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Our team has extensive experiencein drafting lease and subleaseagreements, assisting in negotiatingthe terms of a lease and developingstrategies for dealing with troubledleases. We also revise and terminatelease agreements and draft propertymanagement and service agreements.RETAILWe provide full scope legal supportto retailers entering the Ukrainianmarket, including elaboration ofeffective legal, tax and corporatestructures. Jointly with otherpractice groups of the office weadvise retailers on options forexpansion of their business inUkraine, among them – lease ofbuildings or premises for openingof the stores (drafting andnegotiating pre-lease and leaseagreements), acquisition of land orconstruction projects, franchise,joint ventures with local partners,etc. We also provide adviceon legal issues associated withopening the stores in Ukraine(permits, consumer protection,unilities, service agreements, etc).06 | Real Estate in Italy UkraineREGENERATIONAlthough regeneration is arelatively new issue for Ukraine,we have rapidly developed in-depthknowledge of the area. This meanswe can provide highly effectivelegal services related to urbanregeneration projects and therenewal of dilapidated residentialproperties. These include the fullrange of services we usually providefor development projects (suchas structuring, real estate financeand due diligence). At all times weconsider the Ukrainian legislationgoverning urban regeneration issues.ENVIRONMENTAlReal estate development projectsin Ukraine have to complywith environmental protectionrequirements. We provide you withthorough advice on compliancewith sanitary and protectionzones, allowed pollution levels,consideration of public interests, etc.SELECTED AWARDSDLA Piper became 4th in TOP 60Largest Law Firms of Ukraine(Expert Rating ranking agency, 2010)DLA Piper became 7th in TOP10 Best Law Firms of Ukraine(Expert Rating ranking agency, 2010)Two years in a row DLA PiperUkraine was acknowledged as RealEstate Law Firm of the Yearin Ukraine at the Legal AwardsCeremony by Yuridicheskaya PractikaWeekly (2009 and 2010).DLA Piper Ukraine is ranked in TOP5 Ukrainian law firms for RealEstate (Ukrainian Law Firms, aHandbook for Foreign Clients 2010)DLA Piper Ukraine is traditionallyranked in top tiers for real estateand construction services in Ukraineby Chambers Europe, Legal 500,PLC Which Lawyer, etc.Personally Natalia Kochergina,Partner & Head of Real Estate,DLA Piper Ukraine:■ entered TOP 100 Best Lawyersof Ukraine (Yurydychna GazetaWeekly, 2010)■ entered TOP 5 Ukrainian lawyersfor Land law and Real Estate(Ukrainian Law Firms, a Handbookfor Foreign Clients 2010)■ is recommended for Construction& Real Estate in Ukraine (Who’sWho Legal 2010 and 2011)■ is constantly recommended forConstruction & Real Estate inUkraine (PLC Which Lawyer)
OUR SELECTEDEXPERIENCE IN REALESTATE IN UKRAINEAgribusinessLegal support to LandkomInternational PLC, a Ukrainianproducer of rapeseed oil forbiodiesel production on itsinitial public offering (“IPO”) atthe Alternative Investment Marketof the London Stock Exchange(USD 201 million), including conduct offull scope legal due diligence with aspecial emphasis on agricultural landlease agreements, preparation oflegal opinion on due incorporationand good standing of companiesof Landkom group and validityof land lease agreements, advice onelaboration of the group structureetc. The project was jointlyimplemented with DLA Piper UK LLP.Legal support to a Swedishprivate equity fund with respectto securing of agricultural landplots in Ukraine and consulting onits several IPOs at the First North,including establishment of corporatestructure for investments, conductof full scope legal due diligence(including review of land plotand land share lease agreements),preparation of reliance letter, draftingsections of the prospectus, etc.Full legal support to Louis DreyfusCommodities, a world’s leadingagricultural commoditiescompany on acquisition of agrain elevator in Ukraine, includingconduct of legal due diligence ofthe elevator, advising on structuringthe transaction, drafting transactiondocumentation, etc. (more thanUSD 3 million).Real EstateTransactionsFull legal support to Leroy Merlin,a major international DIYstores chain, on acquisition ofBricolage Ukraine and openingof its first DIY store in Ukraine.Full legal support to Dragon-Ukrainian Properties andDevelopment PLC, an AIMlistedreal estate investmentcompany, on acquisition of aminority interest in the companyowning five retail projects inUkraine, including Sky Mallin Kyiv, City Mall in Zaporizhzhia,Intermall in Simferopol, etc.The transaction became one of thelargest transactions in Ukrainiancommercial real estate marketin 2010; its value amounted toUSD 30 million. Our work includedlegal due diligence of the companiesand their rights to real estatefacilities and land plots, review of theloan agreements, preparation of allnecessary transaction documents(including shareholders agreement,subscription agreement), as well asadvice on obtaining the consentof the Antimonopoly Committeeof Ukraine for concentration.Full legal support to Area PropertyPartners (earlier – Apollo RealEstate Advisors), a leadingAmerican real estate fund inacquisition of land and constructionprojects in several Ukrainian cities(due diligence, development oftransaction structure, preparationof all documentation for thetransaction, negotiations with localauthorities, etc.).www.dlapiper.com | 07
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