Alexander Rymko, former International Senior Counsel at Harney's, has joined Alrud to head the firm's Banking and Finance practice.
Alexander Rymko Joins Alrud as Head of Banking and Finance
Compliance in Russia: Takeaways from 2019
2019 has been an eventful year for anti-corruption compliance in Russia with an extension of enforcement actions against companies, the strengthening of anti-corruption laws and new domestic compliance requirements. The crucial developments for companies are summarised below:
Yulia Yarnykh Promoted to Partner at Gowling WLG Moscow Office
Yulia Yarnykh has been promoted to Partner at Gowling WLG as part of a promotion round involving a total of 36 promotions to the firm's partnership around the world.
Arbitration Expert Baiju Vasani Joins Ivanyan & Partners
Baiju Vasani has joined Russia's Ivanyan & Partners, where he will head the firm's newly-formed International Arbitration practice.
Alevtina Kamelkova Leaves Ivanyan and Partners
Alevtina Kamelkova, former Partner and Head of FinTech and IT at Ivanyan and Partners, has left the firm.
EPAM Helps BlaBlaCar Obtain Clearance from FAS Russia for Purchase of Busfor
Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners had helped BlaBlaCar to obtain clearance from Russia's competition authority for its purchase of Busfor, an online bus ticker aggregator.
Nazali Legal & Tax Opens Russian Office
Nazali Legal & Tax Services has opened an office in Moscow, led by Partner Altinay Sheralieva.
Sergey Kalinin, Vera Rikhterman, and Andrey Mashkovtsev Join EPAM Partnership in Russia
Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners' lawyers Sergey Kalinin, Vera Rikhterman, and Andrey Mashkovtsev will join the firm's partnership on January 1st, 2020.
Rustam Kurmaev & Partners Successful for Former Governor of Chelyabinsk in Dispute with Antimonopoly Service of Russia
Rustam Kurmaev & Partners has successfully represented Boris Dubrovskiy, the former governor of Russia's Chelyabinsk region, in a dispute with the Antimonopoly Service of Russia.
RK&P Successful for Russian Standard Bank in Russian Administrative Dispute
Rustam Kurmaev & Partners has successfully represented Russian Standard Bank JSC in Russia's 4th Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction in an administrative case instituted by the Russian Prosecutor's Office.
Nektorov Saveliev & Partners Advises IBS on Acquisition of Aplana Software
Nektorov Saveliev & Partners has advised IBS IT Holding on the acquisition of Aplana Software from the Aplana Group, which was reportedly advised by DS Law.
Arbitration Expert Andrey Gorlenko Joins Ivanyan & Partners
Andrey Gorlenko has joined Ivanyan & Partners, where he will focus on investment and commercial arbitration as part of the firm's newly formed International Arbitration practice, as well as on cross-border commercial disputes.
DLA Piper and LCA Studio Legale Advise on Sale of Italian Steel Production Site to Marcegaglia Group
Lawyers from DLA Piper's Moscow office joined the multi-jurisdictional team advising Evraz, a steel and mining company listed on the London Stock Exchange and a constituent of the FTSE 100 index, on its EUR 40 million sale of Evraz Palini e Bertoli to the Marcegaglia Group, an Italy-based company in the steel processing sector. Marcegaglia was advised by LCA Studio Legale.
Pepeliaev Group Signs Cooperation Agreement with China’s Council for Promotion of International Trade
The Pepeliaev Group has entered into an agreement of mutual understanding and cooperation with the Commercial Legal Service Center of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade. The agreement was signed at the International Commercial and Legal Cooperation Forum in Changsha, China.
Debevoise and Kemperink Maarschalkerweerd Wouters Advise Special Committee of Yandex on Corporate Restructuring
Debevoise & Plimpton has advised the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Nasdaq-listed Yandex N.V. on a restructuring of the company's corporate governance. Kemperink Maarschalkerweerd Wouters acted as co-counsel.
DLA Piper Advises Familia on Sale of Minority Stake to TJX
DLA Piper has acted as lead tax advisor to several shareholders of Familia, Russia’s leading off-price apparel and home fashions retailer, on the USD 225 million sale of a 25% stake to the TJX Companies Inc.
Prime Advice Opens Criminal Law Practice
Russia's Prime Advice law firm has opened a new Criminal practice.
Herbert Smith Freehills Advises Pertamina-Rosneft JV on Engineering Contracts for Indonesian Mega-Refinery
Herbert Smith Freehills and Indonesian associate firm Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung have advised a joint venture of Pertamina-Rosneft on engineering contracts for a new USD 16 billion refinery in Tuban, East Java, designed to increase Pertamina's refining capability and strengthen Rosneft's presence in the Asia-Pacific petroleum market.
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We advise its clients in many areas of law, including: dispute resolution in Russia and abroad, corporate law, M&A, antitrust issues, project finance and PPP, restructurings and insolvencies, energy and natural resources, property management and privatization, environment, technical regulation and industrial safety, banking and finance, intellectual property, criminal law, real estate and construction, taxation, family and labour disputes, marine and transport law, and international trade and customs.
We combine high academic qualifications, internationally acknowledged moral and ethical values, senior partners' professional experience and practical abilities with the vigour and knowledge of younger attorneys that enables thus providing clients with reliable, first-class service according to both Russian and western standards through a flexible structure.
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