Olga Polozova

Senior Associate Belarus

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Olga has been practising as a associate since 2006 (inclusive of 2 years of her juridical practice abroad). In REVERA she focuses on monitoring financing transactions, operations in capital markets, fin-tech projects and regulations applied to financial institutions. Also, Olga's expertise includes commercial law issues

Olga’s portfolio of clients includes: International Finance Corporation, Eurotorg, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Arvigroup, Alivaria,  SberBank (Czech Republic), 21th Century, ERG International, MTS.

Additional facts about the associate

  • Olga monitored the first-ever admission of a Belarusian company to London Stock Exchange
  • Olga is the author and organiser of the “Funding Fair” —  a pioneering Belarusian funding facility

Projects

IPO EvroTorg

Acting as a local legal advisor for the largest Belarusian grocery retail network – Eurotorg – in connection with its $300 million IPO and listing on the London Stock Exchange.

Major investment company based in CIS enters the UAE market

The REVERA team accompanied the incorporation of a real estate developer from CIS-region in one of the UAE's free economic zones and provided comprehensive legal advice on running day-to-day operations in the new jurisdiction for the client

Launching the UAE office for the international IT group

REVERA lawyers promptly provided legal support to a group of IT companies with an international presence in registering a new office in the UAE Free Zone

The first public-private partnership project in Belarus

REVERA acted as a consultant to the ERG Group consortium to participate in the first PPP project in Belarus for the reconstruction and maintenance of a section of the M-10 highway.

Expansion of the IT business in the UAE free zone on a turn-key basis

Turnkey support for the expansion of a mid-sized IT business in the UAE included registering the company in the free zone, opening corporate and personal bank accounts for owners and employees, as well as advising on the peculiarities of doing business in the UAE

EBRD

Supporting EBRD in granting a secured loan in the amount of 20 million euros to EuroTorg LLC, a major Belarusian retail chain. We carried out legal auditing, analysed the loan agreement, elaborated and negotiated terms and conditions, monitored signature of documents on the provision of security and prepared a legal opinion.