Eastern Europe and CIS
Providing legal guidance around the globe
Helping setup clients for success
Nelson Mullins attorneys bring deep experience in government relations, litigation, and corporate transactions, offering strategic guidance to clients from Eastern Europe and the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) navigating U.S. and international legal landscapes. Our litigation attorneys are skilled in managing complex cross-border disputes, asset recovery, regulatory compliance issues, and all other U.S. government investigations and enforcement actions.
Through established government relations capabilities, we help clients engage effectively with U.S. agencies and policymakers to advance business objectives. Whether entering new markets or expanding global operations, Nelson Mullins provides tailored, commercially focused solutions that drive success.
Providing clients with a holistic approach
Nelson Mullins offers comprehensive services in corporate transactions, government relations, litigation, and crisis management to help clients navigate complex legal and regulatory environments:
Corporate
Our clients include start-ups, family businesses, smaller reporting companies, large private companies with hundreds of shareholders, large public companies, institutional investors, corporate investors, private equity funds, and venture capital funds. We also work closely with in-house counsel often serving as outside general counsel to public and private companies. Many of our corporate attorneys are former in-house counsel and C-level executives, former compliance officers, and former U.S. government regulators.
Nelson Mullins 200+ corporate attorneys close more than 150 private equity, venture capital, and angel financing transactions annually and, in recent years, have handled more than 160 mergers and acquisitions with deal values ranging from $10 million to $1 billion. Our experience extends to securities offerings, SEC reports, NASDAQ & NYSE listings and compliance. We work with you on buy and sell-side transactions, carve-outs, private equity buy-outs, roll-ups, and spin-offs, meeting your specific needs in every deal.
Our team has deep experience navigating the nuances of middle market transactions. We have long-term private equity and strategic clients who ask to help them make multiple platform and add-on acquisitions, and we regularly assist entrepreneurs and families in achieving successful exits.
Our attorneys also advise private fund sponsors of all sizes ranging from smaller first-time funds through multi-billion-dollar funds, on all aspects of their fund formation, fundraising, operations and compliance, across a broad range of strategies, including:
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Our Emerging Growth & Venture Capital team works closely with founders, management teams, investors, and board members to help companies scale across various industries
- Legal Fundamentals – we frequently advise companies on entity formation issues, capital-raising strategies and transactions, corporate governance matters, customer and vendor contract negotiations, employment matters, equity compensation strategies, intellectual property issues, securities law compliance, exit planning, and M&A transactions.
- Leveraging relationships to Create Opportunities – through our team’s professional networks, deep investor relationships, broad industry contacts, and keen understanding of the strategic drivers of your business, we are able bring to significant opportunities to our clients that help them achieve meaningful growth.
- Scale – working side-by-side with clients as they grow, our team draws upon the firm’s deep bench and diversified practice platform to help our clients achieve scale. We grow with you.
Government Relations
In today’s ever-changing political environment, integrating government relations and business strategies makes good sense. Whether you are seeking to capture new markets, identify and secure federal funding, or monitor, stay ahead of, and strategically plan to address political risks, our government relations professionals bring you substantive knowledge and real-world experience, with the accountability and stability of Nelson Mullins.
Experience from the inside gives Nelson Mullins’ sovereign practice a practical and effective edge. With strong State Department ties, our team of attorneys and policy advisors includes former government officials who have served as ambassadors, international trade negotiators, Capitol Hill staff, members of Congress, presidential cabinet officials, and senior officials in Republican and Democratic administrations.
We bring a holistic and customized approach to serving each of our sovereign government clients, developing strategies and solutions tailored to their needs on international law matters including federal government strategy, media and public relations, and legal services.
Business Litigation
We have served as litigation counsel to numerous clients, including pharmaceutical companies and manufacturers, consumer products, gaming and gambling operators and suppliers, medical device manufacturers, automobile manufacturers, national chemical companies, major hotel chains, and many more. In managing high-profile business disputes, the firm also guides clients on company responses for interrelated government investigations, congressional inquiries, and on public relations and board-level communications strategies.
Our clients include Fortune 50 companies, privately held companies, businesses with global operations, and businesses in heavily regulated industries.
We are zealous advocates for our clients. We help you develop strategies and implement processes that are verifiable, defensible, and repeatable - so that when an investigation or litigation strikes, you are ready.
Through Encompass, we use advanced review tools and measures such as technology assisted review (TAR), relativity assisted review (RAR), and other advanced analytics measures. We address the scope of review, negotiate discovery protocols, and minimize business disruption and burdens.
We take an integrated approach to working with your in-house team and case counsel to understand the legal, business, and technology issues you face and bring efficiencies and defensibility to your practices.
The firm’s business litigators have experience representing clients in mediations, providing alternative dispute resolution services in federal and state courts, before administrative agencies, and before arbitration panels administered by AAA, JAMs, the National Arbitration Forum, the World Intellectual Property Organization, and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).
We are familiar with the special rules and procedures for each. The firm has litigated the enforceability of arbitration agreements on numerous occasions, as well as litigated whether class-wide relief could be sought in arbitration proceedings.
Crisis Management
Nelson Mullins Litigation, Government Response, and Crisis Management (LGRCM) team has the experience, relationships, and judgment to help companies and individuals navigate high-stakes litigation, government investigations, and other high-risk matters. The LGRCM team provides strategic, practical, and forward-thinking solutions to manage legal and reputational risk.
The LGRCM team leaders are well-versed in policy and well-connected with the policymakers across various government levels. Our professionals draw on their public- and private-sector experience to help clients navigate government and regulatory processes.
We actively engage with and collaborate alongside our clients. The LGRCM team recognizes the importance of working together with our clients' Government Relations teams, in-house counsel, and other key stakeholders to create customized crisis-management strategies.
Aligned with Nelson Mullins' principles, the LGRCM team is continually working to enhance our service to clients. We are dedicated to:
- Fostering genuine connections with clients and among team members
- Delivering a unique and customized experience for clients
- Developing and supporting a diverse group of attorneys
Nelson Mullins' seasoned, interdisciplinary team collaborates closely with clients, offering guidance on a variety of critical issues. These include global crises spanning multiple jurisdictions, criminal and regulatory investigations at both state and federal levels, shareholder activism, #MeToo movements, Congressional probes, internal audits, cybersecurity threats, environmental incidents, and challenges in corporate governance.
White Collar Defense & Government Investigations
Nelson Mullins’ White Collar Defense & Government Investigations boasts a deep roster of former federal prosecutors, regulators, congressional investigators, and compliance officers, and former in-house counsel for public companies. Our compliance and regulatory teams have experience across industries and are able to address general and client-specific regulatory issues.
Crucial to the cross-border nature of this practice, we focus on high-stakes cases involving economic sanctions, export controls, foreign investment, cybersecurity, U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and anti-money laundering laws. Our attorneys have experience in a variety of matters before the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC), the State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC), the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
Our White Collar Defense & Government Investigations Team helps you assess risks in connection with ongoing operations, business decisions, audits, acquisitions, and other internal matters involving regulatory and new service offerings and technology platforms.
We investigate allegations in a comprehensive, informed, and efficient manner. We respond to regulators or other government authorities formally or informally, through litigation or negotiation. We resolve government inquiries in an effective and discreet manner. We design procedures, policies, and practices that are consistent with the current regulatory and legal requirements with an understanding of the dynamic nature of these environments, and we help you stay compliant with domestic and international laws governing a multitude of substantive areas.
Providing clients with a holistic approach
Nelson Mullins offers comprehensive services in corporate transactions, government relations, litigation, and crisis management to help clients navigate complex legal and regulatory environments:
Corporate
Our clients include start-ups, family businesses, smaller reporting companies, large private companies with hundreds of shareholders, large public companies, institutional investors, corporate investors, private equity funds, and venture capital funds. We also work closely with in-house counsel often serving as outside general counsel to public and private companies. Many of our corporate attorneys are former in-house counsel and C-level executives, former compliance officers, and former U.S. government regulators.
Nelson Mullins 200+ corporate attorneys close more than 150 private equity, venture capital, and angel financing transactions annually and, in recent years, have handled more than 160 mergers and acquisitions with deal values ranging from $10 million to $1 billion. Our experience extends to securities offerings, SEC reports, NASDAQ & NYSE listings and compliance. We work with you on buy and sell-side transactions, carve-outs, private equity buy-outs, roll-ups, and spin-offs, meeting your specific needs in every deal.
Our team has deep experience navigating the nuances of middle market transactions. We have long-term private equity and strategic clients who ask to help them make multiple platform and add-on acquisitions, and we regularly assist entrepreneurs and families in achieving successful exits.
Our attorneys also advise private fund sponsors of all sizes ranging from smaller first-time funds through multi-billion-dollar funds, on all aspects of their fund formation, fundraising, operations and compliance, across a broad range of strategies, including:
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|
Our Emerging Growth & Venture Capital team works closely with founders, management teams, investors, and board members to help companies scale across various industries
- Legal Fundamentals – we frequently advise companies on entity formation issues, capital-raising strategies and transactions, corporate governance matters, customer and vendor contract negotiations, employment matters, equity compensation strategies, intellectual property issues, securities law compliance, exit planning, and M&A transactions.
- Leveraging relationships to Create Opportunities – through our team’s professional networks, deep investor relationships, broad industry contacts, and keen understanding of the strategic drivers of your business, we are able bring to significant opportunities to our clients that help them achieve meaningful growth.
- Scale – working side-by-side with clients as they grow, our team draws upon the firm’s deep bench and diversified practice platform to help our clients achieve scale. We grow with you.
Government Relations
In today’s ever-changing political environment, integrating government relations and business strategies makes good sense. Whether you are seeking to capture new markets, identify and secure federal funding, or monitor, stay ahead of, and strategically plan to address political risks, our government relations professionals bring you substantive knowledge and real-world experience, with the accountability and stability of Nelson Mullins.
Experience from the inside gives Nelson Mullins’ sovereign practice a practical and effective edge. With strong State Department ties, our team of attorneys and policy advisors includes former government officials who have served as ambassadors, international trade negotiators, Capitol Hill staff, members of Congress, presidential cabinet officials, and senior officials in Republican and Democratic administrations.
We bring a holistic and customized approach to serving each of our sovereign government clients, developing strategies and solutions tailored to their needs on international law matters including federal government strategy, media and public relations, and legal services.
Business Litigation
We have served as litigation counsel to numerous clients, including pharmaceutical companies and manufacturers, consumer products, gaming and gambling operators and suppliers, medical device manufacturers, automobile manufacturers, national chemical companies, major hotel chains, and many more. In managing high-profile business disputes, the firm also guides clients on company responses for interrelated government investigations, congressional inquiries, and on public relations and board-level communications strategies.
Our clients include Fortune 50 companies, privately held companies, businesses with global operations, and businesses in heavily regulated industries.
We are zealous advocates for our clients. We help you develop strategies and implement processes that are verifiable, defensible, and repeatable - so that when an investigation or litigation strikes, you are ready.
Through Encompass, we use advanced review tools and measures such as technology assisted review (TAR), relativity assisted review (RAR), and other advanced analytics measures. We address the scope of review, negotiate discovery protocols, and minimize business disruption and burdens.
We take an integrated approach to working with your in-house team and case counsel to understand the legal, business, and technology issues you face and bring efficiencies and defensibility to your practices.
The firm’s business litigators have experience representing clients in mediations, providing alternative dispute resolution services in federal and state courts, before administrative agencies, and before arbitration panels administered by AAA, JAMs, the National Arbitration Forum, the World Intellectual Property Organization, and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).
We are familiar with the special rules and procedures for each. The firm has litigated the enforceability of arbitration agreements on numerous occasions, as well as litigated whether class-wide relief could be sought in arbitration proceedings.
Crisis Management
Nelson Mullins Litigation, Government Response, and Crisis Management (LGRCM) team has the experience, relationships, and judgment to help companies and individuals navigate high-stakes litigation, government investigations, and other high-risk matters. The LGRCM team provides strategic, practical, and forward-thinking solutions to manage legal and reputational risk.
The LGRCM team leaders are well-versed in policy and well-connected with the policymakers across various government levels. Our professionals draw on their public- and private-sector experience to help clients navigate government and regulatory processes.
We actively engage with and collaborate alongside our clients. The LGRCM team recognizes the importance of working together with our clients' Government Relations teams, in-house counsel, and other key stakeholders to create customized crisis-management strategies.
Aligned with Nelson Mullins' principles, the LGRCM team is continually working to enhance our service to clients. We are dedicated to:
- Fostering genuine connections with clients and among team members
- Delivering a unique and customized experience for clients
- Developing and supporting a diverse group of attorneys
Nelson Mullins' seasoned, interdisciplinary team collaborates closely with clients, offering guidance on a variety of critical issues. These include global crises spanning multiple jurisdictions, criminal and regulatory investigations at both state and federal levels, shareholder activism, #MeToo movements, Congressional probes, internal audits, cybersecurity threats, environmental incidents, and challenges in corporate governance.
White Collar Defense & Government Investigations
Nelson Mullins’ White Collar Defense & Government Investigations boasts a deep roster of former federal prosecutors, regulators, congressional investigators, and compliance officers, and former in-house counsel for public companies. Our compliance and regulatory teams have experience across industries and are able to address general and client-specific regulatory issues.
Crucial to the cross-border nature of this practice, we focus on high-stakes cases involving economic sanctions, export controls, foreign investment, cybersecurity, U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and anti-money laundering laws. Our attorneys have experience in a variety of matters before the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC), the State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC), the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
Our White Collar Defense & Government Investigations Team helps you assess risks in connection with ongoing operations, business decisions, audits, acquisitions, and other internal matters involving regulatory and new service offerings and technology platforms.
We investigate allegations in a comprehensive, informed, and efficient manner. We respond to regulators or other government authorities formally or informally, through litigation or negotiation. We resolve government inquiries in an effective and discreet manner. We design procedures, policies, and practices that are consistent with the current regulatory and legal requirements with an understanding of the dynamic nature of these environments, and we help you stay compliant with domestic and international laws governing a multitude of substantive areas.
- A practical and pragmatic business mindset
- Integrated corporate governance services
- Multi-disciplinary team
- Predictability, cost-competitiveness, and administrative efficiency
- Relationships with government professionals and the communities in which we do business
