The Moscow office of Eversheds Sutherland has advised the Cherkizovo Group on its acquisition of meat processing company Pit-Product from the Atria Group. Finnish law firm Castren & Snellman and Capital Legal Services from Russia reportedly advised the Atria Group on the deal, which remains contingent on the approval of the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service.
Pit-Product was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Atria and had approximately 700 employees working in two plants, producing a range of meat products under several trademarks.
Eversheds Sutherland’s team included Moscow Managing Partner Victoria Goldman, Partner Mikhail Timonov, and Counsel Anton Bakov.