning transport transfer points (bus terminals, multi-storey car parks, subway and ground rail transport stations, junctions and traffic overpasses). Total investments – up to 2 billion USD.
(5) Hotel business. Agritourism
Republic of Abkhazia:
Purchase of the building in city of Sukhumi, the 2nd coastline, with a purpose of reconstruction and repair for use as a hotel and restaurant. Creation of the Russian-Abkhazian joint venture. Investments to the project – about 60 Mio RUR;
Legal consulting the largest Russian bank in structuring and minimizing credit risks of the project of building sanatoria and health resorts on the coast of Abkhazia (Gagra, Gudauta, Sukhumi region). Total investments – more than 4,5 billion RUR. Analysis of leasehold interest on lands, checking proposed ways to guarantee the obligations performance of the company-borrower.
Ryazan region:
Support of the project of building a hotel and entertainment center on the river Oka near the native village of poet Sergey Esenin. Investments to the project – about 500 Mio RUR.
Kursk region:
Creating a business plan and financial model of project of integrated territory development for building agro-estates and farm enterprises for the production of agricultural products. Total investments – about 150 Mio RUR.
Tver, Smolensk, Pskov regions (Russia). Vitebsk region (Belarus):
Creating a business plan and financial model of project of integrated territory development for building 10 complexes of agro-estates with infrastructure of comfortable country recreation (village restaurant, boat station, stables, equipment rent). Total investments – about 200 Mio RUR.
(6) Oil processing and oil trading. Petrochemistry
Ulyanovsk region:
Fund raising to building a refinery. Financial modeling and presentation of the project. Negotiatings with investors. Total investments – 13,5 billion RUR.
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area, Tyumen region:
Creating a business plan for the project of building a network of petrol stations in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area, Tyumen Region. Volume of investments – about 35 Mio EURs;
Perm region:
Fund raising for building a refinery (manufacturing capacity – 150.000 tons per year). Actualization of a business plan and financial model. Structuring the project. Project cost – 470 Mio RUR.
Rostov region:
Representing the interests of the Russian client from the city of Rostov on Don in the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, Sweden, concerning recovery of damages from the German counterparty – the buyer of fuel oil lot. The total amount of the claim – 45 Mio RUR.
Republic of Abkhazia
Legal support of the largest Russian oil company for building 5 fuel stations. Total investments – more than 200 Mio RUR.
Tula region
Investment & financial consulting support and project management within the project of selling 100 % in the charter capital of a Russian subsidiary company of a German PVC producer to a Russian buyer. Transaction value – EUR 6,8 Mio.
(7) Resource industries
Poland, Germany, Rumania:
Fund raising for purchase of majority share participation in the parent company of the raw materials holding (production of soda and other components for the glass industry and fertilizer production).
(8) Logistics
Samara region:
Fund raising, financial consulting support of the project of completion of logistic terminal in the city of Samara. Attracting customers for placing goods in a dry warehouse of client. The volume of financing – 47.3 Mio USD.
Murmansk region:
Fund raising, financial consulting support of the project of building the 2nd stages of logistic terminal in the city of Samara. The volume of financing – 640 Mio RUR.
(9) Telecommunications
Krasnodar region, Perm region, Republic of Tatarstan, Kostroma region
Preliminary analysis, acquisition and corporate consolidation of the telecommunication sector companies in the regions of the Russian Federation.
Republic of Abkhazia
Support of the project of creation of business in the telecommunications sector. Company registration, obtaining licenses for telecommunications operator (Internet access services, fixed telephony, mobile telephony).