The VERBA LEGAL team specializes in the implementation of investment projects, including assessment of the potential and attractiveness of territories, identification of rights restrictions and encumbrances on assets, structuring of transactions, providing support at all stages of projects, as well as advising clients on applicable legislation.
The geography of projects covers more than 60 constituent entities of the Russian Federation, with a total value exceeding RUB 500 billion.
Among the clients are industry companies, infrastructure holdings, and public organizations implementing projects in the fields of industry, domestic and inbound tourism, agriculture, and residential construction.
The professional level of VERBA LEGAL lawyers has been recognized by the Pravo-300 and Kommersant rankings: for several consecutive years, the company has maintained Band 1 in the “Real Estate and Construction” category.
Selected Experience
we advised:
one of the leading Russian development companies on the acquisition of several shopping centers in Moscow with a total area exceeding 600,000 sq. m., as well as land plots for development, providing support for a transaction exceeding USD 1 billion;
a major transport and logistics group on the acquisition of JSC “Center for Port Infrastructure Development,” including comprehensive legal due diligence, transaction structuring, and preparation of all necessary documentation;
one of the largest retailers on the acquisition of regional hypermarkets, including comprehensive legal due diligence of real estate assets, transaction structuring, preparation of transactional documentation, and support of closing;
one of the largest global Duty Free operators on issues related to the performance of obligations for the construction and opening of duty-free shops in Russia in the context of declining investment attractiveness and imposed restrictive measures;
one of the leaders in the ship repair industry on the establishment and development of a ship repair complex in the Murmansk Region, including legal support of the investment project;
a purchaser of an office building and a land plot in the Khamovniki district (Moscow) with a value exceeding RUB 1.5 billion, including comprehensive legal due diligence and preparation of an easement agreement in favor of the seller;
an investor on the acquisition of land plots within the Third Transport Ring (Moscow) through the purchase of 100% equity interests in development companies, including legal due diligence, drafting and negotiation of a shareholders’ agreement, option agreements, pledge agreements, assignment agreements, and share purchase agreement;
one of the leading Russian industrial holdings on structuring and implementation of a project for the construction of supporting infrastructure for a gas chemical plant in the “Svobodny” Advanced Special Economic Zone (Amur Region), including development of optimal project organization models and legal support at all stages.