The Legal 500

Within Corporate and M&A Moscow

Within Corporate and M&A St Petersburg, Pepeliaev Group is a third tier firm,

Pepeliaev Group offers ‘clear and weighted opinions that have already taken into account all possible outcomes’. Sergey Spasennov heads the St. Petersburg practice, and Andrey Pekhovsky leads the corporate team. A leading Finnish telecom operator entering the Russian market instructed the practice on corporate support issues.

Within Dispute resolution, Pepeliaev Group is a third tier firm,

Pepeliaev Group ‘understands litigation tactics and the Russian legal system’. Predominantly known for its excellent tax disputes credentials, the practice successfully represented a major Dutch company at the Arbitrazh Court of Moscow and obtained a landmark order of enforcement of a Dutch court decision. Denis Bykov was recently promoted from senior attorney to practice head and Roman Serb-Serbin, arrived from Muranov, Chernyakov & Partners. Partner Maxim Kulkov and senior attorney Rustam Kurmaev departed for newly-founded firm Goltsblat BLP (part of Berwin Leighton Group).

Within Employment, Pepeliaev Group is a third tier firm,

Although Pepeliaev Group’s former employment head Anna-Stefaniya Chepik left to run Goltsblat BLP (part of Berwin Leighton Group)’s labour practice, Julia Borozdna, who has an extensive track record in labour disputes, arrived from Baker & McKenzie – CIS, Limited to lead the team.

Within Real estate, Pepeliaev Group is a third tier firm,

Pepeliaev Group’s real estate group suffered the blow of key partners Andrey Goltsblat, Vitaly Mozharowski, and Elena Barinova departing for Goltsblat BLP (part of Berwin Leighton Group), but Aleksey Konevsky joined from Hannes Snellman LLC’s Moscow office to head up the team. The team recently acted on the acquisition of a class A business centre. Natalia Stenina joined from Clifford Chance

Within Tax , Pepeliaev Group is a first tier firm,

‘Outstanding law firm’ Pepeliaev Group has a particularly strong tax litigation division, with the practice’s ‘professionalism, speed and excellent court experience’ lauded by clients. Recent experience includes a significant tax dispute related to the selling of securities and VAT recovery cases. ‘Superstar’ managing partner Sergei Pepeliaev has vast experience in handling tax disputes in arbitration courts and is singled out for his ‘professionalism’. Clients include Coca-Cola, Shell and British American Tobacco. Valentina Akimova and Andrey Nikonov also impress clients.