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On 24 October Anastasia Petrova, Of Counsel of ALRUD Data Protection and Cybersecurity Practice, spoke at the Conference “Keep everything safe: information security”, arranged by the group of companies “Garda”. Anastasia spoke during the session “Don’t trample the tracks. Incidents investigation – red flags and hidden evidence”
Russia
On October 31, 2024, ALRUD’s new office hosted the conference "Labour Patterns: Trends, Perspectives, Solutions", organized by ALRUD’s Labour Law Practice with support from the Russian-German Chamber of Commerce and Legal Insight magazine. The event brought together business leaders from diverse industries, including senior executives, legal professionals, and HR specialists, to discuss key trends in labor law
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ALRUD Data Protection and Cybersecurity practice experts, Maria Ostashenko, Partner, and Anastasia Petrova, Of councel, prepared a chapter about ****Cookies & Similar Technologies**** in Russia for the international collection One Trust Data Guidance, dedicated to data protection in the financial sector.
This article refers to:
Cookies are considered personal data in Russia.
Third-party cookies require specific legal basis.
Data processing agreements are mandatory
Russia
On October 8, 2024 ALRUD and Simmons & Simmons LLP held the webinar ****"Russia Sanctions Litigation: combatting litigation and mitigating risk"****
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ALRUD, one of Russia's leading law firms, started operations in its new office at the White Gardens business center on Lesnaya Street as of September 1. After 26 years in its previous office on Skakovaya Street, the company has now relocated to a new space.
ALRUD has consistently grown throughout its 33-year history. Today, its legal team is one of the largest and most experienced in Russia, with a deep understanding of both the Russian and international markets
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Margarita Egiazarova, Partner of the Labor Law Practice at ALRUD and Deputy Chair of the AEB Labor Law Subcommittee, PhD in Law, on October 21, 2024, spoke at the business event, organized by the Compensation & Benefits Sub-Committee jointly with Labour Law Sub-Committee of the AEB HR Committee. The event was held in a webinar format on the topic: «Employees Retention Tools in the Context of Staff Shortage»
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Margarita Egiazarova, PhD in Law and Partner in ALRUD's Labour Law Practice, participated in the international Crossing Bridges: Annual Labour Law Conference // Corporate and M&A Commission Seminar held in Istanbul, Turkey. During the event, Margarita spoke as a panelist in the session “****Restrictive Covenants Further Restricted****”, which focused on the latest issues surrounding the use of restrictive covenants in employment relationships
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On 1 October 2024, the AEB Machine Building & Engineering Committee began working under the same name, but with a new set of members that it included and combined from the AEB Commercial Vehicles Committee, AEB Auto Suppliers Committee, and its Working Group on Tire Manufacturers.
AEB Finance and Investments Committee Chair and ALRUD Partner Andrey Zharskiy and ALRUD Partner Ekaterina Boeva were invited to join the spin-off of the joint committee
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ALRUD Law Firm Partner Margarita Egiazarova shared in an interview with RBC Industries insights on protecting business interests in modern conditions and effective employee motivation.
Key points from the interview:
One of the significant trends is the increase in labor disputes, which is a natural result of economic changes
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ALRUD Law Firm is pleased to announce the strengthening of its labour practice team with the appointment of Margarita Egiazarova as Partner, effective September 1, 2024. With this promotion, the total number of equity partners at ALRUD has now reached 15.
Margarita’s elevation to Partner is a natural progression in her career and highlights the success of ALRUD’s partnership model, which has been in place for 17 years
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Margarita Egiazarova, Senior Associate in ALRUD Labour and Employment Practice, PhD in Law, prepared a commentary for the professional magazine “Trudovye Spory” on ****“The evidence that helps win disputes with resourceful employees”****.
The expert shared a case study where prompt evidence collection helped win a dispute with an employee. All open resources can become evidence: publications, files, groups in social media, web pages where the employee posted data compromising the company
Russia
The ALRUD team advised the buyer in a transaction to acquire a controlling stake in ****Kaluga Turbine Works**** Public Joint-Stock Company.
Kaluga Turbine Works is a power engineering company that specializes in the production of steam turbines and turbogenerators. It is one of the largest manufacturers of power industry equipment in Russia.
The ALRUD team provided comprehensive legal support to the buyer during all stages of the transaction
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ALRUD team advised Hugo Boss on the sale of the Russian business to the major retailer of branded clothes Stockmann JSC.
ALRUD team provided comprehensive legal support to the seller including deal structuring on corporate issues, drafting of legally binding documents, transaction closing, as well as advised on regulatory and counter-sanctions issues. Besides, ALRUD supported to negotiate the distribution agreement
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On 29 July 2024 the Russia’s HR Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce ****(AmCham)**** met to discuss topical issues of the labour law.
Anastasia Petrova, Of Counsel in ALRUD Labour and Employment Practice, and Maria Nevezhina, Senior Associate in ALRUD Labour and Employment Practice, spoke on the topic: ****“Labor & employment compliance issues after the enactment of recent EU and US sanctions”****
Russia
On 18 July Irina Anyukhina, Partner, Head of ALRUD Labour and Employment Practice, will speak at ECOPSY offline conference ****“Smart strategies at the tight labour market”****. During her presentation, Irina will talk about the outstaffing pitfalls: regulation, execution of documents, risks.
This year, manpower shortage has become the major problem for enterprises and a serious threat to the economy
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On 4 July 2024 experts of ALRUD Crisis Management, Economic Sanctions and Compliance Practice Anastasia Petrova, Of Counsel, and Roman Vedernikov, Senior Associate, spoke at the event ****“Sanctions Briefing”**** held by the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia (AmCham). The webinar was moderated by the AmCham President and CEO ****Robert Agee****.
Anastasia spoke on ****“EU Sanctions on IT/IP
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On 25 June 2024, the Bank of Russia published a press release indicating that in cooperation with ****Europlan Leasing Company**** it had found manipulation in bond transactions in organized trading. The inspection materials have been sent to law enforcement authorities.
The ALRUD team advised and represented the interests of Europlan Leasing Company in this matter
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ALRUD represented the interests of the seller, a Russian market leader in production of decorative high-pressure laminate (HPL) and development of based on it complete interior solutions, within the sale of Zavod Sloistyh Plastikov to the investment holding company R-Investicii established by a former head of Concern “Rossium”, member of the board of the directors of its subsidiary companies (including MKB and Ingrad), Andrey Kryukov
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Within a complicated labor dispute involving a middle-level employee, the ALRUD team offered the client comprehensive out-of-court legal defense. The project involved the development and adjustment of the legal position for a client who was representing themselves in court. We made it a priority to address any inconsistencies and violations attributed to the employee, while also preparing a strong defense against claims for a substantial bonus payment
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****On 19 June 2024**** an event ****“ALRUD Summer M&A Talks ‘24”**** arranged by Corporate and M&A Practice took place at Ararat Park Hotel Moscow
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On 11 June 2024 AEB Labour Law Sub-Committee will hold an open event of AEB Human Resources Committee on: “Eternal” legal problems of labour relations” devoted to the topical issues of labour law and HR-practices.
Margarita Egiazarova, PhD in Law, Senior Associate in ALRUD Labour and Employment Practice, will speak on: “Other forms of termination: lack of trust and incompatibility with the job”
Russia
On 30 May ALRUD industrial team held a seminar on review of legal trends and regulatory developments in the sphere of healthcare and pharmaceuticals that can be faced by Russian companies. The webinar was supported by IMEDA.
The experts covered the following topics within the webinar:
Settlements of foreign trade contracts in the climate of sanctions and countersanctions.
VAT: requalification of scope of delivery bonuses into commodity grant while offsetting counterclaims
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The shareholders (heirs of Igor Sosin) sold the Modi business (a retail chain of goods at affordable prices) in favour of GEM Invest, a Russian investment company owned by Vladimir Paliy
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On 22 May 2024 ALRUD hosted face-to-face meeting of HR-Club on the topic: “Financial liability in labour relations: a dialogue on the eternal”.
The following experts from ALRUD Labour Practice participated in the discussion: Irina Anyukhina, Partner, Maria Nevezhina, Senior Associate, PhD in Law, Ekaterina Bronitsyna, Associate
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Under the guidance of Anton Dzhuplin, Partner of Corporate and M&A Practice, Anna Grosheva, Senior Associate, and ****Valeria Schepkina****, Junior Associate, prepared an article on: “Option and convertible loan agreements as legal and financial instruments aimed at the protection of the investor’ interests and risk mitigation within venture investing” for the American Bar Association International Law Section publication on ****“International M&A and Joint Ventures”****
