Venture capital plays a key role in the development of the innovation-driven economy. Therefore, we consider that an important part of our efforts as an ecosystem actor is helping improve legal conditions for venture capital financing development in Belarus.
Aleinikov & Partners acted as legal advisor for the AID-Venture program implemented with the support of the USAID. In cooperation with international partners, we worked on amendments to the national legislation to develop the country’s venture capital ecosystem.
Aleinikov & Partners assisted a group of angel investors with establishment of Angels Band, the first Belarusian business angel network.
A turning point in the team’s legislative work is the introduction of provisions concerning option agreements, convertible loan agreements, indemnity, non-competition, non-solicitation, and other instruments of the "English law" which are widely used in the world practice for structuring venture transactions and which are unique to Belarus, into Presidential Decree On Development of Digital Economy.
Being in the waves of change allows us to successfully advise market participants on venture capital. Aleinikov & Partners has proven track record in representing both investors (private and institutional, as well as their syndicates) and start-ups (or founders) at all stages of venture capital financing.
What we can help with:
Advising the Development Bank of the Republic of Belarus on venture-related issues within the frames of the program entitled “MSME Access to Finance Project” to be jointly implemented with the IBRD. Assisting in drafting laws to be developed to amend the Belarusian legislation in order to create legal conditions required by the DBRB for financing venture projects.
Advising Haxus venture fund on venture activities in Belarus and structuring investment transactions with Belarus-based startups. Haxus is founded by Yuri Gurski, a prominent Belarusian IT-enterpreneur. The fund's portfolio includes world-known Masquerade, AIMatter, as well as Flo and Prisma.
Advising Infrafund RVC, a managing partner of the Russian-Belarusian Venture Investment Fund, in a seed financing of RocketData.
Advising LungPass, a product of Healthy Networks, on raising a funding round from both the Singaporean Verge Healthtech Fund 1 and Estonian Sentosa Capital.
Advising RocketBody, a developer of AI fitness tracker, on raising round A investment from Bulba Ventures. LDD of IP, development of term sheet and other transaction documents, advising on establishment of the Delaware subsidiaries, which corporate structures are to be participated by the Belarusian founders.
Advising Clevetura, a developer for an intuitive keyboard Click&Touch, on attracting investments in the startup. LDD of IP, formalization of relations within a team, development of incentive schemes for key employees, advising in the course of approving transaction documents by the investor.
Advising a syndicate of angel investors, members of Angels Band, on venture capital financing of LungPass. The transaction became the first of its kind structured via convertible loan agreement introduced by the Presidential Decree On Development of Digital Economy.
Advising Quattro Capital, an investment company, on seed financing of RocketBody.
Advising a syndicate of VCs, which are Haxus venture fund and both private investors Yury Melnichek (co-founder of Maps.me and AIMatter) and Leonid Lozner (co-founder of EPAM Systems), on $500K seed investment in OneSoil.
Advising AIMatter, a maker of the Fabby computer vision app aquired by Google, on investment-related issues.
Victoria Danko
Director of the Foreign Enterprise "McDonald's Restaurants"
We would like to thank «Aleinikov&Partners» law firm for the expertly rendered services on investment law.
Oleg Rogovenko
Founder of Awem Games
Aleinikov&Partners proved as the team of high-skilled and experienced professionals who can quickly come up with a decision on any legal matters concerning the activity of HTP's resident and growth IT company. Their best quality is the systematic approach to the solution of the assigned tasks. They are trying not only to solve the current issue but anticipate the result of the situation. Exceptional specialists moving the company forward. It's a real pleasure to cooperate with them.
Eduard Gramovich
Director of British-American Tobacco Trading Company
Profound legal knowledge and creative approach of the professionals working in «Aleinikov&Partners» law firm make them offer ingenious and accurate legal solutions even on the most complicated cases.
Aleinikov&Partners finalized the transaction between the law firm's Client, renown Belarusian mobile games developer Melesta Games and Wargaming, the developer of extremely popular World of Tanks. As a result of the last four months of hard work a strategic cooperation contract between two companies was signed.
Aleinikov&Partners Law Firm provided legal support concerning incorporation of the joint venture company - China Merchants China-Belarus Commerce&Logistics Corporation CJSC.
Aleinikov&Partners is a legal counsel of "Falcon" Investment Fund of Qatar Armed Forces on a wide range of issues related to construction of multi-purpose hotel and sports complex in Minsk estimated at ~$200 mln