Artem Zhavoronkov has joined Borenius as a Specialist Partner in the firm's St. Petersburg office.

CMS has advised RESO-Garantia on its acquisition of ERGO Insurance, a Russian subsidiary of the ERGO Group, from ERGO International AG. Alrud advised ERGO International on the sale. Financial details were not disclosed and the acquisition remains subject to regulatory approvals.

Ekaterina Smirnova has joined Ivanyan & Partners to head the firm’s newly-formed Competition and Antitrust practice.

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has advised the Far East and Baikal Region Development Fund on a RUB 2 billion secured loan for the construction of a new terminal at Khabarovsk International Airport servicing domestic flights and the airport infrastructure.

Clifford Chance has advised IHI plc, owners of the Corinthia Hotels Group, on the acquisition of a property at 10, Tverskaya, in Moscow, related to the recently announced Corinthia Hotel & Residences project in Moscow. The Moscow office of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner reportedly advised the seller, Cyprus's Barlands Holdings Limited.

Ilyashev & Partners has convinced a Russian court to issue an enforcement order in a dispute between PJSC Alfa-Bank against businessman Kirill Podolsky, the former owner of the online agency Anywayanyday, in the amount of more than USD 12 million.

A team from Moscow's Kulkov, Kolotilov and Partners has successfully assisted RBC PJSC avoid what it calls "unjustified subsidiary responsibility" in a bankruptcy case in the Moscow Arbitration Court.

Russian lawyer Alexei Zakharko has been elected Russia Managing Partner at Dentons. In his new role, he will be responsible for the development of the firm's Moscow and St. Petersburg offices.

Gowling WLG's 23-strong global partnership promotion round, announced on January 10, 2019, included Moscow lawyer Maria Aronikova.

On July 30, 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law two bills approved by the Russian Parliament aimed at improving commercial, civil, administrative and criminal proceedings in Russia (the “Bills”).

The Alliance Legal Consulting Group has persuaded the Kuntsevsky District Court of Moscow to dismiss a claim brought by Ruslan Kagarmanov for copyright infringement against firm client Alexander Revva regarding the song “Chika.”

Aleinikov & Partners, working jointly with the Moscow office of DLA Piper, has advised Alfa-Bank CJSC on its acquisition of Home Credit Group's Belarusian subsidiary.

Deloitte Legal has advised Currency Com Bel LLC on launching Currency.com, the world’s first regulated tokenized securities exchange.

CMS Russia has advised the shareholders of Western Siberian Commercial Bank on the sale of shares representing a total of 71.8% of the bank’s share capital to VTB Bank.

Lawyers from the Moscow office of White & Case have advised US-based private equity fund Resource Capital Fund VII L.P., on its indirect equity acquisition of 35 percent of RG Gold, a gold mining company based in Kazakhstan.

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner is advising KOPY Goldfields AB, a Swedish gold exploration company, on the sale of its subsidiary Taiga LLC, which holds several exploration and production licenses in Russia's Irkutsk Region.

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner is advising Pangeo Capital on setting up Pangeo Radar, a Russian-Austrian joint venture between Pangeo Capital and Radarservices Smart IT Security to develop, localize and deploy IT security software for major corporations and public companies.

The Moscow office of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has advised Miratorg Agribusiness Holding on its acquisition of several companies from RAV Agro holding located in the Oryol region of Russia from the PPF Group.