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Competition Aspects of Foreign Investment in Russia

August 2010 - Finance. Legal Developments by ALRUD Law Firm.

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The clarification of antitrust aspects of forms of foreign investment can have crucial meaning when the final decision on investing is made. In Russia, antitrust legislation has been significantly amended during the past few years. Today, if a foreign citizen or company decides to invest in a company located in or connected in any other way with Russia, the antitrust aspects of such deal should be certainly analyzed. This article aims at bringing to the attention of potential investors the main practical issues arising when one of the forms of investments described below is chosen.

In the past few years the Russian Government has been arranging favorable conditions to encourage foreign investment. Along with investment incentives, the legal framework for foreign investments has also been determined. This framework encompasses a range of procedures that a foreign investor should be concerned with and undertake while planning and structuring investment activity. In this article we would like to emphasise the competition issues of foreign investment to Russia as competition regulation is one of the most essential aspects in this area.

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