The announcement that the retirement age in Russia for both men and women will increase – from 60 to 65 for men by 2028 and from 55 to 60 for women by 2028 – have led to quite an outcry, says Stefan Weber, Head of Noerr’s Moscow Office, including recent demonstrations by thousands of protesters across the country.
BGP Litigation Announces New Antimonopoly Practice
BGP Litigation has launched an Antimonopoly law practice, which will be headed by Counsel Irina Akimova.
Magomed Gasanov is Promoted to Partner at Alrud
Russian dispute resolution lawyer Magomed Gasanov has been promoted to Partner at Alrud.
Former Dentons Partner Becomes Head of Corporate at Capital Legal Services in Moscow
Former Dentons Partner Mikhail Dikopolskiy has joined Capital Legal Services to head the firm's Corporate practice in Moscow.
Establishment and Operation of Agro-Industrial Parks in Russia
New Type of Industrial Parks
Starting from the mid-2000s, industrial parks (IPs) have developed rapidly in Russia. By 2018, there were 166 IPs located across 51 constituent parts of Russia.
Roman Serb-Serbin Moves In-House from Danilov & Partners
Partner Roman Serb-Serbin has left Danilov & Partners to join what the firm only describes as "a major Russian investment company."
Tamer Amara and Team Join Dentons
Former Clifford Chance Partner Tamer Amara and his team have joined the Moscow office of Dentons.
Dentons Takes Large Teams from Pepeliaev Group in Moscow
Former Pepeliaev Group lawyers Vladimir Sokov, Sergey Klimenko, Nigina Rabieva, and Radmila Nikitina have moved, with their teams, to Dentons’ Moscow office.
Nelly Tomashevskaya Heads Tomashevskaya & Partners’s New Privacy & Data Protection Practice
Nelly Tomashevskaya will head Tomashevskaya & Partners’s new Privacy & Data Protection Practice.
Statsenko Takes on Wider Regional Role with EY
Alexey Statsenko has been appointed the EY Regional General Counsel for Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe & Central Asia.
Turkish, Russian, and Ukrainian Lawyers Included in Baker McKenzie's Global Partnership Round
Baker McKenzie has announced the election of 67 new partners, including Olha Demianiuk in Kyiv, Sergei Lomakin and Kirill Vikulov in Moscow, and Caner Elmas and Duygu Gultekin in Istanbul.
Eversheds Sutherland in Russia Brings Tax Team from KPMG
Eversheds Sutherland has expanded its tax practice in Russia by hiring Andrey Grachev and a team of lawyers from KPMG. Grachev joins Eversheds as Counsel.
Dolgov Brings Team from Hogan Lovells to Squire Patton Boggs in Moscow
Alexander Dolgov has joined Squire Patton Boggs as a partner in the Financial Services Practice Group of the firm's Moscow office.
Andrey Grachev to Lead Tax Practice at Eversheds Sutherland in Russia
Eversheds Sutherland Russia has announced that Andrey Grachev has joined the firm as Head of Tax, bringing his team along with him.
Edwin Tham and Peter Khokhlov Join Danilov & Partners Partnership
Senior Counsel Edwin Tham and Counsel Peter Khokhlov have been promoted to Partner at the former Danilov & Konradi law firm in Moscow, which now changes its name to Danilov & Partners.
PPPs vs. Concessions in Russia
Public private partnerships and concessions are effective tools to allow governments to partner with the private sector to develop and finance key infrastructure projects. These forms of collaboration are particularly relevant in Russia, where infrastructure investment needs are estimated by the World Bank to be about USD 1 trillion.
A Night of Celebration at CEE Deal of the Year Awards Banquet in Prague
The winners of the 2017 CEE Deal of the Year Awards were announced at the first ever CEE Legal Matters Deal of the Year Awards Banquet last night in Prague. The biggest smiles in the joyous and music-filled celebration of CEE lawyering, perhaps, were on the faces of Partners from Avellum and Sayenko Kharenko, which, along with White & Case and Latham & Watkins, won the award both for Ukrainian Deal of the Year and CEE Deal of the Year for their work on the 2017 Ukraine Eurobond Issue (a story initially reported by CEE Legal Matters on October 2, 2017).
The Buzz in Russia: Interview with Andrei Gusev of Borenius
"The biggest challenge for companies in Russia today is the serious administrative burden," says Andrei Gusev, Managing Partner at Borenius Russia. "There are a huge number of outdated conglomerate regulations in various sectors, applied since the Soviet times, that leads to contradictions among requirements and regulations."