Press Release

On April 15, Legal 500, one of the most influential international legal ratings, published the results of its regular analysis. In total, ALRUD Law Firm is recommended for 17 researched areas of law in Russia, and in 13 of those areas the firm has been ranked in Tier 1 and Tier 2.

This year ALRUD Law firm has broadened its position in Legal 500 EMEA. The following practices are included in the rating:

Competition (Tier 1)
Banking and finance: Borrower side (Tier 1)
Banking and finance: Lender or arranger side (Tier 2)
PPP and infrastructure projects (Tier 3)
Intellectual property (Tier 3)
Commercial, corporate and M&A: Moscow (Tier 1)
Tax (Tier 2)
Real estate and construction (Tier 3)
Dispute resolution: Arbitration and meditation (Tier 3)
Dispute resolution: Litigation (Tier 2)
Restructuring and insolvency (Tier 1)
Capital markets (Tier 2)
TMT (Tier 2)
Employment (Tier 1)
White-collar crime (Tier 1)
Private client (Tier 1)
Energy and natural resources (Tier 2)

In the Legal 500 ranking, partners Maxim Alekseyev (Private client), Vassily Rudomino (Competition ), Alexander Zharskiy(Banking and finance: Borrower side, Commercial, corporate and M&A: Moscow), Irina Anyukhina (Employment), Anton Dzhuplin (Banking and finance: Borrower side / Lender or arranger, Commercial, corporate and M&A: Moscow), Andrey Zharskiy (Energy and natural resources) strengthened their positions, in 2020 they are noted as Leading individuals.

For the third time, Alexander Zharskiy, ALRUD Partner, was honored by the Legal 500 rating – Hall of Fame in Banking and Finance, Commercial, Corporate and M&A. The Hall of Fame includes leading lawyers who, for many years, have consistently received positive feedback from clients and whose outstanding professionalism has been recognized by the market.

This year, ALRUD Partners Maria Ostashenko (Telecommunications, Media and Technology), German Zakharov (Competition) Sergey Petrachkov (Restructuring and insolvency) and Magomed Gasanov (Dispute Resolution: Litigation, White-collar crime) were rated as Next Generation Partners. ALRUD Of Counsel to Kira Egorov (Private Clients) was also listed in the Next Generation Lawyers list.

For the first time this year the Rising Stars nomination was introduced, which included 10 ALRUD lawyers in various fields of law: Elena Novikova (Tax), Ekaterina Mayorova (Banking and finance: Borrower side, Capital Markets) Sergey Khanaev (Commercial, corporate and M&A), Dmitry Kuptsov (Dispute Resolution: Litigation), Margarita Egiazarova (Employment), Olga Pimanova (Employment), Timur Akhundov (Energy and natural resources), Ilya Khodakov (Intellectual Property), Sergey Artemiev (Tax), Alexander Mikhailov (White-collar crime).

Alexander Rymko (Banking and finance: Borrower side), Stanislav Veselov (Real estate and construction), Anastasia Petrova (Employment), Roman Vedernikov (Competition), Denis Bekker (Dispute resolution: Arbitration and mediation) и Daniil Lozovsky (Competition) mentioned in the rating as Recommended.