BRACE Law Firm provides a comprehensive suite of legal services, ranging from transaction structuring and drafting financial documentation to counseling on regulatory compliance, taxation, and corporate governance.

Banking and Financial Transaction Support: Structuring and Regulatory Advisory

Our banking and finance attorneys advise financial institutions and corporate clients on complex matters involving Russian and international banking and financial law. This includes facilitating financial transactions and navigating intricate regulatory frameworks.

The practice at BRACE delivers end-to-end project support and transaction management for financing, representing both lenders and borrowers to ensure that all operational steps are legally sound and compliant.

Lending Transaction Counsel: Documentation, Structuring, and Risk Mitigation

BRACE supports clients throughout every stage of the financing lifecycle, from initial structuring and drafting of contractual documentation to the oversight of obligation fulfillment. We provide strategic guidance regarding:

• Banking transactions, including cross-border and international elements;
• Regulatory requirements and institutional compliance mandates;
• Loan debt restructuring and distressed asset management.

Our attorneys provide robust representation for both borrowers and lenders in syndicated lending, project and structural finance, and debt-to-equity conversions.

We recognize that a financial transaction requires more than just negotiating credit and security documentation; it demands a holistic assessment of investment objectives and underlying assets, coupled with rigorous compliance and operational control.

M&A Financing: Legal Support for Acquisitions and MBOs

We counsel clients on acquisition finance transactions, including Management Buyouts (MBOs), and provide comprehensive legal representation for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activities.

Infrastructure Projects and PPP: Strategic Structuring and Funding

BRACE offers specialized legal services in infrastructure, real estate, and Public-Private Partnerships (PPP). We advise on the formation of investment funds, financing structures, and eligibility requirements for borrowers and creditors, including engagements with export credit agencies (ECAs).

Real Estate Finance: Legal Assistance in Lending and Development

We manage financing projects for a diverse range of real estate transactions, spanning the construction and operational phases of property development.

Our legal services in this sector include advising on bilateral and syndicated loans for the acquisition and construction of commercial and retail properties, warehouse facilities, and residential developments.

Our team’s high-level expertise allows us to join projects at the structuring phase to develop optimal security strategies and conduct thorough due diligence on land ownership rights, permitting documentation, and related title risks.

Leasing and Finance in the Transportation Sector: Legal Transaction Support

We represent client interests across a broad spectrum of debt financing, pre-delivery payments (PDP) financing, leasing, operating leases, portfolio sales, and the novation of lease and charter agreements, as well as the repossession of major assets within the transport industry.

ESG and "Green" Finance Advisory

BRACE actively counsels on "green" and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) financing, including transaction support for sustainability-linked projects in metallurgy, mining, and other industrial sectors.

Debt Restructuring and Default Advocacy

Attorneys at BRACE advise lenders and borrowers on the restructuring of financial indebtedness. This involves navigating default or pre-default scenarios (including bankruptcy analysis and transaction avoidance risk assessment), as well as renegotiating financing terms and structures in the context of corporate restructuring or redomiciliation.

Select Engagements in Banking and Financial Law

• Drafting and reviewing loan agreements, pledge agreements, guarantees, and the assignment of claims;
• Handling project finance and structured finance transactions;
• Structuring M&A financing, buy-outs, and acquisition finance;
• Managing trade finance and providing legal support for ECAs;
• Counseling on debt capital market transactions, including bond issuances;
• Executing financial restructuring and comprehensive bankruptcy analysis;
• Structuring leasing transactions and providing legal support for large-scale infrastructure projects.