After a volatile transition, the Russian legal framework is developing to provide a more institutionalized structure for property rights, to assist business start-ups and investment and to de-bureaucratize the economy, while also being subject to countervailing trends which require a high degree of acumen to navigate.
In addition to the well known Russian natural resources industries, investment and trade links are flourishing in a multitude of sectors. It is the EU’s largest neighbour and an important market for EU goods and services.
Our CIS practice comprises English- and Russian-speaking lawyers with experience in the cultural and bureaucratic issues inherent in Russian and CIS law and business practice.
The focus is on corporate law, and investment in Russia, Kazakhstan, and the Ukraine.
We also provides cross-border legal services for general commercial activities, corporate transactions, mergers & acquisitions, private and public equity and debt finance, upstream natural resource extraction and development, fund development, management and regulation, project finance, restructurings, privatizations, tax, commercial regulatory and legislative matters, international litigation and arbitration and intellectual property asset management.