Ayta Aduchieva

Advising a subsidiary of GEM Invest investment company on the acquisition of Modi LLC, managing the Modi chain of home, stationery and hobby goods stores, including legal assistance with obtaining approval for the transaction from the regulatory authorities.

Advising RoccoForte Hotels Group on various complex corporate, commercial, regulatory (including counter sanctions) and tax legal matters in Russia.

Advised VK Group on acquiring "Singer", which owns the long-term leasehold rights to the famous Singer House building located on St Petersburg’s Nevsky Prospekt, which accommodates the headquarters of VKontakte.

Advised G City Europe (ex-Atrium European Real Estate), a leading owner, operator and redeveloper of community shopping centres and residential to-let assets in Central Europe, on the completed sale of its Russian real estate portfolio to Ramo-M Group, a Russia based developer and operator of shopping centres in Krasnodar Region. The RUB 11.72 bn transaction included sale of shares in ten Russian companies owning seven shopping and entertainment centres under the “Park House” brand in the Volga Region, Kazan, St Petersburg, Ekaterinburg and Moscow, as well as legal assistance in successfully applying for approval of the deal by the Government Commission for Control over Foreign Investment in Russia. This transaction was recognised as M&A Deal of the Year in development in 2023 by Kommersant Publishing House.

Advised VK Group on acquiring the 27-storey, 49,290 sq. m. Skylight tower on Moscow’s Leningradsky Prospect. According to assessments by Real Estate market experts, the transaction was the biggest on the office market since the beginning of 2023.

Advising a major finance investor on the acquisition of a significant stake in the charter capital of a major Class A warehouse complex operator. The transaction also included equity financing for settlements and provision of collateral under a hedging transaction with the lender.