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Liniya Prava has a 20-year track-record of supporting major deals on the domestic equity and debt capital markets remarkable for uniqueness, complexity or value. Reliable and sophisticate legal advice of Liniya Prava has contributed to its reputation and laid the basis for the long-term relations with main market participants.

In 2006 Liniya Prava was recognized as the only Russian consultant advising on transactions with equity and debt capital, and since that time Liniya Prava continues to hold key positions in the leading international law firm rankings, such as Chambers & Partners (Global, Europe), Legal 500 (Global, EMEA) and IFLR 1000.

Throughout the last 5 years, Liniya Prava has been recognized as one of the leading legal adviser in the Russian bond market in terms of volume of supported issues and quality of provided support. As a result of independent poll conducted among investment banks and issuers by the professional debt market agency Cbonds Liniya Prava has won in many annual nominations. 

We are on the cutting edge of the local capital markets. We support every second bond issue, deliver legal opinion on Russian laws within cross-border share offerings, advise on innovative securities transactions, contribute to the improvement of the legal framework, etc.

We advise foreign companies on issuing securities to the Russian financial markets. First in Russia transaction of the kind was initiated by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Republic of Belarus were implemented with legal support of Liniya Prava in late 2010.

Liniya Prava’s lawyers advise investment banks, issuers, guarantors and investors on structuring securities transactions and provide explicit documentation in compliance with Russian law requirements therefore. Liniya Prava’s experience in capital markets is distinguished with advising on first IPOs of such Russian companies as Severstal, Mechel, VympelCom, Wimm-Bill-Dann and others.

Exceptional knowledge of the joint-stock companies and securities market laws enables Liniya Prava to be most effective not only when advising on local securities transactions, but also when participating in cross-border transactions as a Russian law adviser.

As a legal counsel on Russian laws Liniya Prava provides exquisite advice on:

Share offerings on domestic and international stock markets including IPOs
Mandatory/ voluntary offers
Privatization
Eurobond placements
Corporate bond loans
Bond restructuring
Securitization
Other transactions with securities

At Liniya Prava you can get competent legal advice on:

Fund-raising on Russian and global capital markets
Listing and information disclosure on Russian and foreign stock exchanges
Corporate governance
Enhancement of equity control
Investment management
Other issues

Our lawyers obtain remarkable experience in:

Securities transactions structuring
Issuance documentation drafting
Conducting legal due diligence under Russian laws
Delivering legal opinion on Russian laws
Court representation on disputes related to securities

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