Denis Aleinikov took the lead on legal defence of Blitz Team in a dispute with Wargaming, publisher and developer of the world-famous game World of Tanks. Five lawsuits have been brought to the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus against Blitz Team employees (former employees of Wargaming’s Minsk office) being sued for US$1.69 million altogether for violating Wargaming's exclusive rights while working on the Open Source project
Aleinikov & Partners, together with the international law firm DLA Piper, represented map service 2GIS (which is a part of the Sber group) in the aquisition of a 47% stake in the statutory fund of Data Delivery LLC, a Belarusian developer of RocketData – a platform for managing online presence and working with business reputation
Aleinikov & Partners represented Alfa-Bank CJSC (Belarus) in the M&A transaction to acquire a 99.98% stake in Fransabank
Aleinikov & Partners has been advising the Development Bank of the Republic of Belarus (DBRB) in drafting a regulatory legal act aimed at amendment of the Belarusian legislation to entitle the DBRB to conduct venture capital financing
Aleinikov & Partners advised StringersHub, a developer of a marketplace that connects professional content creators with the global media outlets, on its $500K seed round from a group of angel investors, members of Angels Band (Belarus), and both venture capital firms Insta Ventures (Cyprus) and Starta Ventures (USA)
Aleinikov & Partners advised Open Line, a Minsk-based leasing company, on issuance of blockchain bonds. Token sale is going to be conducted on the FINSTORE.BY investment platform, which is operated by a subsidiary company of Belvnesheconombank (Bank BelVEB)
Aleinikov & Partners and IT Park of Uzbekistan have signed a Cooperation Agreement. Aleinikov & Partners becomes IT Park’s international outside adviser in connection with the improvement of a regulatory framework for the development of the IT industry in Uzbekistan as the firm had been experienced successful work with the Belarus Hi-Tech Park in this respect
Aleinikov & Partners has been advised Visor Games, a leading Belarusian developer of multiplayer games for browser, social networks, and mobile platforms, in its investment deal with Playrix. The deal represents the first-ever investment of a top mobile game developer into a Belarus-born gamedev player, an HTP resident, with the intention to jointly develop the company on the basis of “a strategic partnership”
Aleinikov & Partners has advised Virtuality Park, a creator of one of the Europe's largest amusement parks Teleport VR, on issuance of blockchain bonds
Aleinikov & Partners has advised Lifetech, a member company of Turkcell Group and a Belarusian subsidiary of Turkcell, a leading mobile network operator in Turkey and a major player in the European market, whose shares have been traded on the Borsa Istanbul (BIST) and New York Stock Exchanges (NYSE), on joining the Hi-Tech Park
Aleinikov & Partners has assisted IDT Corporation, a NYSE-listed (NYSE: IDT) American telecommunications company headquartered in Newark, New Jersey, with the Belarusian market entry. IDT pioneers expansion of business to Belarus and subsequently joining the Hi-Tech Park among US-based public companies
Aleinikov & Partners has been advised Infrafund RVC, a managing partner of the Russian-Belarusian Venture Investment Fund founded with participation of the Russian Venture Company, in connection with seed financing of the Belarusian startup RocketData. The round brings total funding in the startup up to $500K while the deal represents the first-ever application of instruments of “English law” introduced by the Presidential Decree on Development of Digital Economy for structuring