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Goltsblat BLP

MOSCOW-CITY BUSINESS CENTRE, BUILDING 1, 8 PRESNENSKAYA NAB. 14TH FLOOR, 123100 MOSCOW, RUSSIA
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TOP tier recommendations

Russia: Real estate and construction > Real estate and construction

Recommendations

Russia: Banking and finance > Banking and finance
Russia: Corporate and M&A > Moscow
Russia: Corporate and M&A > St Petersburg
Russia: Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution
Russia: Employment > Employment
Russia: Energy and natural resources > Energy and natural resources
Russia: Intellectual property > Intellectual property
Russia: TMT > TMT
Russia: Tax > Tax

Russia: Banking and finance

Within Banking and finance Other recommended firms

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Russia: Corporate and M&A

Within Moscow, tier 4

Goltsblat BLP is ‘one of the best in the Russian market’. Practice co-heads Andrey Goltsblat and Anton Sitnikov are recommended. Sitnikov led advice to Alfa Insurance on a joint venture with a private investor in the Russian medical insurance market.

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Within St Petersburg Leading individuals

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Russia: Dispute resolution

Within Dispute resolution, Goltsblat BLP is a third tier firm,

Goltsblat BLP successfully represented Stockmann in the St Petersburg Court of Arbitration in a construction case, and enforced a judgement of $35m by the International Commercial Arbitration Court for client ING Bank at the Moscow Court of Arbitration. Practice co-heads Rustam Kurmaev – ‘an outstandingly effective litigator’ – and the ‘highly professional’ Elena Trusova were joined by fellow co-head Oleg Arkhipov, who was hired from Hannes Snellman LLC.

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Russia: Employment

Within Employment, Goltsblat BLP is a third tier firm,

Goltsblat BLP’s recent contentious work includes successfully defending a multinational bank against a former employee’s compensation claim. New team head Nadezhda Ilyushina joined from Mannheimer Swartling in February 2012.

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Russia: Energy and natural resources

Within Energy and natural resources, tier 5

Goltsblat BLP advised key clients Inter Rao and RusHydro on a loan agreement and joint venture, respectively. Other clients include Nord Stream and Gazprom. Team head Kyle Davis was promoted to the partnership in August 2012.

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Russia: Intellectual property

Within Intellectual property, Goltsblat BLP is a second tier firm,

Goltsblat BLP’s prominent practice spans contentious and non-contentious work, and its recent highlights include successfully defending Unilever in an IP arbitration brought by Nestlé concerning the use of a trade mark in a Russian advertising campaign. The firm has a dedicated patent prosecution team and has also been active representing clients, including Jaguar, during IP-related investigations brought by the Federal Antimonopoly Service. Team head Elena Trusova is recommended.

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Russia: Real estate and construction

Within Real estate and construction, Goltsblat BLP is a first tier firm,

Goltsblat BLP’s financing expertise is highlighted by its ongoing advice to Nordstream on its $7.8bn construction of the Russian section of a submarine gas pipeline. In real estate, the team advised Mail.ru on the leasing of one of Moscow’s Skylight Towers, one of the highest value lettings of 2011. Team head Vitaly Mozharowski and Yuri Chernobrivtsev are ‘very professional, committed and creative’.

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Russia: TMT

Within TMT, Goltsblat BLP is a third tier firm,

Goltsblat BLP advises on a range of issues including corporate law, data protection and contentious issues. Anton Sitnikov heads the team, which advises clients including Alt Telecom and Integrieres Ressourcen Management.

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Russia: Tax

Within Tax, Goltsblat BLP is a second tier firm,

Goltsblat BLP’s sizeable group acts for international and Russian clients on the full range of tax matters. Its separate customs team recently acted for Kimberly-Clark to successfully invalidate a VAT assessment by the authorities. Practice head Evgeny Timofeev is recommended.

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