Attracting investments and M&A in IT

Mergers and acquisitions are always particularly important for any business as they determine strategic development. Their bills are worth millions, and the risks of damages and loss of assets are very high.

Most M&A transactions around the world are structured under English law. It contains various mechanisms to protect buyers and sellers, which, if competently used, create a balanced system of checks and balances for the interests of the parties. 

Today investors and founders pay more attention to the detailed determination of cooperation terms in documents, and the struggle of the parties’ interests is sharply felt in the course of preparation and conclusion of the deal.

In M&A transactions, legal support is not just important, it is a must. Their conclusion is always preceded by complex legal checks of acquired businesses. A high-quality audit performed with deep legal expertise and the ability to hedge the identified risks in the transactional documents is a product that our clients come to us for. 

Our team specializes in supporting startup investments at both early and later stages. We provide full legal support for venture deals—from fundraising to exit. Our project portfolio includes deals involving business sales to buyers from the U.S., the U.K., Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, and Poland, as well as investment transactions in Belarus, Poland, Cyprus, and the U.S.

Our services

Venture Deals

Fundraising in GameDev

M&A Deals in IT

Structuring Corporate Relationships

Projects

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.

Google - AIMatter

Consulting certain founders in the course of a sale of AIMatter, a renowned Belarusian startup in the sphere of artificial intelligence, to the US-based IT giant Google.

Mamboo Games

REVERA has accompanied the entry of game dev studio Mamboo Games into an international gaming brand, the leader in the Eastern European online entertainment market. The REVERA team provided comprehensive support for the investment transaction: conducted a legal audit of the company, structured the transaction, developed all the packages of documents (convertible loan agreement, option agreement, partnership agreement, non-competition agreement, corporate documents on joining the company), advised the parties on tax consequences of the transaction.

21vek – Zubr Capital

Supporting a major Belarusian transaction for investment into e-commerce between 21vek.by online-hypermarket and Zubr Capital fund.

Selling MAPS.ME to Russian Mail.ru group

Our team supported a transaction involving the purchase of a popular map-making service Maps.Me by Mail.Ru Group (Russian Federation) on behalf of the Belarusian developer team. Our competency comprised structuring of the transaction and tax consulting.

AppLovin - Belka Games

REVERA supported the strategic cooperation between the world leader in the mobile games industry AppLovin and the large Belarusian studio Belka Games. We fully supported this project, including corporate, tax, contractual consulting, registration of IP rights and other aspects of cooperation.

REVERA’s team of talented lawyers has ‘both a practical and a theoretical knowledge of the law’, and is ‘well connected in the market.

The Legal 500

Strong practice with solid corporate restructuring expertise. Also strong corporate, M&A and competition advice.

Chambers Europe

I can assure you that in Belarus there are no other lawyers as experienced as REVERA’s in IT.

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