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PRIVATE EQUITY

NSP investment lawyers help the clients with structuring of private equity, optimization of taxes and planning of transfer of assets to their heirs. We apply the comprehensive approach and combine various structuring tools for both Russian and international clients.

NSP team advises private equity owners and beneficiaries, family office managers and employees, corporate lawyers and financial directors, private investors who seek effective asset structuring tools. 

Main areas of specialization:

Development of the asset ownership structure through a personal fund, closed-end investment fund and other tools
Creation of closed-end investment funds, personal and inheritance funds, including their state registration and development of charters, internal documents and fund policies
Selection of the asset types for a fund, including real estate, business shares and other assets
Assistance with the transfer of assets and drafting of a will with the terms of the inheritance fund
Tax planning
Monitoring the compliance with the fund management rules and interests of beneficiaries
Support of legal proceedings in inheritance disputes

Key Contacts

Facts and figures:

RUB 10bn+
net worth of beneficiaries for whom NSP lawyers established personal funds
2024
NSP among the first Russian law firms to register a personal fund on a client's behalf

Cases

  • NSP lawyers created a personal fund for the UHNWI-client. NSP lawyers created personal funds by ensuring the transfer of management and income from business and real estate to the client’s immediate family members, including the protection of interests of the client’s family and legal compliance. 

 

  • NSP lawyers created a closed-end investment fund for an ultra-high-net-worth individual with the transfer of real estate and securities, thus having ensured a transparent system of control over transactions and assets.

 

  • NSP lawyers structured the Client's Russian assets through the closed-end investment fund. For the international client, the fund was created in the UAE. NSP lawyers also advise on key real estate transactions, including assets acquisition and disposal.

 

  • NSP lawyers supported the establishment of a perpetual fund for a private client. NSP lawyers assisted in setting up a perpetual fund that operates during the founder’s lifetime and continues after its passing, providing sustainable long-term funding for charitable and other social projects. The project involved establishing the fund’s corporate governance system with an independent board, developing a methodology to determine annual social spending, and implementing control mechanisms over executive bodies to guarantee sustainable and transparent operations.

 

  • NSP lawyers advised a Client on the acquisition of a hotel asset with an investment volume of RUB 1.5 billion. NSP developed the project’s legal and tax model, the system of contractual relationship between the investor and the project operator, and the tax policy for the project operator. Based thereon, the client acquired the land for the construction of the facility. 

 

  • NSP lawyers established a personal fund for a UHNWI. The lawyers provided comprehensive support for the personal fund’s establishment, structured the fund and transferred the public company shares and real estate totaling 1 billion rubles, as well as drafted the fund’s internal regulations, including a tailored tax accounting policy.