Ekaterina Karunets — Melling, Voitishkin & Partners

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Biography

Ekaterina Karunets specializes in the areas of real estate, planning and development, environment.

Representative Legal Matters

Advised an international consulting company providing strategic management services, and supported a transaction for the sale of shares in the Russian subsidiary of the group to a local team. Advised on determining the purchase price and settling intra-group obligations in connection with the sale of the Russian business, in the context of special economic measures introduced in the Russian Federation and restrictions on certain types of payments from Russia.
Advised Kaspersky in a transaction to acquire Brain4Net, a company that develops solutions and services to help enterprises and service providers adapt modern technologies, such as Software-Defined Wide-Area Network (SD-WAN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), with existing network infrastructure.
Assisted an international seeds manufacturer with direct and indirect acquisitions of rights to agricultural land plots and farm complexes in several regions of Russia.
Represented the owner in all aspects of the sale transaction of its office building in Moscow (drafting, regulatory advice, negotiations).
Assisted several major global TMT companies with the lease of ancillary offices and warehouse premises in various Russian cities.

Advised a major multinational producer of dairy products in connection with the setting up of a joint venture in the Kaliningrad region with a major Russian producer. The joint venture opened new opportunities for the client to enter the Russian market, ultimately strengthening its leading position in its segment. The full-scale legal transactional support involved complex corporate, real estate and construction advice and was completed on a tight timeline.
Advised an international public agro-industrial and food conglomerate with headquarters in Thailand and operations in 16 countries on real estate aspects of the proposed acquisition of a majority stake in a company operating a large robotic dairy cattle and milk complex in the Ryazan region of Russia.
Advised a leading provider of storage solutions and hard drives on its Class A office lease in Moscow.
Assisted Shire with negotiations over its new Class A office lease in the Demidov business centre in Moscow with KR Properties, the landlord.
Advised a Canadian manufacturer of television production and broadcasting equipment on extension of its office lease in Moscow.

Education