INTEGRATED PERSPECTIVE
Complex cross-border decisions rarely belong to one discipline.
NOWELIS combines legal analysis, international taxation, governance design, financial logic and commercial judgment to help shareholders and leadership teams structure transactions, manage risk and build resilient operating models.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Advisory built around the business decision.
Engagements are structured around the client’s commercial objective rather than a narrow legal workstream, with specialist local counsel and advisers coordinated where required.
01
International Tax & Structuring
Cross-border corporate and holding structures, tax substance, intercompany relationships, market-entry models and coordination of local tax advisers.
02
Corporate Structuring & Governance
Ownership arrangements, governance frameworks, reserved matters, matrices of authority, shareholder and board decision-making processes.
03
Strategic Legal Advisory
Integrated support to shareholders and leadership teams on business models, contracts, legal risk, intellectual property and complex cross-border matters.
04
M&A & Investment Transactions
Acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, shareholder agreements, capital and debt transactions, investment readiness and post-transaction governance.
05
Compliance & Business Transformation
Compliance frameworks, KYC and banking support, legal-function design, management systems and transformation of decision-making processes.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
Selected matters
and transformation mandates.
Selected experience spans complex cross-border restructurings, governance redesign, strategic transactions, financing and business transformation, gained across senior in-house and advisory roles.
International group restructurings
Redesign of ownership, holding and operating structures across multiple jurisdictions, including governance, financing, substance and asset-protection considerations.
01
Governance redesign
Development of governance models, matrices of authority, reserved matters and decision-making processes for groups undergoing growth, restructuring or institutional transformation.
02
M&A and joint ventures
Support on acquisitions, disposals, strategic partnerships, shareholder arrangements, capital transactions and post-deal governance architecture.
03
Debt and capital transactions
Legal and structural support for refinancing, debt restructuring, investment rounds, capital increases and transactions involving international banks and investors.
04
International tax and substance
Integrated review of corporate structures, intercompany relationships, foreign-company substance, management arrangements and cross-border tax exposure.
05
Compliance and operating transformation
Design of legal-function and management architectures, KYC and banking support, compliance reviews and implementation of scalable decision-making systems.
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EXPERIENCE IN PERSPECTIVE
24
years of professional legal, tax, governance and business experience
USD 3bn
group-scale corporate governance and transformation experience
USD 200m+
EPC and strategic contract experience
USD 120m
financing and debt restructuring experience
Selected figures relate to professional experience acquired in prior senior in-house and advisory roles and do not represent the current turnover or assets of NOWELIS BV.
Belgium-based strategic advisory for international companies, shareholders, boards and leadership teams.
Services are provided through NOWELIS BV.
Executive Master in European & International Business Law
University of St. Gallen
Master of Law
National University “Odesa Law Academy”
Magister of Economics
Dnipro National University
Corporate Governance
Ukrainian Corporate Governance Academy
Managerial Finance
London School of Economics
Negotiation: Strategies, Tools, and Skills for Success
Harvard Negotiation Institute
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Commercial judgment supported by legal, tax and financial depth.
Andriy Natrus is the founder and director of NOWELIS BV, a Belgium-based advisory firm supporting international companies, shareholders and leadership teams in complex cross-border environments.
With 24 years of professional experience, his background combines law, international taxation, corporate governance, economics and finance. He has advised on group restructurings, ownership and holding structures, governance frameworks, M&A, capital and debt transactions, compliance and business transformation.
His professional background includes senior legal, corporate governance and board-related roles within international industrial groups. He approaches assignments as a business adviser rather than a narrow technical specialist, linking legal and tax analysis with financial logic, decision-making architecture and long-term value creation.
His working style is pragmatic, commercially aware and focused on solutions that can be implemented across jurisdictions and within real operating constraints.
Pragmatic advice. Integrated analysis. Implementable solutions.
CONTACT
Discuss a cross-border matter.
For partnership opportunities, project discussions or a confidential initial enquiry, contact NOWELIS directly.
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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE