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Capital Raising & Securities

Financing Structures Built to Close and Hold Up Afterward

Averites advises companies, issuers, investors and financial institutions on raising capital through equity, debt and hybrid securities in private and, where appropriate, public capital markets.

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OUR APPROACH

How We Advise on Capital Raising and Securities Transactions

  1. Transaction Types We Advise On

    Our work includes private placements, preferred equity, convertible securities, warrants, shareholder and bridge financings, debt instruments and other structured capital-raising transactions. We advise on transaction structure, securities law requirements, offering mechanics, transfer restrictions, exemptions from registration, and cross-border issuances.

  2. Structuring Private Offerings Across Jurisdictions

    For private offerings, we assist companies in determining how securities may be offered and sold to investors while complying with applicable registration exemptions and investor eligibility requirements. Where an offering involves investors in several countries, we coordinate with local securities counsel to address the regulatory requirements applicable in each relevant jurisdiction.

  3. Debt and Hybrid Instruments

    We also advise on debt and hybrid instruments that combine fixed-income economics with equity participation or conversion rights. These transactions may require detailed negotiation of interest, maturity, conversion events, valuation mechanics, warrants, security, guarantees and default provisions, as well as their interaction with the issuer’s existing equity and debt structure.

  4. Documentation We Prepare and Negotiate

    Our lawyers prepare and negotiate term sheets, subscription and investment agreements, convertible instruments, warrants, investor rights arrangements, security documents, guarantees and related corporate approvals.

  5. Preparing for an IPO or Public-Market Transaction

    For companies considering an IPO or other public-market transaction, Averites assists with corporate and transaction readiness. This may include review and reorganization of the corporate structure, capitalization, governance, shareholder arrangements, outstanding securities and historical corporate matters that could affect a future offering or listing.

  6. Coordinating Specialist Advisers

    Where specialist underwriting, listing or jurisdiction-specific securities advice is required, we coordinate with investment banks, placement agents, auditors, financial advisers and specialist securities counsel as part of the broader transaction.

  7. Contractual Protections for Investors and Lenders

    We also advise investors and lenders on contractual protections supporting financing transactions. Depending on the structure, these may include security, guarantees, priority rights, financial covenants, information and inspection rights, liquidation preferences, put and call mechanisms and events of default.

  8. Protections That Actually Work When Needed

    Our focus is on ensuring that negotiated protections are not only well-drafted but also commercially workable and enforceable when needed.

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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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  • Our work includes private placements, preferred equity, convertible securities, warrants, shareholder and bridge financings, debt instruments and other structured capital-raising transactions, covering transaction structure, securities law requirements, offering mechanics, transfer restrictions, exemptions from registration, and cross-border issuances.

    • Yes. For private offerings, we assist companies in determining how securities may be offered and sold to investors while complying with applicable registration exemptions and investor eligibility requirements, coordinating with local securities counsel to address regulatory requirements in each relevant jurisdiction.

      • Both. We advise on debt and hybrid instruments that combine fixed-income economics with equity participation or conversion rights, including negotiation of interest, maturity, conversion events, valuation mechanics, warrants, security, guarantees and default provisions.

        • Our lawyers prepare and negotiate term sheets, subscription and investment agreements, convertible instruments, warrants, investor rights arrangements, security documents, guarantees and related corporate approvals.

          • Yes. For companies considering an IPO or other public-market transaction, we assist with corporate and transaction readiness, including review and reorganization of the corporate structure, capitalization, governance, shareholder arrangements, outstanding securities and historical corporate matters that could affect a future offering or listing.

            • Yes. Where specialist underwriting, listing or jurisdiction-specific securities advice is required, we coordinate with investment banks, placement agents, auditors, financial advisers and specialist securities counsel as part of the broader transaction.

              • Depending on the structure, these may include security, guarantees, priority rights, financial covenants, information and inspection rights, liquidation preferences, put and call mechanisms and events of default — protections designed to be commercially workable and enforceable when actually needed, not just well-drafted on paper.