Violetta Liudchyk
Overview
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Violetta Liudchyk is an Аssociate at GRATA International. She participates in providing services in the practices of Corporate law and M&A, Antitrust law.
Violetta is a projects manager for M&A-projects, legal due diligence and corporate restructurations.
She has a specialized experience in regulatory clearances for M&A deals including merger clearances, obtaining permits for transactions with so-called “unfriendly ” capitals. Violetta is also a part of project teams for resolution of corporate conflicts.
Career:
2021-present - started as a paralegal
Education:
2018 -2022, Law Faculty of Belarusian State University2022 -2022, Securities market specialist of the 1st category2023 -2023, Advanced training on the "Corporate Governance System of a Joint Stock Company"Languages:
EnglishBelarusianRussianPractice areas
Corporate and M&A
Restructuring & Insolvency
Project Finance & Public-Private Partnership (PPP)
Licenses and Permits
Experience
- Involved in supporting an M&A transaction with MBO elements on the Buyer's side for the purchase of a plant of a European group of companies. The deal included assistance in concluding a SPA, an intellectual property transfer agreement, an equipment supply agreement, and negotiating with the Seller. Transaction value - more than 10 million euro;
- Participation in the support of the Client (a global holding of manufacturers and suppliers of petrochemical products) in the process of resolving a corporate dispute within a company residing in Belarus;
- Supporting an intragroup M&A transaction of one of the largest petrochemical holdings in the CIS, including participation in structuring the transaction, merger clearance;
- Participated in an M&A deal on the alienation of a group of companies manufacturing packaging materials on the Buyer's side. The transaction included LDD, reviewing of the SPA structured under English law for compliance with the imperative norms of Belarusian law, drafting the transfer deed under Belarusian law; and obtaining the merger clearance for the transaction. The value of the transaction is approximately 2 bln RUB;
- Supporting an intra-group M&A transaction of a major Chinese technology holding company in relation to a Belarusian company, a resident of the Great Stone Industrial Park. The transaction included drafting of a SPA, obtaining merger clearance, obtaining governmental permit for a transaction involving shares of residents of “unfriendly” countries with an attempt to justify the application of the “grandfather clause” for a resident of a special legal regime;
- Participation in Vendor Due Diligence in relation to a Belarusian company of an international group of companies - a world leader in the production of closures for spirits, wine, edible oil, water, and a wide range of other beverages;
- Supporting the client during the alienation of a Belarusian subsidiary of a group of companies - a major supplier of construction machinery and equipment. The transaction included preparation of transaction documentation, a call option agreement, advising the client on debt forgiveness, and obtaining a positive governmental authorization for the alienation of shares by an “unfriendly” resident;
- Supporting the Client during the alienation of the Belarusian production site of a Lithuanian textile holding company, including structuring of the proposed transaction, structuring of trademark alienation, preparation of a full package of transaction documentation, debt repayment agreements, as well as coordination of the transaction with the bank - pledgee of Target's share;
- Supported the structuring of an option program for top management on gradual capital entry upon achievement of financial performance through the application of conditional contract instruments.
- Participation in assisting the Client in the investigation conducted by the antimonopoly authority of the Republic of Belarus, advising on the application of competition law;
- Participation in assisting the Client in obtaining the merger clearance to economic concentration through the acquisition of shares in the authorized capital of a limited liability company;
- Representation of creditor's interests in the procedure of liquidation of the debtor, including legal due diligence of the debtor, appealing against the actions of the liquidator;
- Supporting the return of operational control over the Company's activities (a trading company selling construction materials) to the Client - the Company's beneficiary within the framework of a corporate conflict;
- Participation in assisting the change of the top management of a unitary enterprise with the consent of the foreign owner;
- Assistance in the establishment of a closed joint stock company, advising on the registration of the issue of stocks of a closed joint stock company;
- Research of regulation and participation in designing the structure of corporate governance of the company with the introduction of a supervisory board (board of directors), and drafting the local acts regulating the activities of the supervisory board (board of directors).
