Corporate Law
What we can do for you:
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Structuring corporate governance, for example, by inserting of several sole executive bodies, etc.
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Management of shareholders and boards' meetings
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Advice on duties and liability of company directors
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Independent directors
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Implementation of the Russian Corporate Governance Code of 2014
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Formation and registration of companies
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Accreditation of representative and branch offices
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Increase and reduction of capital
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Liquidation and insolvency
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Administrative and court disputes against registration bodies (tax inspectorates)
Since 1994 Rustem has been advising foreign clients on general corporate finance and corporate management issues. He is experienced in formation of more than 30 foreign-owned companies as well as in accreditation of numerous representative offices of overseas companies, such as a Japanese car manufacturer and a German window profile factory. Apart of advisory work, Rustem has worked as a board’s member in the airport for an Austrian venture capital fund and the general director of a German-Russian JV for several years. He has often spoken, e.g. in Germany, Austria and Italy, and written on diverse issues of Russian company law.
In 2014 and 2015 the Russian company law was widely reformed. For details see our Newsletter and publications on joint venture agreements, as well as posts in kluwerarbitrationblog, such as Rustem Karimullin, Reforming Company Law and M&A Arbitration in Russia, 30.10.2015 (in English).
Examples of our recent general corporate work include:
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Advising a German company on increase of share capital and contribution into its Russian subsidiary assets.
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Assisting a subsidiary of an Austrian lamp producer on registration of its relocation.
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Assisting the leading Polish debt collection company on corporate governance issues with regard to its Russian subsidiary.
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Assisting the Swiss producer of fertilizers on appointment of its Russian general manager.
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Advising a German stockholder on organization of extraordinary and annual general meetings of stockholders of a Russian joint venture AO.
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Advising an Austrian and a German company on corporate governance issues connected with appointment of several OOO executive directors.
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Сoersion of the Russian companies registrar (the tax inspectorate) to insert registration data into the EGRYuL by means of administrative proceedings.
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Advising a construction company on payment of interim dividends.
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Assisting an Italian company engaged in aerospace activities in formation of company participating in Skolkovo project.
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Advising an Italian shareholding company on challenging series of asset stripping transactions (such as intercompany loans, lease, pledge and deliveries) containing personal interest of the managing director and dissolution of a JV in the City of Oryol.
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Advising a Russian confectionary company on merger with three chocolate factories (USD 40,000,000 transcation).