A European family asked us to create an overarching trust structure to hold their commercial interests in the UK, Greece, Cyprus, Singapore and elsewhere. Resident in Monaco and London, the family needed the structure to operate as an estate plan, enabling wealth to be passed between generations. This was all done in conjunction with a family constitution governing the management of their wealth.

Hightex Group is a UK, Swiss and German membrane and renewable energy company. Withers has acted for Hightex Group on their IPO on the AIM market. We have also advised Hightex Group on their reverse takeover of West 175 Media Group Inc., the acquisition of HighTex International (HTI) AG, and on the acquisition of SolarNext AG, a German company active in the solar and alternative energy sectors.

Counsel to Astelit, a Ukrainian telecommunications company, controlled by Turkish GSM operator Turkcell, on a US$540 million financing - the then largest private financing in Ukraine - to expand its mobile network.

We represent a substantial Russian engineering business, recently advising on the international tax aspects of its group restructuring prior to IPO.

Stakeholders of a recently listed company requested Withers advice in the structuring of IPO proceeds and their retained shareholdings. Withers has developed a strong relationship with these stakeholders, offering further assistance on a range of other areas including the formation of a family office, establishment of hedge fund and charitable foundation, and advising on the UK tax treatment of future investments regarding offshore funds, deep discounted securities, and acquisitions.

Successful representation of a prominent Russian businessman and officials in highly complex and interrelated committal, bankruptcy and Commercial Court proceedings.

We advised a Hong Kong-based high-tech company in its proposed investments in start-up projects in China.

Acted for a Vietnamese multi disciplinary technology start-up fund involved in the F&B, fashion, logistics and agricultural businesses in their US$17 million fund raising exercise by the investment arm of Japanese bank via the issuance of redeemable convertible senior notes.

Faced with a bond issue on the Channel Island stock exchange, we advised a Ukrainian company on how to proceed and retain their financial position.

We provided thorough advice to an Argentinean hotel chain on tax optimizing its global structure for US investment and expansion. This included extensive pre-IPO planning, interim financing structuring, a review of the fund documents and the creation of convertible notes for a special class of investors.