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PricewaterhouseCoopers CIS Law Offices BV

KOSMODAMIANSKAYA NAB. 52, BUILDING 5, 115054 MOSKVA
Zaragoza, Zagreb, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Vientiane, Vienna, Valencia , and 43 more

What we say about the firm's legal practice in Russia

Banking and finance

Corporate and M&A Moscow

Corporate and M&A St Petersburg

Employment

Within Employment, PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal LLP is a third tier firm,

Other recommended names include CMS’ Sergei Yuriev; Pepeliaev, Goltsblat & Partners’ ‘impressive’ human resources head Anna-Stefaniya Chepik; and PricewaterhouseCoopers CIS Law Offices BV’ pairing of Yana Zoloeva and Alexei Dingin. Gide Loyrette Nouel and Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz ooo both also offer respected employment practices.

Energy and natural resources

Within Energy and natural resources, tier 4

PricewaterhouseCoopers CIS Law Offices BV’s practice spans oil and mining, gas, and power. Yana Zoloeva and Vladimir Sokolov are recommended.

Legal market

Within Legal market,

Elsewhere, Baker & McKenzie – CIS, Limited’s Russia presence was significantly bolstered by a 22-lawyer raid on PricewaterhouseCoopers CIS Law Offices BV – including highly regarded real estate head Konstantine Kouzine and two other partners, while Denton Wilde Sapte entered into a strategic alliance with St Petersburg firm Duvernoix Legal.

Real estate

Within Real estate, PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal LLP is a third tier firm,

PricewaterhouseCoopers CIS Law Offices BV saw highly regarded practice head Konstantine Kouzine depart to Baker & McKenzie – CIS, Limited as part of the US firm’s 22-lawyer raid. Evgeny Gouk and Daria Matveeva now lead the team.

Shipping and transport

Within Shipping and transport, PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal LLP is a third tier firm,

The bulk of PricewaterhouseCoopers CIS Law Offices BV’s transport work is led by Evgeniy Gouk and Daria Matveeva in the firm’s St Petersburg office. A recent highlight was advising Mazda on freight-forwarding arrangements.

TMT

Within TMT

Tax

Within Tax, PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal LLP is a second tier firm,

As the legal arm of one of the ‘big four’ accounting firms, PricewaterhouseCoopers CIS Law Offices BV is ‘extremely adept’ at handling tax matters. Yana Proskurina leads the contentious tax practice, which successfully represented a major international beverages maker in all court instances relating to a $3m tax dispute. Svetlana Stroykova is highly recommended.

What we say worldwide

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Bulgaria

Offices in Sofia

Czech Republic

Offices in Prague

Spain

Offices in Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Madrid, Bilbao, Malaga, Pamplona, Seville, Valencia, Zaragoza, Madrid, and Alicante

France

Offices in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Rennes, Montpellier, Sophia Antipolis, Grenoble, Lyon, Marseille, Bordeaux, Lille, and Strasbourg

Hungary

Offices in Budapest

Ireland

Offices in Dublin

London

Offices in London

Norway

Offices in Oslo

Romania

Offices in Bucharest

Russia

Offices in Moscow, St Petersburg, and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

Taiwan

Offices in Taipei

Vietnam

Offices in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City

Serbia

Offices in Belgrade

Legal Developments in Russia

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  • Federal Law "On the Principles of State Regulation of Trading Activity in the Russian Federation"

    On 1 February 2010, the Federal Law "On the Principles of State Regulation of Trading Activity in the Russian Federation" (the "Law") comes into force, which will substantially change the rules applicable to trade activities.
    - Baker & McKenzie

  • New Rules for Issuing Domestic Secured Bonds In Russia

    Starting January 2010, amendments to Federal Law No. 39-FZ “On the Securities Market” dated 22 April 1996 entered into force, affecting the issue of domestic bonds by Russian issuers. The new rules will apply to all domestic bond issues to be placed in the market after 31 December 2009.
    - Baker & McKenzie

  • 2010 quota for foreign workers distributed. List of quota-exempt professions for 2010 approved.

    In accordance with the order distributing the 2010 quota of work permits, a fixed number of work permits can be issued in each Russian region to work in different professions. Thus, for example, for Moscow the general quota for all professions is established at 250,000 work permits (which is considerably less than in 2009), and for St. Petersburg – 210,066 work permits.
    - Baker & McKenzie

  • Formation of the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan

    Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan will adopt new unified customs tariff and non-tariff regulations from January 1, 2010, and the Customs Union (the “CU”) of the three countries of the Eurasian Economic Community (the “EurAsEC”) will become a reality. The CU Customs Code (the “Customs Code”) is expected to take effect from July 1, 2010 to regulate the resulting integral customs zone.
    - Baker & McKenzie

  • New developments in Russian legislation on saving energy and increasing energy efficiency

    Federal Law No. 261-FZ “On Saving Energy and Increasing Energy Efficiency, and on Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation” came into force on November 27, 2009 (the “Law”), with certain provisions of the Law taking effect later. Changes to the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, for example, became effective on December 27, 2009, and those to the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation (the “Administrative Code”) take effect on June 22, 2010.
    - Baker & McKenzie

  • Changes re Criminal Liability and Prosecution of Tax Crimes

    On December 29, 2009 the RF President signed a law introducing important changes to criminal liability for tax evasion. It is established that a person violating the tax legislation may be relieved of criminal liability if the respective outstanding taxes and penalties connected to a crime are paid to the budget.
    - Baker & McKenzie

  • Revised Draft of the Law on Circulation of Medicines Prepared

    An amended version of the draft Federal Law "On Circulation of Medicines"  was placed on the website of the Russian Ministry of Healthcare and Social Development on December 3, 2009. The initial Draft Law was published on the same website on July 8, 2009, attracting much attention and criticism. Many suggestions were made to improve the initial Draft Law so as to ensure the effective functioning of the Russian pharmaceutical market. 
    - Baker & McKenzie

  • Development of anti-insider trading and market manipulation legislation in Russia

    Federal Law of the Russian Federation No. 241-FZ of 30 October 2009, "On Making Amendments to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and Article 151 of the Criminal Procedural Code of the Russian Federation" ("Law No. 241") was published on November 3, 2009.
    - Baker & McKenzie

  • Secondary Liability of the Persons Controlling a Debtor with Respect to Monetary Obligations

    The authors of the article provide a legal assessment of amendments to bankruptcy legislation and analyse the conditions where the persons actually controlling a debtor may be held financially liable.
    - Pepeliaev, Goltsblat & Partners

  • Amendments to the rules of antimonopoly regulation and control

    A number of regulatory acts, which introduced amendments to the rules of antimonopoly regulation and control, were adopted in July 2009. In particular, material amendments were introduced to the Law “On the Protection of Competition”.
    - Pepeliaev, Goltsblat & Partners
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