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Hannes Snellman LLC

62 NEVSKY PR., 191011 SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA

Stockholm, St Petersburg, Moscow, Helsinki, Copenhagen

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Corporate and M&A

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Within St Petersburg, Hannes Snellman Attorneys at Law Ltd is a third tier firm,

Hannes Snellman LLC has particular experience handling M&A transactions relating to Nordic countries and Russia. Managing partner Victoria Goldman has overseen most of the group’s recent key transactions, which included advice to Hochtief Development Russland regarding various acquisitions of real estate companies in St Petersburg. Mikhail Timonov, who is based in St Petersburg, co-heads the M&A practice.

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Draft Amendments to the Civil Code. To what extent is it justified to stop providing...

land plots for construction under leases?

- Pepeliaev Group
OVERVIEW OF THE CASE LAW OF THE RUSSIAN SUPREME STATE COMMERCIAL (‘ARBITRATION’) COURT IN...

RELATION TO APPLYING INSOVENCY (BANKRUPTCY) LEGISLATION FOR QUARTER I OF 2012

- Pepeliaev Group
Russian M&A landscape: does using English law give an investor 100% protection?

It is well known that most Russian M&A transactions, especially private equity deals, are governed by English law.

- Pepeliaev Group
Public-Private Partnerships in Russia: A Time to Change

There was a milestone event in Saint-Petersburg in the beginning of 2012. A school offering general education for 285 students was opened in the city on the river Neva. It is the first public facility to be constructed by investors under a public-private partnership (PPP). The key feature of using a PPP to build social infrastructure is that the investor is responsible for construction and the subsequent operation of the facility for the period laid down in the agreement. However, this type of cooperation in Russia is still quite rare.

- FBK Legal
Treaties Applied by Russia Temporarily to be Published Officially

Legal Update No. 343

- Goltsblat BLP
Signs of non-use of agricultural land plots have been determined

Legal Update No. 349

- Goltsblat BLP
Amendments to Lists of Products Subject to Mandatory Certification

Legal Update No. 341

- Goltsblat BLP
VAT treatment of bonuses under supply contracts

Legal Update No. 342

- Goltsblat BLP
Russian SAC Presidium Clarifies the Bankruptcy Law

Legal Update No. 340

- Goltsblat BLP
On new rules for determining customs export value

Legal Update No. 339 Goltsblat BLP hereby advises of new Russian Government Resolution No. 191 dated 6 March 2012 introducing new rules for determining the customs value of commodities exported from Russia (the Resolution). The Resolution comes into effect on 14 April 2012, superseding the previous rules.

- Goltsblat BLP