Press Releases

<p><img src="/upload/medialibrary/077/407A3220.jpg" alt="407A3220.jpg" title="407A3220.jpg" /></p> <p>On June 27, 2019, the conference <strong>"Market Power, Competition and Antitrust Regulation in Russia: #15yearschallenge"</strong> was held in Moscow.</p> <p>The conference participants discussed the development of antitrust regulation, market power, digital markets, the fight against cartels practices, public procurement ...

<p>For a fourth consecutive year the international ranking Who’s Who Legal recognizes ALRUD Law Firm as Russian Law Firm of the Year.</p> <p>Since 1996 every year the ranking identifies the leading law firms and lawyers in key areas of the law in 60 countries. Who's Who Legal awards the best lawyers and law firms on the basis of a comprehensive study of the independent activity and development of the companies ...

<h2>On March 12, 2019 worldwide-known international rating agency Chambers and Partners has published the results of the Chambers Europe 2018 research ...

<p>On April 10, Legal 500, one of the most influential international legal ratings, published the results of its regular analysis. Annually, the agency analyzes feedback from more than 250,000 clients and competitors of law firms, as well as information on major company cases ...

<p>ALRUD's senior partner, Maxim Alekseyev, together with Dmitry Volvach, the head of the international cooperation department of the Russian Federal Tax Service, moderated the session of the Adam Smith 9th International Summit. Maxim Alekseyev also participated in the round table discussion on the private banking services development. The summit took place on April 10-11, 2019 in the Moscow Marriott Grand Hotel ...

<p><img src="/upload/medialibrary/3a6/IMG_9761.jpg" alt="IMG_9761.jpg" title="IMG_9761.jpg" /></p> <p>Maxim Alekseyev, the ALRUD’s Senior Partner, spoke at the conference “Future of Cyprus for Russian Business”, which was held in Limassol on April, 4 ...

<p><img src="/upload/medialibrary/6a8/img.xvU0y.jpg" alt="img.xvU0y.jpg" title="img.xvU0y.jpg" /></p> <p>Elena Novikova, Tax Practice Expert, spoke at the 19th Annual U.S. and Europe Tax Practice Trends Conference. The event was held on April, 4-5, in Paris. The 19th Annual U.S ...

<h2>International agency, Chambers and Partners, published rating results of leading law firms of the world – Chambers Global 2019. ALRUD is represented in the area of Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions (Band 3), Dispute Resolution (Band 4), Intellectual Property (Band 3), Banking and Finance (Band 4), Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure (Band 4) ...

<p>Anastasia Petrova, Senior Consultant of ALRUD, spoke at the Privacy Day conference, which was organized by the Digital Rights Center, in cooperation with the Digital Rights Laboratory.</p> <p>In her speech, Anastasia disclosed issues of data protection while conducting corporate investigations, and told the audience how to find a balance of interests of the business and the rights of personal data owners, whilst complying with legal requirements ...

<p><code></code></p> <p>The World Trademark Review (WTR), an independent information service covering trademark issues, published the WTR-1000 rating on February 6, 2019. Directory included ALRUD into the <a href="https://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/directories/wtr1000/rankings/russia">top Russian firms</a> providing legal services in the trademark practice area ...

<h2>Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected guide to the legal profession, announced the 11th Edition of The Best Lawyers in Russia on 24th May 2019. Recognition by Best Lawyers is based entirely on the consensus opinion of leading lawyers from around the world. ALRUD Law firm is repeatedly mentioned, by the ranking, among the leaders, and received the highest recommendations on key legal areas. This year, specialists from ALRUD managed to expand their presence in the ranking ...

<p>The recognition was received by the China National Gold Group transaction - acquisition of majority stake in Klyuchevskoye Gold Deposit in Russia (gold deposit of federal importance).</p> <p>China National Gold Group Corporation (CNGG) is the leading Chinese state-owned corporation, involved in the mining and processing of gold, silver, copper and molybdenum ...

<p><img src="/upload/medialibrary/2bc/2AK_0121.jpg" alt="2AK_0121.jpg" title="2AK_0121.jpg" /> Over 100 law firm heads from several jurisdictions attended the 12^th Annual IBA Law Firm Management Conference held in Moscow on 7 December.</p> <p>The participants discussed current issues of managing a legal service business ...

<p>On 28 November, within a day, the ALRUD Private Clients Practice, together with Gasser Partner Rechtsanwalte, held two workshops in Vaduz (Liechtenstein). The speakers of the seminar from ALRUD were Maxim Alekseyev, Senior Partner and Kira Egorova, Private Clients Practice Counsel.</p> <p>The audience of the first seminar included members of The Liechtenstein Institute of Professional Trustees and Fiduciaries ...

<p>Annual IBA 'Mergers and Acquisitions in Russia and CIS' Conference was held in Moscow on November 16^th. The Conference is presented by the IBA Corporate and M&A Law Committee and co-chaired by ALRUD Senior Partner <em>Vassily Rudomino</em> ...

<p>Anton Dzhuplin, ALRUD Partner, heading Banking & Finance Practice and Financial Technology industry, spoke on Russian Law Week 2018 in London on November 12-th.</p> <p>Anton took part as a speaker in the session 'Latest Legal Developments in FinTech' ...

<p>12th Annual IBA Law Firm Management Conference will be held on December 7^th in Radisson Hotel Ukraine, Moscow, Russia.</p> <p>Senior Partner Vassily Rudomino, IBA Council Member, will moderate Session 3 “Who Will Be Our Next Generation of Partners?” In this session, panelists will discuss how do law firms identify, develop, and promote their “next generation” of leaders ...

<p>Andrey Zharskiy, ALRUD Partner, took part as a speaker in the Third Russian-Chinese Forum Investing in Innovation at the Skolkovo Open Innovations Forum. At the Forum representatives of government, business, start-ups and venture funds discussed the development of bilateral cooperation, including that in the sphere of high technologies.</p> <p>Andrey spoke in the session <a href="https://openinnovations ...

The presentation contains information about types of Investment regimes available in Russia (e.g. Special Economic Zones and Advanced development territories), description of advantages and opportunities for investors in the field of government relations and tax. Among other things, it includes schematic maps of area, where investment regimes may be applied, which could be useful for a wide range of potential investors in Russia ...

January 4th, reputable global information and analytical agency Merger Market published 2017-year report with the rating of the most successful law firms in M&A field. The rating includes firms that showed best results in 2017 by deal count and by deal value. ALRUD Law Firm strengthened its positions on Russian market and was highly ranked in some European countries ratings due to its broad expertise and vast experience in cross-border deals ...

October 26th ALRUD Law Firm and Bird & Bird, held a joint seminar “Project Development and Finance in Russia: key practical issues from English law and Russian law perspective”. Andrey Zharskiy, ALRUD Partner, Head of Energy, Natural Resources & Infrastructure Practice, and Anton Dzhuplin, Partner, Head of Banking and Finance Practice, were speakers on the Seminar ...

On October 8-13th, IBA Annual Conference was held in Sydney, Australia. The Conference is one of the core events for the international legal community. Maxim Alekseyev, ALRUD Senior Partner, presented during the session “Adapting structures to mobile clients: changing views and alternatives” ...

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, On April 11, 2017, the Customs Code of the Eurasian Economic Union (CC EAEU) was signed by Belarus, the last member country of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) to sign the CC EAEU. The CC EAEU will enter into force not earlier than on July 01, 2017, depending on implementation of certain domestic procedures by the EAEU countries, and will replace the existing Customs Code of the Customs Union ...

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, We would like to inform you about adopted amendments to the Federal Law “On Information, information technologies and information security” and the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation. These amendments are aimed at regulating online video on demand services (also known to the public as “online cinemas law”, hereinafter referred to as the “Law”) ...

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, We would like to inform you that on April 17, 2017 Arbitrazh court of the Moscow district approved the settlement agreement concluded between the Federal Antimonopoly Service (hereinafter – “FAS Russia”) and Google, which ended two-year dispute between antimonopoly authority and Google Corp ...