Natalia Gerus is a Counsel at Redcliffe Partners, where she focuses on Corporate, M&A, IPOs, and Antitrust.
Natalia has a wealth of experience advising large international and Ukrainian companies on matters such as mergers and acquisitions, debt restructuring, legal due diligence reviews, as well as Ukrainian antitrust, corporate, and regulatory issues.
Prior to joining Redcliffe Partners, Natalia held the position of Senior Associate in the Corporate/ M&A/ Antitrust practice at the Kyiv office of Clifford Chance.
She has been involved in a wide range of significant transactions, including IPOs, structuring of international agreements for the sale and purchase of businesses and business assets, and consulting on financing and restructuring issues.
- Cinven on the completion of the acquisition of Bayer’s Environmental Science Business
- Renaisco B.V., a Viterra group company, on its acquisition of a grain elevator complex in Vinnytsia Oblast by means of acquiring shares in a Ukrainian LLC owning the grain elevator
- Ukrainian Action, a US and UK nonprofit charity dedicated to supporting the survival and recovery of Ukraine, to further develop the charity’s relationship with Ukraine’s Ministry of Veterans Affairs
- Jakala S.p.A. S.B., a portfolio company of Ardian, a leading European independent private equity investment company, on the transaction in relation to acquisition of FFW, a Denmark-based company specialising in the marketing strategies
- Italian multinational company specializing in products for the construction industry, on a comprehensive intragroup restructuring to exit the russian market, navigating complexities of Ukrainian martial law and restrictions, including addressing challenges in transferring shares in a Ukrainian LLC owned by a russian shareholder
- MNG Group of Companies on the potential sale and corporate restructuring of its Ukrainian business, including multiple companies and a representative office
- A leading multinational pharmaceutical company with the structuring of internal compliance controls and procedures in response to a major investigation by a foreign regulator, adapting foreign legal requirements to Ukrainian law
- Agroecology on corporate governance issues, including minority shareholder relations and general management
- Large International Financial Group on internal restructuring involving a Ukrainian insurance company
- Meyer Bergman with respect to acquisition of Aladdin Shopping Centre in Kyiv and further corporate restructuring;
- Vitmark and its shareholders, one of the largest producers of juices in Ukraine, in relation to sale of a minority interest to Horizon Capital (a private equity fund)
- Arawak Energy Ukraine B.V. on establishing a strategic partnership with Geo-Alliance Oil-Gas Public Limited, including due diligence and regulatory issues
- Natixis SA on Ukrainian law aspects relating to extension of a USD 210 facility agreement secured, among others, by a pledge over grain commodities stored in various facilities across Ukraine by Kernel
