Who We Are
Lispenard is a consulting firm committed to providing the highest level of service and adhering to the strictest standards of confidentiality. We focus on high-end legal and business advisory services, delivering tailored solutions to leading corporate and private clients from all corners of the world.
Our recipe for success is a sound knowledge of global markets and a strong commitment to our clients’ needs. We treat every client relationship with dignity, respect and confidentiality, drawing on our experience and deep understanding of the most complex legal and business systems.
Our team is a collection of creative and dedicated professionals whose experience is owed to the years of work with top-tier law firms, namely Cleary Gottlieb, Latham & Watkins, Linklaters, and Morgan Lewis, as well as investment and corporate companies. We also have long experience of working in the key financial hubs worldwide, including New York, London, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Moscow and Almaty. Our expertise and the highest standards of accuracy, ethics and sensitivity will definitely guide you through the highs and lows of the fast-changing environment.
Selected representations of Lispenard include*:
Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), Joint Ventures (JV) and Restructuring
Venture Capital
Redomiciliation
Banking & Finance
Capital Markets and Derivatives
Fintech
*Selected representations also include the projects that our team has done as part of top-tier law firms such as Cleary Gottlieb, Latham & Watkins, Linklaters, and Morgan Lewis.
- Advising a founder of a glamping network on matters relating to business restructuring and attracting investments for over 100 million rubles
- Advising founders of a large construction holding with total revenues of over 10 billion rubles on a wide range of legal matters relating to business restructuring
- Advising on matters relating to the formation of a joint venture for the cultivation and export of flowers in the Far East
- Acting for RCF creditors to a multinational marketing company specialising in wellbeing and beauty products
- Acting for an ad-hoc group of the bondholders of a European paper and packaging company
- Advising the ssRCF lenders on financing arrangements related to the acquisition by an international asset management firm of a global menswear retailer from its sponsor
- Advising Thailand’s largest agro-industrial and food conglomerate on the US$680 million acquisition of an integrated poultry business
- Advising a major Russian TMT company on the proposed acquisition of a Russian banking group
- Advising an international energy company on the proposed sale of its majority stake in a Russian power generation company
- Advising a French multinational insurance corporation on the restructuring of its indirect shareholding in a universal insurance company into respective direct shareholding, and on relevant amendments to shareholders’ arrangements
- Advising a Dutch metal packaging company on various aspects of its sale via auction process
- Advising a multinational food and beverages company on the strategic carve-out of a segment of its global business and creation of a new joint venture
- Advising the major shareholders, including the founder member, on the sale of a premium beverage brand originating in Southeast Asia to a global alcoholic beverage leader
- Advising a large multinational catering company on restructuring, joint venture, and M&A transactions in Kazakhstan
- Advising Mubadala, a sovereign wealth fund of Abu Dhabi, on its acquisition of a 1.9% stake in PJSC SIBUR Holding, Russia’s largest petrochemicals company
- Advising UBS Switzerland AG, the biggest Swiss investment bank, on various M&A transaction in Kazakhstan
- Advising Power International Holding, a Qatari-based conglomerate, on the acquisition of Mobile Telecom Services from Kazakhtelecom JSC, for US$1.1 billion
- Advising PJSC MegaFon on the formation of a leading independent federal player in the Russian tower infrastructure market with Kismet Capital Group including the subsequent merger with SPAC
- Advising AliExpress, e-commerce retail platform of Alibaba, on various corporate and antitrust issues, including dynamic pricing and price discrimination
Venture Capital
- Advising founders of online service “The Mashina” (cars by subscription) on a deal combining a partial cash-out of the founders and a cash-in, for over 300 million rubles
- Advising founders of a digital ecosystem on investment in contemporary art “MyArt” on issues related to attracting investment
- Advising an investor on the provision of investments to wholesale trade service “B2BTrade”
- Advising founders of online service “InSales” (a service for building and launching online stores) in connection with a partial sale of the business in favor of Sber
- Advising the founder of online service “Smart Logistics” (a logistics management service for transport companies and cargo owners) on matters relating to the establishment of an employee stock option program
- Advising an investor on the provision of investments to “Luxxy” (a platform for trading luxury brand clothing)
Redomiciliation
- Advising EBRD on financing and redomiciliation of one of the world’s top ten gold mining companies, including the issuance of a legal opinion on redomiciliation under the Astana International Financial Centre law (AIFC)
- Advising an international IT company on the redomiciliation of its head office to AIFC (Kazakhstan) for the purpose of optimizing its corporate structure and attracting investments from CIS and Asian regions
- Advising a large European family conglomerate on the redomiciliation of its holding company to ADGM (UAE) to enhance tax efficiency and simplify its asset ownership structure
- Advising an international luxury real estate developer on the redomiciliation of its main legal entity, incorporated under the laws of the Republic of Cyprus, to DIFC (UAE) to ensure better asset protection and optimize its governance structure
- Advising an international energy corporation on the redomiciliation of its trading division to AIFC (Kazakhstan) to leverage the advantages of English law and investment protection mechanisms
- Advising a global family office on the redomiciliation of its investment fund to QFC (Qatar) to improve the asset management structure in the MENA region and Asia
Banking & Finance
- Advising a syndicate of international banks on a major financing project for over US$300 million relating to five wind farms
- Advising a syndicate of international banks on a facility exceeding US$400 million for the modernization of a power plant
- Advising an international leader in distributing and supporting machinery and equipment for material handling, agriculture, turf care and construction on a €490 million accordion credit facility including further accession of guarantors
- Advising a British used car finance platform on a £50 million revolving facility agreement as part of a warehouse financing transaction
Capital Markets and Derivatives
- Advising managers in bond offerings by Gazprom and Renaissance Capital
- Advising Russian Railways on a CHF 200 million offering by RZD Capital Plc (RZD) of green perpetual LPNs (loan participation note) consolidated into a single series with the CHF 250 million green perpetual LPNs issued by RZD
- Advising large international banks and corporates on ISDA negotiations
- Advising dealers on issuances of repackaging notes
- Advising a London-based consumer lending FinTech firm on a private securitisation warehouse of up to £100 million with NatWest
- Advising a British multi-brand online retailer and financial services provider on renewal of its trade receivables securitisation programme
- Advising an underwriter, an American multinational investment bank, on IPO of SPB Exchange (under Reg S and Rule 144a)
- Advising the issuer, one of the largest Russian carsharing companies, on its IPO at NYSE (under Reg S and Rule 144a)
Fintech
- Advising an international crypto assets custodian on its integrations with another major crypto assets custodian regulated in Jersey, Dubai and the UK and a leading global financial services firm headquartered in New York City and on other questions
- Advising a multinational financial services and SaaS company and providing legal and regulatory advice in relation to the client’s products and its proposed expansion of its services to provide credit to users of its products
- Advising the largest payment, marketplace, and fintech ecosystem in Kazakhstan on compliance with disclosure requirements
*Selected representations also include the projects that our team has done as part of top-tier law firms such as Cleary Gottlieb, Latham & Watkins, Linklaters, and Morgan Lewis.
