Expertise/IT and Technology Companies

Practice

IT and Technology Companies

The IT and technology companies practice specializes in legal support for the development, commercial use and growth of digital products.

We advise technology companies, developers of software and those who commission it, and owners of digital services and platforms.

The main areas of work are structuring relationships in the development and use of software, securing rights to digital products and dealing with those rights, licensing, and legal issues relating to the processing of personal data. The practice also covers the creation and development of services, preparing technology businesses for transactions, and matters of sector regulation and state support.

The work is based on an understanding of the product's technology and business model. In designing the legal structure, account is taken of the origin and composition of the software components, the allocation of rights among those involved in development, the monetization model, the use of data and the company's investment plans.

Selected Experience
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Purchase of a group of companies

Purchase of a producer of digital solutions for equipment management and monitoring

Challenge

Advising the buyer on the acquisition of shares in a foreign company that owns a Russian manufacturer of industrial equipment and digital solutions for equipment management and monitoring. The acquisition of the foreign company was governed by English law.

What was done

Comprehensive legal due diligence of the Russian business was carried out, covering its contractual relationships and intellectual property rights, and the foreign ownership structure was analysed. The findings were reflected in the terms of the transaction and the arrangements for its closing.

Purchase of an interest

Purchase of an interest in an app developer with an audience of more than 1.5 million users a week

Challenge

Advising the buyer on the acquisition of an interest in a company developing a healthy lifestyle app. The app's weekly audience exceeded 1.5 million users worldwide.

What was done

Comprehensive legal due diligence was carried out, covering business operations, corporate history, intellectual property rights, employment relationships and the legal risks material to the transaction. The findings were reflected in the structuring of the transaction and the preparation of the contractual documentation.

Investment transaction

Investment in a developer of 3D interior design solutions

Challenge

Advising on an investment transaction involving a company that develops 3D interior design solutions. The structure provided for the grant of an option right to the investor.

What was done

The project's founder was given the possibility of buying this right back before the investor exercised it. The terms of such a buy-back and the consequences of changes to the parties' arrangements on future equity participation were agreed.

Convertible loan

Convertible loan for a company developing an educational course platform

Challenge

Advising on an investment in a company developing a platform that aggregates educational courses, made by way of a convertible loan.

What was done

The terms of the financing and of the investor's future entry into the company's capital were determined, including the conversion parameters and the consequences of different scenarios for the transaction. The engagement covered agreeing the documents and the procedures required to implement the transaction.

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