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Counsel for Every Stage of the Capital Lifecycle

Averites advises private equity firms, venture capital funds, family offices, institutional investors, private credit providers, portfolio companies and other private capital participants on transactions and investments across jurisdictions.

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OUR APPROACH

How We Advise Private Capital Investors, From Deployment to Exit

Our approach is commercially focused. We seek to understand how the investor intends to create and realise value and structure legal rights accordingly, from entry through exit.

  1. Full Investment Lifecycle Support

    Private capital investors require legal advisers who understand not only individual transactions but the full investment lifecycle. We advise from the initial deployment of capital through governance, portfolio company growth, follow-on investments, acquisitions, restructurings and eventual exit.

  2. Transaction Structures We Advise On

    Our lawyers advise on private equity acquisitions, venture and growth investments, minority investments, co-investments, strategic investments, secondary transactions and structured capital arrangements. We also assist investors with special purpose vehicles, holding structures and other cross-border investment structures.

  3. Acquiring Companies and Significant Equity Positions

    For investors acquiring companies or significant equity positions, we advise on transaction structuring, legal due diligence, purchase and investment agreements, governance rights, management arrangements, investor protections and regulatory approvals.

  4. Supporting Portfolio Companies After Closing

    We work closely with portfolio companies following completion. This may include additional financing rounds, acquisitions, international expansion, corporate reorganisations, governance matters, management incentives, commercial transactions and disputes.

  5. Private-Market Liquidity and Exits

    Averites also advises on private-market liquidity. We represent investors, founders and shareholders in secondary transactions, tender and negotiated liquidity arrangements, strategic sales, redemptions and other exits.

  6. Regulatory Intersections in Private Capital Deals

    Private capital transactions increasingly intersect with competition, foreign-investment screening, financial regulation and national security requirements. Our transactional lawyers work with the firm’s regulatory and disputes teams to incorporate these considerations into investment strategy from the outset.

  7. Distressed and Underperforming Investments

    For distressed and underperforming investments, we advise investors on restructurings, enforcement of contractual protections, negotiated exits and disputes involving founders, shareholders or counterparties.

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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

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  • We advise private equity firms, venture capital funds, family offices, institutional investors, private credit providers, portfolio companies and other private capital participants on transactions and investments across jurisdictions.

    • The full lifecycle. We advise from the initial deployment of capital through governance, portfolio company growth, follow-on investments, acquisitions, restructurings and eventual exit — not as isolated transactions handled by different advisers at each stage.

      • Our lawyers advise on private equity acquisitions, venture and growth investments, minority investments, co-investments, strategic investments, secondary transactions and structured capital arrangements, including special purpose vehicles, holding structures and other cross-border investment structures.

        • We advise on transaction structuring, legal due diligence, purchase and investment agreements, governance rights, management arrangements, investor protections and regulatory approvals.

          • Yes. We work closely with portfolio companies following completion, including additional financing rounds, acquisitions, international expansion, corporate reorganisations, governance matters, management incentives, commercial transactions and disputes.

            • Yes. We advise on private-market liquidity, representing investors, founders and shareholders in secondary transactions, tender and negotiated liquidity arrangements, strategic sales, redemptions and other exits.

              • Private capital transactions increasingly intersect with competition law, foreign-investment screening, financial regulation and national security requirements. Our transactional lawyers work with the firm’s regulatory and disputes teams to incorporate these considerations into investment strategy from the outset.

                • Yes. For distressed and underperforming investments, we advise investors on restructurings, enforcement of contractual protections, negotiated exits and disputes involving founders, shareholders or counterparties.

                  • Our approach is commercially focused. We seek to understand how the investor intends to create and realise value and structure legal rights accordingly, from entry through exit.