Establishing, reorganizing and winding up legal entities

Obtaining accreditation for and closing representative offices and branches of foreign legal entities

Drafting shareholders’ agreements

Drafting constituent and corporate documents

Structuring investment funds

Provisional administration of legal entities

Advising on corporate governance, setting up a management system for a group of companies, ensuring disclosure and compliance with legislation

Conducting due diligence of the company in terms of its compliance with corporate legislation

Checking counterparties’ integrity to mitigate the legal risk before transactions are concluded with such counterparties

Interacting with state authorities in the sphere of corporate  law: preparing draft laws and participating in meetings

Advising on anti-trust legislation

Providing support to clients undergoing audits by the anti-trust regulator

Analyzing transactions in terms of their compliance with anti-trust legislation

Elaborating transactions in the sphere of anti-trust legislation

Approving transactions with the anti-trust regulator in terms of market concentration

Approving transactions with the anti-trust regulator when a foreign investor establishes control over companies of strategic relevance for the defence and security of the state

Representing clients’ interests when violations of anti-trust legislation are investigated, administrative cases are considered, and decisions of the anti-trust regulator are challenged in court;

Representing a client’s interests on issues relating to interactions with the anti-trust regulator (complying with the anti-trust regulator’s requests, obtaining explanations, and so on);

Elaborating a strategy of how a company’s business should be structured taking account of the requirements of anti-trust legislation;

Drafting statutory enactments in the sphere of anti-trust regulation

Representing a client’s interests in the context of a bidding procedure

Conducting legal due diligence of a company from the perspective of anti-trust compliance

Advising on anti-trust regulation and compliance with other statutory requirements

Interacting with state authorities in anti-trust regulation: preparing draft laws and participating in meetings

Conducting a comprehensive check of documents in terms of their compliance with employment and migration law

Revising HR documents in compliance with statutory requirements

Drafting employment agreements (contracts) and amendments to them, as well as agreements to terminate labour relationships, including all supporting documentation (including corporate resolutions, where applicable)

Amending material conditions of employment agreements further to a decision of an employer owing to organizational or technological changes

Negotiating with primary trade unions on behalf of an employer, and settling collective labour disputes

Providing support during labour disputes and advising on how employees should comply with labour discipline

Drafting agreements on the protection of personal data and other documents, including agreements on the cross-border transfer of personal data and processing of personal data by third parties, as well as the compliance of documentation with the legislation on personal data protection

Advising on all health and safety issues, including resolving issues surrounding industrial accidents

Developing long-term incentive schemes for senior management, implementing international remuneration schemes and option schemes subject to applicable statutory requirements

Drafting a set of documents to obtain work permits to employ foreign nationals, and representing the applicant before employment agencies

Advising on the migration legislation of foreign states

Obtaining second citizenship/residency, including through investments

Providing support under the procedure of seeking a residence permit in foreign jurisdictions

Preparing a memo on how sources of international private law (Russian and foreign legislation and international treaties) should be applied and their correlation

Advising Russian companies on how international law and international treaties should be applied

Advising foreign companies on how Russian law should be applied

Representing foreign organizations during negotiations with Russian counterparties, formulating a position within the scope of a specific project

Checking a Russian counterparty, legal due diligence of its operations in terms of compliance with applicable legislation

Drafting agreements with foreign counterparties (international contracts) and other agreements, and providing relevant support under such agreements

Providing support under projects involving foreign investors in Russia and drafting legal documentation to implement such projects

Representing clients in general jurisdiction courts, commercial courts, arbitral tribunals and international commercial arbitration under cases in the sphere of international private law; drafting procedural documents and legal memos formulating a position under the case when no representation services are required

Advising on international private law and compliance with other statutory requirements

Ensuring that a company has relevant policies, processes and procedures; proper notification of the company’s employees and bringing such documents to their notice

Setting a corporate culture when all employees perform their job duties in compliance with ethical standards and values

Implementing continuous monitoring of whether a compliance system remains effective

Developing guidelines and tests for training employees and checking their knowledge in the sphere of compliance

Preparing and delivering compliance training for a company’s employees, creating information stands, leaflets and presentations

Regular assessment of compliance risks in a company

Participating in internal investigations

Advising on pre-clinical and clinical trials and the registration of medicines

Developing a legal structure of pharmaceutical companies that belong to a group of companies either in Russia or abroad, elaborating the principles of setting up a chain of branches and representative offices

Developing a system to account for and protect results of intellectual activity

Patenting of results of intellectual activity

Registering software in the sphere of pharmaceuticals and medicine

Registering medicines

Drafting a set of documents to set up a system for processing personal data

Drafting a set of documents to set up a system for technology transfer

Protecting patents to inventions

Having patents to inventions invalidated

Supporting projects to acquire a status of a Partner and of a Research Centre of a Partner of the Skolkovo Foundation

Providing support to clients within the scope of audits by the Federal Service for Supervision in Healthcare

Developing transactions in the sphere of pharmaceuticals and medicine (distribution agreements; agreements for a technology transfer; joint-venture agreements; agreements to hold a clinical trial; licensing agreements; agreements for  the disposal of exclusive rights to the results of intellectual activity, etc.)

Conducting legal due diligence of a company in terms of its compliance with pharmaceutical and medical legislation

Advising on pharmaceutical and medical legislation and compliance with other statutory requirements

Interacting with state authorities in the sphere of pharmaceutical and medical legislation: preparing draft laws and participating in meetings

Advising on import and export customs duties on oil products

Drafting documents for the export of oil and gas

International law issues affecting the operations of oil and gas companies

Recovering debts (receivables) for supplies of gas and of oil products

Settling disputes under agreements for the supply of gas and of oil products

Interacting with the Federal Service for Tariffs in terms of tariffs being established on services of oil and gas companies

Providing legal support under transactions to sell estates and property of oil and gas companies

Legal analysis of a launch on the market or a stock exchange

Drafting and reviewing enactments of Russian constituent entities and local authorities regulating land relationships and other issues associated with the exploration, development, transportation and consumption of oil and gas

Representing oil and gas companies during tenders

Providing representation in commercial courts and before arbitral tribunals on matters concerning the production, processing and transportation of oil

Conducting legal due diligence of a company in terms of its compliance with oil and gas legislation

Advising on oil and gas legislation and compliance with other statutory requirements

Interacting with state authorities in the sphere of oil and gas legislation: preparing draft laws and participating in meetings

Protecting the legitimate interests of business during interactions with state authorities:

Customs authorities

Tax authorities

Anti-trust authorities

The Russian Federal Service for Ecological, Technical and Atomic Supervision (abbreviated in Russian as “Rostekhnadzor”)

The Prosecutor’s Office

The Ministry of Justice

The Central Bank, including numerous cases involving the illegal use of inside information and market manipulation

The Federal Migration Service

The Labour Inspectorate

The Federal Service for the Supervision of Public Health and Social Development (abbreviated in Russian as “Roszdravnadzor”)

The Federal Service for the Supervision of Natural Resource Usage (abbreviated in Russian as “Rosprirodnadzor”)

The Federal Service for Regulation of  the Alcohol Market (abbreviated in Russian as “Rosalkogolregulirovaniye”_

The Federal Service for the Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare (abbreviated in Russian as “Rospotrebnadzor”)

The Federal Agency for State Property Management (abbreviated in Russian as “Rosimuschestvo”)

The Federal Air Transport Agency (abbreviated in Russian as “Rosaviatsiya”)

The Federal Transportation Inspection Service (abbreviated in Russian as “Rostransnadzor”)

The Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Telecom, Information Technologies and Mass Communications (abbreviated in Russian as “Roskomnadzor”)

Managing and protecting trademarks

Licensing and franchising

Disputes over trademarks, patents and copyrights

Managing reputational risks and protection against defamation

Structuring M&A deals and advising on tax and employment issues

Conducting legal due diligence of a company in terms of its compliance with fashion, art and entertainment law

Advising on fashion, art and entertainment law and compliance with other statutory requirements

Interacting with state authorities in the sphere of fashion, art and entertainment law: preparing draft laws and participating in meetings

Conducting legal due diligence of the target of a transaction

Restructuring the target of a transaction

Structuring a deal

Drafting transaction documents

Closing a transaction

Agreeing the procedures once a transaction is closed

Setting up joint ventures

Private investments

Business restructuring

Advising on M&A and compliance with other statutory requirements

Interacting with state authorities in the sphere of M&A: preparing draft laws and participating in meetings

Copyright

Post-issuance objections

Design

Protecting business reputation

Protecting personal data and information security

Regulating relationships on the Internet

Commercial agreements

Unfair competition

Drawing up a set of documents to create an electronic document flow system

Patents

The acquisition, development and licensing of technologies

Advertising

Agreements for the use of intellectual property, assignment and licensing

Strategic planning in the sphere of intellectual property

Developing a system to account for and protect intellectual property

Court disputes in the sphere of intellectual property over the infringement and invalidity of trademarks, design, patents, copyright, and rights to a trade secret; disputes over damage to business reputation; unfair competition

Telecommunications

Trademarks

Electronic trade, the Internet and electronic payments

Trade secret

Conducting legal due diligence of a company in terms of its compliance with the legislation on intellectual property, information technologies and patents

Advising on the legislation on intellectual property, information technologies and patents, and on compliance with other statutory requirements

Interacting with state authorities in the sphere of intellectual property, information technologies and patent law: preparing draft laws and participating in meetings

Complaint management and pre-trial settlement of disputes

Assessing the prospect of judicial defence and elaborating a legal position

Court representation under various categories of disputes (corporate disputes, disputes in the area of real estate, disputes over the collection of debts and reimbursement of losses, etc.)

Representation before Russian arbitral tribunals

Interpreting and applying legal provisions of international public law

Interpreting and applying legal provisions of a specific foreign state

International treaties

International organizations

International humanitarian law

International litigation

International maritime law

Sovereignty and diplomatic immunity

Aviation

Advising on issues of international public law and compliance with other statutory requirements

Establishing banking institutions

Acquiring and selling of banking institutions

Project financing

Financing transactions to acquire assets

Asset-based lending

Raising funds on the basis of assets

Managing cash flows within a group of companies

Developing transactions in the sphere of banking and financial law

Conducting legal due diligence of a company in terms of its compliance with banking and financial legislation

Advising on banking and financial legislation and compliance with other statutory requirements

Interacting with state authorities in the sphere of banking and financial legislation: preparing draft laws and participating in meetings

Legal expert examination of transactions in the sphere of real estate and construction

Structuring of transactions and projects

Providing support under transactions for the sale and purchase of real estate and under construction projects

Providing support under lease agreements and leaseback agreements with respect to industrial, commercial and residential property

Mortgages and other collateral

Public-private partnerships in construction:

– investment projects (green-field construction/reconstruction, all stages)

– interactions with state authorities

– agreements on engineering and design work, building contracts, agreements to develop an architectural concept, and other agreements concluded when a construction project is implemented

Public-private partnerships in the sphere of town planning:

– reviewing town-planning documentation

– land zoning issues

– compliance with applicable statutory requirements

– analyzing current encumbrances and restrictions

Disputes in the sphere of real estate and construction:

– disputes over title to real estate

– town-planning disputes

– disputes between the parties to a construction project

– disputes over permits

– disputes over the protection of monuments

Conducting legal due diligence of a company in terms of its compliance with real estate and construction legislation

Advising on real estate and construction legislation and compliance with other statutory requirements

Interacting with state authorities in the sphere of real estate and construction legislation: preparing draft laws and participating in meetings

Drafting legal documentation, including public-private partnership agreements, concession agreements, financial documentation, building contracts, subcontractor agreements and technical management agreements, and other documents

Advising on how legislation on physical culture and sport, as well as sports regulations, should be applied

Advising on how international sports competitions should be organized and staged

Advising on sports sponsorship, and on the use and protection of commercial and other rights of organizers of sports competitions

Advising on issues of anti-doping regulation

Settling conflicts in the sphere of physical culture and sports, and representing clients when sports disputes are resolved in jurisdictional bodies of Russian and international sports federations (the Russian Football Union, Continental Hockey League, FIFA) and in sports arbitration courts (CAS, BAT, etc.)

Drafting legal documents in the sphere of physical culture and sports (draft laws, regulations, etc.)

Providing comprehensive legal support to physical culture and sports organizations;

Conducting a sports law audit of a professional sports club

Providing legal assistance to football clubs and sports schools when they receive solidarity payments

Providing legal assistance to footballers when they change their national association

Conducting legal due diligence of a company in terms of its compliance with requirements of sports legislation

Advising on sports legislation and compliance with other statutory requirements

Interacting with state authorities in the sphere of sports legislation: preparing draft laws and participating in meetings