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The firm

Founded in 2003 Muranov, Chernyakov & Partners is now ranked as one of Russia’s top-10 national law firms employing 30 highly-qualified attorneys and lawyers. The firm is headed by Alexander Muranov and Dmitry Chernyakov. Partners of the firm have worked together since 1996 and have built a strong team with the reputation of being specialists who ‘know the law inside out’ (The Legal 500 EMEA 2009) and whose ‘subject knowledge is deep and advice is always to the point’ (The Legal 500 EMEA 2010).

The firm’s primary focus is in providing practical and cost-effective business legal advice to Russian and international public and private companies, financial institutions, and state authorities.

Muranov, Chernyakov & Partners is ranked in litigation/arbitration area by leading international legal directories The Legal 500, Chambers Europe, and PLC Which Lawyer. In 2011 lawyers of the firm were recognised by Best Lawyers©, Who’s Who Legal and The British Legal Awards’

In December 2011 Pravo.ru, one of the leading law website in Russia, ranked Muranov, Chernyakov & Partners in top-50 Moscow firms with 8th place due to the volume of revenues, highly-noted among leaders of the market in such categories as international arbitration, litigation/arbitration, real estate/construction and corporate/M&A

Areas of practice

Litigation: representing the interests of Russian and foreign companies in courts of all levels, including Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, High Arbitrazh Court and Supreme Court. The firm has a reputation as one of Russia’s premier litigation and dispute resolution practices.

International commercial arbitration: recognition and enforcement of foreign rulings and arbitration awards in Russia. The firm has the strongest position in domestic litigation — representing clients in courts in almost all Russian regions and in the CIS, as well as representing clients in all the major centres of international arbitration and litigation.

Corporate/M&A: due diligence, preparing commercial contracts, legal support for corporate restructuring projects, joint ventures and cross-border transactions.

Competition and antimonopoly: antimonopoly filings, antimonopoly law compliance, analysis, structuring and follow-up on notification of concentrations, analysis of distribution and other commercial agreements, representing clients in litigation before courts and in administrative proceedings before the Federal Antimonopoly Service.

Tax: comprehensive domestic and international tax advice on all complicated issues and representing clients in courts of all levels.

Energy and natural resources: representing major petroleum and mining companies in corporate disputes, representing clients in their negotiations with the Russian government authorities, and their Russian and international partners, providing follow-up support for all ongoing local and international legal needs.

Financial institutions: advising large commercial and investment banks, insurance companies, and funds on matters of purchase and sale, bankruptcy and restructuring, navigating through the specifics of the Russian system of banking and financial legislation; representing the clients’ interests in corporate disputes.

Technology, media and telecoms: advising clients in the field of TMT, including telecommunication companies, communication portals and the market’s leading software developers.

Real estate: advising clients in relation to dispute resolution, selling, purchasing, financing, and leasing all kind of properties, assisting clients at all stages of real estate projects.

Contacts
Alexander Muranov (co-managing partner)
Dmitry Chernyakov (co-managing partner)
Yulia Meshcheryakova (business development director)

Languages
English
French
Italian
Russian

International groupings
Association of European Business
American Chamber of Commerce
International Chamber of Commerce
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Number of lawyers 30