Russian business lawyers are cautiously optimistic, but concerns over corruption and the reliability of the country's commercial courts still beset legal practice in a country striving to take its place on the global stage.
Providing a snapshot of the business market in Russia, some of the leading lawyers in Moscow share their insights on trends and developments in the banking and finance, IPO, M&A and energy sectors over recent months.
Niche practices are battling it out with Europe’s largest firms for this year’s European Awards.
Alexey Andrusenko, Tatyana Boyko, Nikita Gurin, Daria Izotova, Julia Kulyamina, Elena Kuznetsova, Valentin Osipov, Alexander Rudyakov, Nadezhda Rybinskaya, Irina Skidan, Alexey Vasilyev and Uliana Volina authored the Russia chapter of Securities World: 3rd Edition.
Andrey Mashkovtsev and Alexey Kokorin authored the Russia Chapter of The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Corporate Governance 2011.
The Kremlin Is Taking Steps to Guard Minority Shareholder Interests Against Abuses and Mismanagement.
While Russian law firms have taken off on the back of big transactions over the last ten years, Russian law has been notably less successful. A presidentially-mandated decree will try to bolster the domestic legal frameworks with the help of some of Russia’s leading commercial firms including EPAM.
EPAM promoted Natalia Korosteleva, head of the firm’s antitrust practice since she joined in 2006, to partner.
Georgian claims of racial discrimination by the Russia Federation were dismissed by the International Court of Justice in the Hague at the beginning of this month.
Russian diplomats and lawyers, including a team from EPAM, obtained a favourable ruling for the Russian Federation at International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague.
This article is going to outline the most interesting and frequent problems that arise from a breach of a lease agreement by a lessee. Breaches by a lessor will remain outside the scope of this review.
Natalia Korosteleva and Grigory Chernyshov authored the Russia chapter of Comparative Summary of Antitrust Laws in the CIS Region.
Mikhail Kazantsev authored the Russia chapter of Multinational Enterprise Liability in Insolvency Proceedings: Jurisdictional comparisons
Russia may introduce criminal punishment for legal entities, Investigative Committee head Alexander Bastrykin said Thursday, claiming that it is needed to lure foreign investors — though experts believe it will work the other way around.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who declared war on corruption as a major priority, intends to tighten punishment for bribes. To this end he submitted amendments to the Criminal Code and the Code of Administrative Offences to the State Duma on Wednesday with the intention to multiply fines and prison terms for commercial bribery and for receiving and giving bribes.