Projects
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.
REDPATH DEILMANN GmBH
Legal support for a major German contractor entering the Belarusian construction market. Comprehensive support for contractor’s construction activities under a mining project (customer’s investments worth over 2 bln USD).
Legal support of a Danish transnational corporation in a project to enter the Belarusian market with the aim of opening 30 stores under the JYSK brand.
Protecting А1 in a corporate conflict
А1 is a leading Russian company, a key unit of Alpha-Group, a major private financial and manufacturing consortium.
REVERA’s lawyers helped resolve a considerable corporate conflict. A1 group was deprived of its share in a large manufacturing enterprise, STL Extruzia, located in Mogilev free economic zone, as a result of a sequence of director’s illegal actions.
Within this project, we initiated a number of cases contesting decisions on sale of share and lodged a number of claims against STL Extruzia on behalf of A1.
Protecting client's interests in ICAC
Advocacy for client in the ICAC at the Russian CCI against lawsuit from a Russian company seeking to collect monetary assets under the Guarantee governed by English law.
Investment arbitration dispute (treaty of the EAEU)
Consulting and representing as a local counsel in an investment arbitration dispute under ICSID Additional facility rules and connected disputes.
Domain dispute in WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center under UDRP Policy
Representing foreign IT company in its dispute in WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center under the UDRP Policy procedure involving transfer of a domain name on the motion of foreign owners of trademarks.
Facebook - MSQRD
Comprehensive support for closing a transaction involving the purchase of the Belarusian app MSQRD by Facebook. We provided consulting services to MSQRD, in particular to its co-founders Eugene Nevgen, Sergey Gonchar and Eugene Zatepiakin.
Protecting client in a Californian court
We were involved in two disputes in the District Court of the Northern District of California, protecting a Belarusian computer games developer from motions by a French and a Turkish companies claiming violation of copyright on a mobile phone game, unlawful use of means of individualisation and unfair competition.
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.
Monitoring an inspection carried out by Financial Investigations Department
Legal support during an unscheduled inspection of the Financial Investigation Department of the State Control Committee of the Republic of Belarus with respect to a major Belarusian grocery retail operator.
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.