The Legal 500

Within Banking and finance, ALRUD Law Firm is a third tier firm,

Alrud Law Firm has a well-rounded practice covering loan, acquisition and project finance, securitisations, and corporate recovery and insolvency. Alexander Zharskiy acted for OTP Bank Nyrt (Hungary) regarding complex restructuring of facilities provided to National Reserve Corporation and Garant-Invest, Vassily Rudomino advised Pharmacy Chain 36.6 on a non-revolving facility provided by Sberbank.

Within Capital markets, tier 4

Alrud Law Firm has raised its profile, having recently acted as Russian legal adviser to Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, VTB Capital and Pacific Crest Securities as underwriters on Mail.ru’s IPO in the form of LSE-listed GDRs. Vassily Rudomino heads the team.

Within Moscow , ALRUD Law Firm is a third tier firm,

Alrud Law Firm’s team is ‘professional, diligent and commercially astute’. It acted alongside Slaughter and May and others on the sale of Thomas Cook’s majority stake in Intourist, which required a complex and sophisticated offshore structure and pre-sale reorganisation. Vassily Rudomino, practice head Alexander Zharskiy and senior associate Anton Dzhuplin are recommended.

Within St Petersburg Leading individuals

Within Dispute resolution, ALRUD Law Firm is a second tier firm,

Alrud Law Firm acts in complex cases, often involving multiple jurisdictions, parallel proceedings and controversial points of law. Vassily Rudomino recently advised key client Alfa Bank Ukraine on a substantial debt recovery project which involved tracing assets of individuals and legal entities in numerous jurisdictions.

Within Employment, ALRUD Law Firm is a second tier firm,

Alrud Law Firm has ‘good depth of expertise’ and recently variously advised on employee share plans, multi-jurisdictional transfers and data protection issues. Irina Anyukhina is ‘a real specialist in labour and employment law’.

Within Intellectual property, ALRUD Law Firm is a third tier firm,

Alrud Law Firm’s lawyers are ‘a blessing’: ‘not only are they responsive, but they follow instructions and stay within agreed budgets’. Clients include a number of luxury goods and personal care companies, including Shiseido. Irina Anyukhina is ‘excellent’; ‘her advice is concise and clear’.

Within Real estate, ALRUD Law Firm is a third tier firm,

Alrud Law Firm provides corporate and M&A support but also advises on greenfield projects and commercial leases. Practice head Irina Anyukhina is recommended, as is Alexander Zharskiy for M&A-related real estate transactions.

Within TMT, ALRUD Law Firm is a third tier firm,

Irina Anyukhina heads Alrud Law Firm’s team, which acted as co-counsel with US firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati to advise Skype on its acquisition of Qik.

Within Tax , ALRUD Law Firm is a third tier firm,

Alrud Law Firm’s tax group mainly assists other teams in the firm but is steadily attracting more complex work and building a standalone practice. Maxim Alekseyev heads the team, which successfully represented new client Futura Mamma in a dispute with tax authorities regarding alleged tax evasion.