As noted by the press service of Alfa-Bank, "in fact, it was the only realized merger and acquisition transaction in the banking sector of the Republic of Belarus over the past few years." This was made possible thanks to the coordinated work of the team of professionals, both on the part of the Buyer and the Seller, as well as the assistance of government bodies to promptly coordinate this deal. "
Alfa-Bank legal advisers in the M&A deal were jointly Aleinikov&Partners and an international law firm DLA Piper.
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
Chamber for Commercial Disputes of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus affirmed court decisions of first and appeals instances in the DEAL.BY cases.
Aleinikov&Partners supported a renown Finnish manufacturer of paints and lacquers in entering the Belarusian market.