Firm Description

With 20-year expertise of providing legal services to domestic and foreign clients, Vlasova Mikhel & Partners (VMP) is one of the leading Belarusian law firms. VMP is first-tier firm in Belarus according to Legal 500, Chambers Europe and IFLR1000.

Our firms have a unique blend of M&A and capital market experience, the team is valued for the ability to answer all the client’s needs and find the most optimal solutions. It was involved in a number of major projects: performing legal due diligence review (for the purposes of corporate restructuring) of 14 Belarusian subsidiaries of the largest automotive dealer in CIS; advising in acquisition of the Belarusian GSM operator BeST by Turkcell, including legal due diligence review of the target and obtaining a merger control consent for the transaction; advising in acquisition of the third-largest Belarusian bank – BPS-Bank by the Russian Sberbank, including legal due diligence review of the target; advising Nokia Siemens Networks in acquisition of a Belarusian telecommunication company, including legal due diligence review of the target; advising Danone SA in connection with consolidation of CIS-based assets with Unimilk, including legal due diligence review of Unimilk Belarusian subsidiaries (the transaction has been recognised as IFLR 2010 “M&A Deal of the Year”); and advising Sberbank and other arranges of 7 billion Belarusian rouble sovereign bonds issue by the Republic of Belarus.