Legal support for investors

Our lawyers and financial advisors will facilitate the investment process once the decision has been made to invest in a new business or asset.

When is this service needed?

Our advisory support will considerably reduce risk exposure for investors.

Contents of the service:

Advisory support for the investment process includes concerted assistance from our lawyers and financial advisors in any of the following cases:

• Starting a business in Russia (founding instruments, charter equity, official registration, bank accounts);
• Securing tax and customs privileges for the investor;
• Obtaining building/remodeling permits;
• Permits for foreign citizens;
• Contracting for property acquisition;
• Development of pre-project documentation;
• Contracting for equipment import/purchase and installation;
• Customs clearance of imported equipment;
• Successful audit by government inspectors when the property is ready for launch;
• Customs clearance of imported equipment;
• Registration of property title;
• Customs clearance of imported equipment;
• Contracting;
• Implementation of management, financial and tax accounting;
• Government relations; and so on.

Case studies:

Client's task: risk analysis and securing clients funds in paying for the property purchased.

Description: the client requested Competenz to analyze the risks in the proposed purchase of a property being auctioned as part of bankruptcy proceedings. Our legal analysis revealed significant risks, ranging from flaws in the bankruptcy proceedings to third-party claims on the property, coupled with a high risk of fraud in the proposed transaction scenario. Lacking credible information on the seller, we used the documentation available to us to construct the most likely purchase scenarios in the given circumstances.

Consequently, the client declined to buy the property on the proposed terms. Another, safer purchase option was offered via a chain of third-party arrangements.

Result: the client avoided the risk of losing US $2 million in the transaction.