ServicesKey practices

Litigation

The firm's litigation practice is a combination of experience and modern approaches to judicial work.

Lawyers of the firm represent clients in all types of disputes in Russian state courts, arbitration courts and disputes under the rules of international commercial arbitration, as well as in execution of judicial acts.

We provide consulting and expert support on the application of Russian law with an understanding of the uniqueness of each dispute.

The most requested litigation services:

Debt collection
Judicial protection of assets
Recognition of transactions as void
Corporate disputes
Disputes involving authorities (tax, customs, antimonopoly, environmental, and others)
Enforcement proceedings

For more information about the judicial practice of the firm, you can contact the firm's partners

Bankruptcy

In a wide range of legal services offered in bankruptcy cases, the practices of those law firms that are able to effectively accompany the full cycle of the debtor's bankruptcy procedure stand out.

We have been successfully providing support for these sensitive and confidential cases for more than 15 years based on a deep understanding of the mechanism of Russian bankruptcy procedures and a high level of customer confidence.

The most requested bankruptcy practice services:

Conducting bankruptcy proceedings in relation to all categories of debtors
Representation of creditors
Legal support for the activities of bankruptcy officers
Disputes about subsidiary liability
Disputes about voidance of transactions in bankruptcy

For more information about the practice of bankruptcy, you can contact the firm's partners

Corporate law, mergers and acquisitions

The practice of corporate law provides clients with all the necessary services in the field of corporate law. All projects of the firm in this area are implemented according to a risk-based approach with the participation of specialists with practical experience in corporate disputes resolution. This is how we achieve the goal of minimizing the risks of our clients at every stage of business development.

The most requested corporate practice services:
Conducting bankruptcy proceedings in relation to all categories of debtors

Support of mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
Legal support of all corporate issues
Legal due diligence of entities, businesses and assets

For more information about corporate practice, you can contact the firm's partners

Real estate and construction

Real estate and construction practice emerged as the firm's main practice. We have accumulated unique experience in supporting investment projects in real estate, atypical transactions with real estate, construction support, legal protection of real estate and land assets.

This practice of the firm is one of the strongest among Russian law firms.

The most requested real estate and construction practice services:

Legal due diligence of investment projects, real estate, companies
Structuring transactions and projects (investment, land, construction)
Legal support of real estate transactions
Advice on land relations
Real estate disputes

For more information about the practice of real estate and construction, you can contact the firm's partners

Financial practice

The firm's financial practice provides services to investors, banks, insurance companies, investment funds, professional participants in the securities market and their clients. We are ready to offer our expertise to participate in complex and non-standard projects in the field of finance. Traditionally, for the majority of litigation cases in this area, clients are offered payment for services based on litigation funding and payment of a success fee.

A separate area of financial practice is the history of the origin of capital, the application of international and national legislation on combating the legalization (laundering) of income.

The most requested financial practice services:

Support of transactions in the financial market, Legal Due Diligence of transactions with securities, derivative financial instruments and digital assets
Tax consulting in the financial market
Advising on corporate governance and information disclosure
Support of bankruptcy of financial organizations
Judicial protection in disputes on the securities market
Judicial protection in case of blocking bank accounts and other disputes in the field of banking services
Judicial protection on the application of international and national legislation on combating the legalization (laundering) of income

For more information about the financial practice, you can contact the firm's partners

Commercial practice

Commercial practice of the firm provides legal support for commercial and economic activities of businesses in the Russian Federation. We are ready to offer effective legal solutions according to a risk-based approach to both business owners and legal departments of companies.

The most requested commercial practice services:

Legal support of organizations
Contract management: preparation of contracts, conducting pre-contractual and contractual work
Organising and reorganising of business of foreign companies in the Russian Federation
Advising on currency and customs legislation
Advising on labor and migration legislation

For more information about commercial practice, you can contact the firm's partners

Tax practice

Tax practice of the firm provides clients with all the necessary services in the field of tax law, attracting partners and experts from foreign jurisdictions for cross-border cases.

The most requested tax practice services:

Advising on the application of tax laws
Tax expertise of transactions and decisions of organizations for tax consequences and risks
Legal support during tax audits
Legal protection of clients at all stages of tax disputes
Representation of company officials in tax disputes

For more information about tax practice, you can contact the firm's partners

Family and inheritance law

For many clients, business goals and family issues cannot be separated. The comprehensive work of the firm in the sphere of commercial disputes and bankruptcy procedures has always been carried out with the understanding of this fact, which allowed us to form valuable experience in successful solving of personal property issues of our clients. Now the practice of family and inheritance law has become a separate area of the services provided by the firm.

The specificity of family law relations is associated with the need to provide services on the basis of strict confidentiality and build trusting relationships between the lawyers and the client. Effective legal solutions regarding personal assets are made with taking into account the norms of family and civil law as well as special laws – on bankruptcy, public service, banking, and many others.

Family and inheritance law services:

Legal support for corporate management of family business
Divorce and disputes regarding the separation of the joint property of the spouses
Search for assets, including foreign jurisdictions
Consultation in the sphere of management and protection of family assets
Consultation in the sphere of hereditary relations and hereditary

For more information about the practice of family and inheritance law, you can contact the firm's partners

Intellectual property

The practice of intellectual property provides clients with all the necessary services in the field of recognition and protection of intellectual property rights.

The most requested services of intellectual law practice:

Intellectual property consulting
Representation of clients on issues of recognition and contestation of the legal protection of objects of intellectual property in the Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) and the Federal Antimonopoly Service
Representation of clients in state arbitration courts and the Intellectual Property Rights Court in disputes on intellectual property issues
Disputes in the field of copyright and related rights, rights to domain names
Protection of clients in administrative and criminal cases on the illegal use of means of individualization, violation of copyright and related rights, invention and patent rights

For more information about the practice of intellectual property law, you can contact the firm's partners.

International practice

Our experience in foreign jurisdictions allows us to provide services on the basis of judicial financing, when part of the current legal costs is paid by the firm and compensated by the client after reaching the result.

The most requested services of international practice:

Consultation in the sphere of tax in various jurisdictions
Consultation in the sphere of obtaining citizenship in the territory of another country
Consultation and legal representation in the sphere of cross-border (international) family relations
Negotiation and mediation
Legal support of transactions, legal due diligence
Legal support in foreign jurisdictions worldwide
Recognition of decisions of Russian courts and their enforcement in foreign jurisdictions
Search for debtors' assets abroad and collec

The search for assets abroad is especially effective with the support of a strategic alliance with The Council of International Investigators (CII), uniting more than 370 investigators in 66 countries and on 6 continents of the world; and the ability to coordinate work with Integra International allows to get audit and financial advisory services in foreign jurisdictions.

For more information about the international practice, you can contact the firm's partners.