Companies Held Liable for Corruption Offenses as a New White Collar Crime Prevention Trend

CEE Legal Matters publishes an artcile by Victoria Burkovskaya and Tatyana Nozhkina.

Priority of Security Interests for Future Obligations

Zakon publishes an article by Evgenia Evdokimova.

Doing Business in Russian Federation

Ilya Nikiforov, Anna Ivanova, Vladimir Stepanov, Mark Rovinskiy, Pavel Sadovsky, Maria Demina, Maria Kobanenko, Denis Gavrilov and Elena Kazak became the authors of Doing business in Russian Federation by Practical Law.

Anti-suit Injunctions From Arbitral Tribunals in International Commercial Arbitration: A Necessary Evil?

Journal of International Arbitration publishes an article by Olga Vishnevskaya.

Deal 5: TransFin-M PC General Counsel on RUB 3 Billion Bond Issuance

In February of this year CEE Legal Matters reported on the issuance by TransFin-M PC's of convertible bonds with a nominal value of RUB 3 billion, which EPAM – the firm working with TransFin-M on the matter – described as "unique for the Russian market."

Getting the Deal Through – Arbitration 2015

Ilya Nikiforov, Alexey Karchiomov and Svetlana Popova became the authors of the Russia chapter of the Getting the Deal Through – Arbitration 2015.

New Regulations for Re-Registration of Branches and Representative Offices of Foreign Companies Effective Since March 16, 2015

Legal Alert: Preliminary Unofficial Clarifications on Personal Data Localization Rules

New amendments to the Federal Law dated 27.07.2006 No. 152-FZ “On Personal Data” that inter alia introduce personal data localization rules take effect on 1 September 2015. The new rules therefore will enter into force sooner than initially announced, giving personal data operators less time to prepare for the upcoming changes.

Legal Alert: New Personal Data Localization Rules in Russia – UPDATE

The President of the Russian Federation signed the Federal Law on amendments to the Russian personal data legislation on 31 December 2014. This law changes the date of entry into force of recent amendments related to personal data processing in information telecommunication networks to 1 September 2015 instead of 1 September 2016.

Merger Control in Russia: New Trends and Developments

International Antitrust Bulletin by ABA Section of Antitrust Law publishes an artcile by Anna Numerova and Elena Kazak.

Private Equity: 2nd edition – Russia

Mikhail Kazantsev, Arkady Krasnikhin, Michael Copeland, Roman Malovitsky and Mark Rovinskiy authored the Russia chapter of Private Equity Jurisdictional comparisons: Second Edition 2014.

Legal alert: Taxation of the Controlled Foreign Companies (CFC): Revised Draft Bill Submitted to State Duma

On October 22, 2014 a draft law on the taxation of the Controlled Foreign Companies was submitted to the State Duma of the Russian Federation. The Duma’s specialized committees should provide their comments on the draft before November 2, 2014.

Allocation of court costs in commercial litigation under Russian law

An article by Dmitry Tugushi and Roman Krylov is published in International Litigation News, Newsletter of the International Bar Association Legal Practice Division.

Pharmacy and Pharmaceuticals Market Regulation News

EPAM publish an update on Pharmacy and Pharmaceuticals Market Regulation News.

Legal alert: Taxation of Controlled Foreign Companies: Updated Draft Law

On September 2, 2014 the Russian Ministry of Finance posted the third revision of the draft law on taxation of controlled foreign companies - CFCs (hereinafter the “Draft Law”) on its site.