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Basic service types which the firm offers are set out in this section. The founding principles of our work in providing legal services are: high quality, competency, efficiency and confidentiality. We dedicate particular attention to individual solutions for each of our clients. In working with us clients can expect efficient solutions for any legal matter. Services Industry Corporate law (M&A) We are convinced that receiving a professional legal advice prior to start of any commercial project is a guarantee of its successful realization. In future it also helps to minimize risks connected with interrelations between business partners and state authorities. Dispute resolution The resolution of disputes between commercial organizations is one of our firm’s priority areas of practice. Westside offers effective methods of commercial dispute resolution to its clients both in and out of court. Real estate and construction The firm’s lawyers have gained advanced knowledge of legal...

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Westside law firm provides legal support to companies specializing in the area of trade. There are major trade networks as well as small enterprises realizing own-produced production among the firm’s clients. We provide services starting from the registration of the company, provide legal advice to companies in the area of tax and customs law, intellectual property protection and in many other legal issues.

Westside law firm participates in investment projects on the part of investors as well as on the part of fund raising companies. Structuring of relationships between investors and fund raising companies requires complex approach to resolving of challenging issues. Arrangements reached by the parties as well as conditions for investments provision, investor status, cross-border nature of investment provision deals sometimes require involvement of companies from various jurisdictions, integration of various legal systems in the deal. Support and subsequent protection of foreign investments in Russia is one of the key focus areas of Westside law firm.

Westside clients carrying on agricultural business request legal services for agricultural business structuring, structuring and legal support of investments (including foreign investments) to agricultural entities, dispute resolution between owners, granting of credits and state grants for agricultural business, legal advice in the area of land law. Westside lawyers took part in bankruptcy proceedings of agricultural entities, conducted legal due diligence of agricultural entities prior to acquisition of the shares in business by the clients. Therefore Westside has a vast experience of cooperation with clients of the agricultural sector as well as an impressive list of successful projects in this area.

Westside’s activities in finance sector includes provision of advice to banks and other banking institutions as well as provision of legal support to investment, construction and trade companies within the framework of project financing, financial risk management, receivables restructuring. Among the major projects of Westside in this area: Work in international team of law firms when structuring International Bank of Reconstruction and Development investments into a Russian-Ukrainian agro-industrial holding; Legal due diligence of an acquired bank (Top-20) on the purchaser’s part; Protection of bank owners and management at the stage of the bankruptcy proceedings; restructuring of a major agro-producer credit portfolio between two major Russian banks. Also Westside represents Russian and international financial and investment institutions’ interests in state courts and arbitration proceedings in Russia and abroad.

There are major telecommunication equipment producers and suppliers, developers of automated control system and software for enterprises, website design studios among Westside clients. The special thing about work with clients representing the above area is that the clients need advice which requires knowledge and experience in various areas of law as well as “at the joint” of areas of law: corporate law, IP, labor law, etc. Taking into account new trends in Russia connected with import substitution and localization of production, which in the first place affected the area of TMT, “Westside” law firm provided legal support to telecommunication equipment producers when reprofiling business of the latter for the purposes of production reorientation direction Russian market.

Our clients are owners and operators of large logistic terminals, sea ports, freight forwarders, logistic operators. Westside has successfully provided legal support of major infrastructure projects. Infrastructure projects: Creation of corporate structure, being the basis of relationships between an airport, an air company and an aircraft repair plant; Acquisition of a sea port in the Far East on the background of a corporate conflict involving foreign investors. Elaboration of a legal plan for acquisition including shareholders agreement between Russian and foreign partners; Legal support of a Seller of a sea port and oil transshipment business with a multinational corporate structure (structuring of the deal; drafting and negotiating of all agreements being the basis of the deal; organizing of settlements between the parties through an escrow-agent – one of the leading Swiss banks; organizing of the deal completion in Netherlands and Switzerland); Optimization of a structure...

One of the Westside law firm’s focus areas is providing legal advice to the clients carrying on business connected with construction, acquisition and lease of real estate items. Westside law firm provides legal support to construction and development companies on all stages of construction, legal support of transactions on acquisition of land plots and real estate items (including legal due diligence of an asset, its owners, structuring of the deal, determination and mitigation of associated risks). Westside lawyers successfully represent the clients’ interests in legal proceedings connected with disputes involving real estate, some of which are of precedential value for law enforcement. Additionally, Westside law firm has an experience in support of developers’ bankruptcy proceedings (having special status with regards to the bankruptcy legislation).

Westside offers a “Secretarial service” option to its clients. This kind of service is widespread and widely used in Europe. The popularity of such service is well substantiated – this is convenient and cheap. We offer Secretarial service corresponding to international standards. Services offered: Granting the client with the right to use legal address in Moscow or in Moscow region (for the purposes of indicating this address in constituent documents, indicating this address as a post address, etc.); Receipt of incoming correspondence of the client; At the client’s request we provide: Workspaces with all necessary office equipment; Conference room (for the purposes of holding shareholders’ meetings, supervisory board meetings, annual/extraordinary meetings, presentations, negotiations, etc.).

Westside provides its clients with legal advice on various issues in the area of labor and migration law. Well-formed personnel structure, labor and organizational relationships have direct influence on business stability and efficiency. The firm’s lawyers provide legal advice on all aspects of labor and migration law, helping clients to settle issues connected with relationships between a company and its employees as well as state authorities. Services offered: Carrying out of HR audit of companies and elaboration of recommendations for mitigation of risks; Drafting labor agreements and internal documentation of companies regulating labor relationships; Elaborating of recommendations for termination of labor relationships at minimum risk for the client; Legal support for obtaining of approvals for foreign employees of the companies and their relatives, including: work permits, in particular for highly qualified specialists; permits for engagement foreign employees; work...

Westside can advise its clients on all aspects of business activities. This practice is an integral part of the corporate practice of the law firm. We are convinced that receiving a professional legal advice prior to start of any commercial project is a guarantee of its successful realization. In future it also helps to minimize risks connected with interrelations between business partners and state authorities. Services offered: Preparation of legal opinions; Elaboration and analysis of commercial agreements of the companies, conducting negotiations with client’s business partners on approval and signing such agreements; Legal due diligence of existing contractual base of companies; Preparation of legal opinions regarding various aspects of business activities of legal entities, in particular in the following scopes: investments and construction; stock market; financial lease; logistics and infrastructure business; chemical industry; oil products transportation; power...

Westside offers legal services in the area of Russian antitrust legislation. The firm’s lawyers are ready to provide legal support in all areas of antitrust legislation. We have a vast experience of representing the clients’ interests in their relationships with the antitrust authorities of the Russian Federation. The firm’s lawyers represent the clients’ interests in courts resolving disputes which arising from breach of antitrust legislation. Services offered: Analysis of contracts for their compliance with antitrust legislation; Obtaining of clearance of the antitrust body or submission of a subsequent notification with the antitrust body concerning the transactions falling within the scope of the Russian law on competition; Obtaining approvals with the antitrust body regarding corporate groups; Risk analysis of possible liability of a company in case of infringement of the requirements of Russian competition legislation; Representing clients’ interests in disputes involving...

Apart from legal services Westside offers the clients services in the scope of finance consulting, in particular, services on determination of the business real value and financial modeling. In the present section we offer the list of services provided by the firm within the financial consulting of the client. Services offered: Elaboration of a business plan for the most effective business development possible (At the same time a business plan is the main document provided to a credit institution for the purposes of financing); Services for search and selection of investors for the financing of project for business creation/development according to a business plan; Services for business valuation; Estimation of business acquisition proposals. Proposal of a fair price for business acquisition; Determination of a real price of business when selling the business; Estimation of risks included into the business acquisition price; Participation in negotiations in the capacity of...

The importance of intellectual property in running a successful business constantly grows. Correct and timely registration of IP rights has a direct influence on a company’s capitalisation and gives significant advantages in competitive struggles as well as allowing defence of the company from unfair competition on the part of the «free riders». Westside offers services to protect its clients’ IP rights. Services offered: Trademark registration; Patenting of inventions, utility models and commercial prototypes; Development and public registration of contracts for the transfer and use of intellectual property asset rights (licensing agreements, agreements on the transfer and ownership of intellectual property rights); Development and registration of franchising agreements; Contracts on the transfer of know-how; Conducting of patent searches and research; Conducting and evaluation of searches for identical trademarks; Legal protection of intellectual property including:...

The problem of “consumer extremism” is a quite relevant issue at the moment. “Consumer extremism” can be determined as abusing of Federal Consumer Right Protection Law for the purposes of unjust enrichment of unfair consumers by way of collecting of fines and penalties from sellers, producers and importers of consumer goods. Such actions are sometimes accompanied by filing of fabricated expert examination acts and other abuses. Westside law firm has been representing the interests of clients – major producers and importers of household appliances, vehicles and other consumer goods – in courts on the whole territory of Russia for years. During these years the firm’s lawyers have studied all methods used by abusers and gained vast experience of combating such abuses. The firm’s lawyers have protected the clients’ interests equaling more then RUB 1 Billion. Services offered: Consulting on all issues of consumer protection legislation Protection of producers in courts in consumer...

Westside provides services for complex support of bankruptcy proceedings on all stages. The firm’s lawyers have taken part in bankruptcy proceedings’ support on the part of creditors and debtors as well as arbitration managers. The firm’s specialists have supported bankruptcy proceedings in various state entities of the Russian Federation assisting creditors in discharging their claims to the greatest possible extent and helping debtors to protect themselves from unfair creditors’ claims. Services offered: Legal evaluation of the grounds for applying to court to declare a counterpart/debtor bankrupt; Legal support of bankruptcy proceedings, in particular, in respect of particular categories of debtors: real estate developers, agricultural organizations, credit institutions, debtors being in the process of winding up; Preparation and filing creditors’ claims as well as objections against such claims; Challenging the debtor’s suspicious transactions; Recovering of illegally...

The resolution of disputes between commercial organizations is one of our firm’s priority areas of practice. Westside offers effective methods of commercial dispute resolution to its clients both in and out of court. The firm's lawyers have vast experience of successful support of legal proceedings in state arbitration courts, including Supreme Arbitration Court and Supreme Court of Russian Federation, Constitutional Court of Russian Federation, in general jurisdiction courts, arbitral tribunals. Services offered: Dispute resolution in Russian Federation Elaboration of legal position, perspective analysis, recommendations regarding legal strategy at pre-court stages; Legal support at pre-court stages, participation in negotiations, drafting claims, collecting evidence; Representation of client interests in state arbitration courts and general jurisdiction courts in Russia; Defence of constitutional civil rights of individuals and organisations in accordance with constitutional...

Westside has accumulated exceptional experience in the sphere of legal support for merger and acquisition transactions (purchase/sale of businesses) including structures in several jurisdictions. With the aid of our colleagues from The Law Firm Network we have the ability to form a team of professionals for each project who will work as a unit and be able to provide a service which is of a high international standard. The firm’s partners have represented their clients’ interests in commercial negotiations with contracting parties for sale or acquisition of businesses, achieving the best possible price and payment arrangements for a transaction. Services offered: Carrying out legal due diligence for assets to be sold or acquired; Highlighting transaction legal risks and proposing suggestions for their mitigation; Legal structuring for M&A transactions; Drafting of M&A transaction documents including: letters of intent, exclusivity and confidentiality agreements, agreements

The RUSTA Group of Companies offers a full complex of services in customs clearance in the field of foreign economic activity on the territory of Russia: consultations on the registration of international cargo transportation, assistance in obtaining certificates of conformity, execution of customs classification decisions. Cooperation is being held with customs authorities to provide accompanying documents, registration of an EDS (electronic digital signature). Representing the interests of a customer in customs authorities, executing customs declarations, examining the accompanying documents, selecting the most optimal customs clearance solution for each specific type of cargo, carrying out classification of goods and preliminary calculation of the amounts of customs duties and taxes. A developed branch network consisting of 57 branches and representative offices from Vladivostok to Kaliningrad; the Group of Companies is included in the list of top 20 customs representatives.

The platform generates documents for operation with Federal Bailiff Service, Federal Tax Service and banks, receives automated responses related to the indebtness and its payment by the debtor.

Stamp duty, it determines judicial jurisdiction and details of judicial district at debtor’s address, prepares register for duty payment, requests and distinguishes extracts from Russian State Register, generates and submits statement on court order / claim commencement to the court online using EDS (Electronic Digital Signature). Thereafter, it monitors judicial procedure and receives statuses, which it displays on the platform with maintaining history, after that it transfers the debtor to the enforcement proceedings unit for submission to the Federal Bailiff Service, Federal Tax Service and banks.

The platform calculates debt, penalties, informs the debtor about the first debt generated via the voice-robot, sms, if the debtor didn’t answer the voice call, e-mail, messengers. Having adjusted once at the beginning of operation, the platform implements this process automatically. If the debtor refuses to pay the debt, the system transfers him/her automatically to the pre-trial practice unit for documents preparation and submission to the court.

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