ENGARDE leads buyout of biggest retail network in Ukraine
ENGARDEM is acting as legal advisor to an investor in the acquisition of a controlling stake in the Amstor group of companies, an operator of the biggest retail network in Ukraine. The estimated value of the deal is USD 500 million.
ENGARDE’s legal support is being provided to the investor regarding issues of corporate and merger control law, include the performing of a full-blown due diligence of the hypermarket network, structuring the deal, signing a number of participation interest transfer agreements, establishing the holding company in a foreign jurisdiction, and concluding a shareholder agreement.
The transaction was led by senior partner Andrey Vyshnevsky and supported by counsels Olga Gurgula and Roman Ognevyuk.