Clifford Chance has advised Russia's SIBUR gas processing and petrochemical company on its benchmark USD 500 million 3.45% Eurobonds issue due 2024.

Rustam Kurmaev & Partners has successfully defended Bio-Rad Laboratories in a dispute with Rosstandart, the Russian Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology.

Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners has helped the Aqua Investments Group and Kavminkurortresursy JSC establish their exclusive geographical indication rights to the  Yessentuki N4 and Yessentuki N17 healing diets and mineralized healing water brands.

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Russia has advised Mistral Wine on its acquisition of 200 hectares of vineyards and a winery in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai.

CMS has advised Constantia Flexibles on its acquisition of Russian TT-print. FCG-Partners reportedly advised the sellers on the deal.

CMS has advised Bazil-Activ LLC, a subsidiary of a Russian commercial bank, on the EUR 28.2 million sale of the 60,000 square meter MainStreet Residential Complex Construction project in Moscow to the Osnova Group.

Lawyers in Herbert Smith Freehills's Moscow office have worked on the firm's cross-border team advising BidFair USA regarding the merger control aspects of its USD 3.7 billion acquisition of international auction house Sotheby's.

CMS Russia has advised Bazil-Activ LLC on the RUB 2 billion sale of a development project in Moscow to the Osnova Group.

Clifford Chance Moscow has advised Societe Generale on a bilateral sustainability-linked credit facility of up to USD 75 million for Polymetal, a top-20 global gold producer and top-5 global silver producer with assets in Russia and Kazakhstan.

Russia's Danilov & Partners law firm has announced its "collaboration with U.S. Tax IQ in the area of U.S. tax and cross-border tax planning and consulting."

Clifford Chance has advised GTLK Global Business, Russia's largest leasing company, in connection with the ten-year lease of two coastal passenger vessels to Havila Kystruten AS, a Norwegian cruise operator.

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Russia has advised Joom SIA on its acquisition of a 10% stake in on-line shopping platform iGooods.

Clifford Chance has advised the Baikal Mining Company on an agreement with Renaissance Heavy Industries for the construction of the Udokan Mining and Metallurgical Plant. Baker McKenzie reportedly advised Renaissance on the deal, which is valued at approximately EUR 380 million.

The St. Petersburg office of Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners has successfully deflected a claim submitted by the bankruptcy trustee in the Transaero bankruptcy case, which the firm describes as "one of the biggest bankruptcy cases in modern Russian history."

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Russia has advised Orion LLC, an ESN Group company, on its sale of a 100% stake in fiscal data operator First OFD to the VTB Group.

Dentons has advised Raiffeisenbank on its agreement with the Etalon Group regarding the construction of an office center at the Nagatino I-Land business park in Moscow.

Former Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners lawyer Vyacheslav Yugai has left that firm after eight years to become a local partner in Noerr’s Moscow office.

The enforcement of pharmaceutical patent rights in Russia is a multi-aspect issue. One such aspect, well known to the industry and patent owners, is the attempt to prevent pharmaceuticals that may infringe on prior patent rights from being registered by the Russian healthcare authorities.