Core practices
Corporate law, M&A
Our advice spans the full range of corporate and commercial activities from mergers and acquisitions (including legal due diligence), joint ventures, strategic alliances and other co-operations, corporate finance, venture and growth capital to corporate restructurings, commercial contracts, leveraged and management buyouts, workouts, recapitalisations and insolvency matters.
International transactions
International commercial contracts, trade law, customs and foreign currency law — for many years our lawyers’ expertise in these fields of law has been acknowledged by the legal rankings in Russia.
Thanks to our network and close relationships with other firms, we can help wherever it’s needed – whether that be EMEA or Asia.
Personal data protection
GDPR and the Russian legislation on data protection: our lawyers advise on best practice and industry norms in approaching those.
We help our clients protect themselves from potential multi-million fines in the data protection sphere, especially cross-border transfer of personal data, data localization, etc.
Litigation and DR
We have experience representing clients in international arbitrations conducted in various institutions across the world. Each of our lawyers has expertise in commercial litigation in front of its own national courts.
Set up of business
We are ready to provide you help and assisstance in incorporating a company in Russian Federation or in other jurisditcitons with a tailor approach. We can offer accountant services as well as managing services.
Depository receipts (ADR/GDR). Capital markets
We offer a full range of services on Global and American Depositary Receipts (GDRs/ADRs).
Our lawyers advise and assist clients on standard (contractual) conversion, forced conversion, including with respect to redomiciled companies, transfer of shares. We deal with claiming dividends and other related matters.
Intellectual Property Protection
Trademark protection and registration in Russia.
Protection of rights on the Internet (including Internet marketplaces). We deal with hundreds of cases of infringement of intellectual property rights (illegal use of trademarks, counterfeit products, etc.). Our lawyers provide full-service in such cases: monitoring and detecting counterfeit products, pre-trial blocking, court protection, negotiations, claims for damages.