On April 22, 2025 the key event concentrated on M&As in Russia – the XV Russian M&A Congress took place.
Alexey Gorodissky spoke in the Expert Session focused on M&A best practices. In this session the speakers summed up key outcomes of the M&A 2022 – 2025 market, deliberated on trends and the principal M&A market drivers in 2025, growth prospects for this market and discussed forms and types of transactions that condition the M&A market now and will condition it in the near future.
In his speech Alexey Gorodissky, based upon Andrey Gorodissky & Partners’ (AGP) hands-on experience derived from supporting deals in 2022 – first quarter of 2025 and from interfacing with key players of the M&A market, gave his comments on preliminary results of the survey conducted by colleagues. He expressed his opinion on certain matters touched upon in the discussions, and also gave an outlook for M&A activities and expectations on the M&A market.
Specifically, Alexey voiced an opinion on the upsurge in businesses’ interest in setting up of joint ventures and making of so-called non-monetary transaction, the necessity of meticulous legal and other due diligences of target assets, diverging legal precedents related to representations and warranties (including the problem stemming from the lack of clearly defined standard of care) and, consequently, the necessity of using more frequently such protection tool as indemnity, new risks which participants of the M&A markets and their counsel should take into account.
The Russian M&A Congress – is a flagship event devoted to the M&A market in Russia. Within the scope of the congress, industry experts discuss current market trends, opportunities for strategists and investors, tax and legal nuances, future of the M&A industry and other topical issues.
