PRESS RELEASE
February 15, 2012
Vasil Kisil & Partners Advise Alpcot Agro on Acquisition of Landkom Group
On 27th of January 2012 Alpcot Agro AB, a Sweden-based agricultural company, has announced the completion of the transaction to acquire the entire share capital of Landkom International PLC ("Landkom") with a landbank of 74,000 ha and a developed agricultural business operating in 7 regions of Ukraine. The acquisition value is about SEK 140 million, which equals to approximately GBP 12.97 million. As a result of the mentioned transaction Alpcot Agro became a global agricultural company with almost 280,000 hectares of controlled land across Russia and Ukraine. In course of the acquisition Alpcot has also undertook a capital raise of ca USD 20 mln by means of additional share issue at NASDAQ First North in Stockholm.
Vasil Kisil & Partners act as Ukrainian legal advisors for Alpcot Agro and have conducted comprehensive legal due diligence of Landkom's Ukrainian companies and their agricultural assets. Legal due diligence covered five (5) major operating Ukrainian subsidiaries, selective land leases review, tax, regulatory, litigation and financing matters of Landkom's Ukrainian business. VKP has also advised Alpcot on various transactional issues, including merger clearance, land regulations in Ukraine, etc.
The VKP’s team of lawyers advising on the project included Oleg Alyoshin, partner, Head of Real Estate & Construction Group, Alexander Borodkin, counselor, Anna Sisetska, Viktoriya Balyuk and Roman Riabenko.
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Established in 1992, Vasil Kisil & Partners is a Ukrainian law firm that delivers integrated legal advice in banking & finance, mergers & acquisitions, capital markets, antitrust, competition and trade, dispute resolution, tax law, energy and natural resources law, intellectual property law, labor and employment law, real estate and construction law, as well as PPP, concessions and infrastructure law.
The firm`s clients include such world-known companies as Alpcot Agro, Africa-Israel Group, Astellas Pharma, BASF, Bayer Consumer, BNP Paribas, British American Tobacco, Central European Media Enterprises, Coca Cola, Credit Agricole Group, Danone, Dell Inc., Du Pont, Energy Standard Group, Eurosport, Google, IKB Deutsche Industriebank, LG Electronics, Leroy Merlin Ukraine, Lukoil, Metso Automation Oy, Moody’s, Mott MacDonald Limited, NCH Capital, Novacke chemicke zavody, Opel, Philips, Pioneer, Red Bull, Russian Standard Bank, St. Sophia Homes, SEB AB, SEB Group, Swedbank AB, Seven Hills, Shell, Standard Charted Bank, Tchibo, UniCredit Group, Vanco International / Vanco Energy, Volkswagen, VympelCom, YouTube.
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