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Mergers & Acquisitions

M&A Advice Built Around What Actually Determines the Outcome

Averites represents buyers, sellers, founders, shareholders, strategic investors and financial sponsors in domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, dispositions and strategic transactions.

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OUR APPROACH

How We Advise on M&A Transactions, From Term Sheet to Post-Closing

  1. Scope of Our M&A Experience

    Our experience covers acquisitions and dispositions of shares, companies, businesses and assets, controlling and minority investments, founder and shareholder exits, management buyouts, carve-outs, strategic combinations, distressed transactions and pre-sale reorganizations. We act both on negotiated bilateral transactions and on more complex processes involving multiple bidders, jurisdictions or regulatory workstreams.

  2. From Term Sheet to Closing

    We advise from the earliest stages of a transaction, including transaction structure, confidentiality arrangements, letters of intent, term sheets and exclusivity, through legal due diligence, negotiation of definitive agreements, regulatory approvals and closing. Our lawyers prepare and negotiate share and asset purchase agreements, disclosure arrangements, representations and warranties, indemnities, liability limitations, earn-outs, deferred consideration, purchase price adjustments, escrow and holdback arrangements, restrictive covenants and other mechanisms used to allocate transaction risk.

  3. Advising Both Sides of the Transaction

    For Sellers and Founders

    We assist with preparing businesses for sale, resolving corporate and contractual issues before diligence begins, managing buyer inquiries and protecting against unnecessary post-closing liability.

    For Buyers and Investors

    We focus on identifying legal issues capable of affecting valuation, ownership, control, integration or the underlying investment thesis.

  4. Regulatory Clearance and Deal Timing

    Where a transaction requires merger control, foreign investment approval, sector-specific consent or another regulatory clearance, we incorporate those requirements into the deal structure, risk allocation and timetable from the outset.

  5. Post-Closing Involvement

    Our involvement may continue after closing, including advice on purchase price adjustments, earn-outs, indemnity claims, transitional arrangements, integration and other matters arising from the transaction.

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New York c/o Chornous Law PLLC
30 Wall Street, 8 Floor
New York, NY 10005 Phone: +1 650 382 7764
London 124 City Road
London, England
EC1V 2NX Phone: +44 7405 138109
Kyiv 11 Panasa Myrnoho Street
Office 1/1
Kyiv, 01011 Phone: +380 63 148 27 37

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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Yes. Averites represents buyers, sellers, founders, shareholders, strategic investors and financial sponsors in domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, dispositions and strategic transactions — acting on both negotiated bilateral deals and more complex, multi-bidder processes.

    • Our experience covers acquisitions and dispositions of shares, companies, businesses and assets, controlling and minority investments, founder and shareholder exits, management buyouts, carve-outs, strategic combinations, distressed transactions and pre-sale reorganizations.

      • As early as possible — ideally before principal commercial terms are agreed. Averites identifies ownership, control, valuation and regulatory risks at the structuring stage, addressing them in the transaction’s documentation from the outset rather than allowing them to surface only after key terms have already been negotiated.

        • From the earliest stages — including transaction structure, confidentiality arrangements, letters of intent, term sheets and exclusivity — through legal due diligence, negotiation of definitive agreements, regulatory approvals and closing.

          • Our lawyers prepare and negotiate share and asset purchase agreements, disclosure arrangements, representations and warranties, indemnities, liability limitations, earn-outs, deferred consideration, purchase price adjustments, escrow and holdback arrangements, restrictive covenants and other mechanisms used to allocate transaction risk.

            • Not always, but where a transaction requires merger control, foreign investment approval, sector-specific consent or another regulatory clearance, Averites incorporates those requirements into the deal structure, risk allocation and timetable from the outset.

              • No. Our involvement may continue after closing, including advice on purchase price adjustments, earn-outs, indemnity claims, transitional arrangements, integration and other matters arising from the transaction.