Anastasia Dukhina is a Senior Associate of the Corporate practice at the Moscow office of Capital Legal Services.

Anastasia specializes in corporate and commercial law and is experienced in providing support for transactions with shares in Russian companies, including M&A deals and deals on attracting investments by Russian venture funds.

Anastasia consults clients working in different sectors of the economy on issues of entering the Russian market, founding, reorganizing and liquidating companies, business restructuring, acquisition and management of property complexes. She provides comprehensive support for company day-to-day activity, including corporate, finance, tax, labor and commercial issues.

Additionally, Anastasia participates in structuring corporate relations of participants in major infrastructure projects.

Education

• Lomonosov Moscow State University, Law School (2014), diploma with honors
• Additional training in the program “Corporate liability for directors and shareholders of legal entities,” 2019

Languages

• English
• French
• Russian

Recent projects

• Full support of a project on two Russian venture funds investing into a company being a leader on the Russian market in development and production of devices and solutions based on supercapacitors, including due diligence of the company, elaboration and approval of all the transaction documents.
• Participation in an investment project of a major Russian bank on investing into a company being a leader on the public food catering market, including elaboration of a corporate agreement, internal corporate documents and a set of security instruments (share pledge, suretyship, etc.).
• Full support for a transaction on a European manufacturer of roof windows selling a property complex in Russia, including representing the client in negotiations with the buyer, preparation of all transaction documents and support during the process of the parties entering into and performing the deal.
• Legal support of one of the largest venture funds in the course of a project on investing in a company being a resident of Skolkovo Technopark based on convertible loans. The project work includes reviewing the existing ownership structure and developing a proposal for amending it, obtaining approval for the developed investment structure from the client, existing shareholders and Skolkovo Technopark, preparing loan agreements, a shareholders’ agreement and a set of security documents (share pledge, mortgage, surety, pledge of bank account funds, escrow agreement, options, etc.).
• Legal support with changing the corporate control of a subsidiary of a leading European malt producer in the course of intergroup restructuring. The support included consulting on integration of the transaction on purchasing shares of a Russian joint stock company into restructuring on the European (French) level, preparing corporate documents and a share sale and purchase agreement, consulting on issues of opening a current account of a foreign shareholder with a registrar, close cooperation with the registrar on all issues of share transfer registration.
• Support of a global leader in sales of electronic components in the course of entering the Russian market, including support in the course of establishing a subsidiary, financing arrangements, hiring employees, consulting on current issues.
• Organization and support for additional share issue by a Russian joint stock company being a leader on the market of filters, gaskets, bucket teeth and compressor components.
• Legal support for a two-stage reorganization of an operator of a major European shopping center, including development of each stage of the reorganization, preparation of all necessary corporate resolutions and other documents, interaction with the Russian Central Bank on issues of registering a stock emission.
• Legal support for Russian market entry of a major US gaming software developer. Work included development of the project concept, creation of a Russian subsidiary, preparation of all necessary corporate documents, including for the US participant, consulting the client on corporate, labor and tax issues tied to creating a subsidiary.
• Legal support with acquisition of a production company located in the Vladimir Region by a leading French producer of flour mixtures. The support included comprehensive due diligence of the target company and its assets and liabilities, preparation of a frame agreement and sale and purchase agreement, participation in negotiations on the side of the seller, interaction with the registering authority.
• Support of a Russian private (family) company on issues of creating a transparent corporate structure, redistributing real estate property and ensuring profit from its use, consulting on financial issues and supporting in negotiations with banks on debt restructuring.
• Consulting a client being a global leader in clinical research on issues of corporate governance, commercial and labor law, and representing the client before state authorities.