Mergers and Acquisitions

We provide comprehensive advice to clients on all issues related to merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions. We offer a full range of services, starting from the business sale process, business due diligence, drafting of the structure of the transaction to privatisation and other important aspects. The experts in the field of our practice work together with lawyers from different areas of law to assist you in making decisions in complex situations and deliver the best results.

How we build trust with our clients

When providing legal M&A services we refer to the know-how of PwC’s Legal global M&A subnetwork and accumulated extensive expertise in the area of legal services for transactions. 
To help clients save costs, we can offer services of the PwC Competence or Shared Service Centres.

We use innovations when providing transaction services – artificial intelligence (Harvey AI and other) solutions that allow us to focus on meeting client expectations and create additional value to clients.
For one-stop-shop legal services related to transactions, we work with tax, deals, accounting, human resources and ESG experts across the PwC network.
We can offer clients data room creation and administration services that are provided using the PwC Sightline platform and other PwC tools.
We provide services using the unique Deals platform.

Meet our team

“I’m glad that legal M&A services at PwC Legal are provided by the highly experienced team members. Their skills and professionalism are the keys of our success in this complex and dynamic business environment.”

Maksimas Saveljevas, Attorney-at-Law, M&A Services Leader at PwC Legal

Our services

Transactions structuring and pre-investment legal due diligence

  • Structuring of a transaction, negotiations on the structure of a transaction.
  • Drafting of non-binding or binding proposals, letters of intent.
  • Legal due diligence of shares, business or assets.

Preparation and negotiation of transaction documentation

  • Drafting of shares, assets or business purchase and sale agreements, shareholders, investment agreements and other transaction-related documents.
  • Drafting of agreements on the establishment of a joint venture and a partnership.
  • Negotiations on transaction documentation. 

Support before and during the transaction signing process

  • Legal consultations to ensure an efficient conclusion of the transaction.
  • Reconciliation of documentation with notaries and financial brokerage firms.
  • Assistance during the signing stage of the transaction.  

Support during the signing and closing of the transaction

  • Assistance to clients in implementing pre-conditions of the transaction.
  • Drafting of a notice on concentration.
  • Obtaining permissions for transactions from other public authorities.
  • Assistance to clients in effecting the carve-out of a non-core or core business before the closing of the transaction.
  • Assistance during the closing stage of a transaction. 

Post-transaction support

  • Assistance to the buyer in integrating the acquired business in the buyer’s group.
  • Assistance to the seller in implementing post-transaction obligations. 
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