IPO Legal Support

The active integration of Russian businesses into the global economy opens new opportunities for large and mid-sized companies to reach their strategic goals. One of the most popular ways of attracting investment these days is to issue an initial public offering. A successful IPO on the major exchanges provides Russian issuers with heavy capital flow and affords a number of additional advantages: public companies can count on the stable growth of share prices, more favourable credit terms and strategic deals on the global market.

Meanwhile, the necessity to disclose information creates new risks. Effective risk management is a factor of success for both share placement and future business development. A company can help to mitigate the numerous risks associated with preparing and issuing an IPO by engaging qualified, experienced consultants, auditors and lawyers to support the IPO at all stages in Russia and abroad.

Our professional staff renders a wide range of services for preparing and issuing initial public offerings. In cooperation with other law firms of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal global network, we can help you to hold a successful IPO on the leading stock exchanges of Europe and the USA.

How PwC can help

• Independent due diligence of companies planning to hold an IPO. Due diligence is a mandatory stage of IPO preparation, and helps to identify and minimize legal risks.
• Planning and legal support on corporate restructuring before entering an exchange. This simplifies the IPO process, making it more tax- and cost-efficient.
• Corporate management services. Based on our understanding of the importance to investors of internal corporate structure and reporting to shareholders, we will assist in setting up the most transparent and efficient corporate management structure for your company.
• Cooperation in drafting and obtaining approvals for the documents required for share placement (offering memorandum, marketing presentations, share subscription agreement and other documents).
• Participation in negotiations with investors, underwriters, investment banks, auditors, independent appraisers and depositories.

The professionals of PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal CIS B.V. provide a full range of legal services in Russia and abroad, obtaining required approvals from regulatory bodies and working to ensure effective co-operation between the issuer and major participants in the IPO process.

Advantages of working with PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal CIS B.V.

• Our close interaction with the legal firms of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal global network in the United Kingdom, Spain and other countries
• The opportunity to solve complex tasks by taking into account all financial and tax aspects of an IPO
• Our unique experience in the placement of Russian companies’ shares on the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM)