Franchising agreement is contractual arrangement which entitles one party - the franchisor - to control, direct and coordinate commercial activity of the other party – the franchisee.

For better or worse, we live in an increasingly globalised world. And in the lifetime of many businesses, there comes a time when they need to expand into new markets in foreign lands.

Doing business without registration means regularly engaging in activities to earn income without being officially registered as a legal entity, individual entrepreneur or self-employed person.

Concessions are an effective tool for attracting private capital to infrastructure facilities. The introduction of relevant Russian legislation has, therefore, been long awaited.

Franchising has become an extremely popular and alluring business model in Russia. According to the official statistics cited by the Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) ...

This article contains a brief description of corporate vehicles commonly used for doing business in Russia.

On 12 November 2019 the President signed Federal Law No. 377-FZ (Law No. 377) making amendments to certain laws, including Federal Law No. 129-FZ "On the State Registration of Legal Entities

The Federal Law 'On the Fundamentals of State Regulation of Trade Activities in the Russian Federation' (hereinafter - Trading Activities Law) clarifies the definition of trade network...

The draft Federal Law No. 47538-6 "On Introducing Amendments to Parts One, Two, Three and Four of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation and to some legislative acts of the Russian Federation" (currently with revisions approved by the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the RF in the first reading on 27.04.2012) ("the Draft") introduces, inter alia, significant alterations relating to commercial legal entities in Russia.

For better or worse, we live in an increasingly globalised world. And in the lifetime of many businesses, there comes a time when they need to expand into new markets in foreign lands.

The approval of major and interested party transactions by Russian limited liability companies and joint stock companies has for many years been a source of practical difficulties...

At the Berlin forum of German business leaders held in November 2010, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin declared that the clearance procedure for foreign investments in Russian strategic sectors would be simplified in the near future.

In an effort to respond to investors' concerns about the lack of a simplified legal structure for carrying out joint investment activity, a new law was adopted on November 28, 2011, introducing a new legal structure called an Investment Partnership, which is established and operated based on an investment partnership agreement (IPA).

On November 15, 2022, Dmitry Samigullin, Managing Partner of GRATA International Samara, held a webinar: "Formation of partnerships between business co-owners".

Competing Activities of an Executive Body Represented by a Director or a Member of the Executive Body with the Activities of a Limited Liability Partnership...

The Federal Antimonopoly Service has published merger control guidelines. This is the first time over the fifteen-year existence of the modern Competition Law that the service has published guidelines of such scope and depth in this area.

On 1 September 2014 changes to the Civil Code of the Russian Federation regarding legal status, corporate relations and activities of legal entities introduced by the Federal Law No. 99-FZ come into force.

Thus, franchiseagreements typically include indemnification provisions for breach-of-contract claims.

Each separate stage of an M&A project has its specific mechanism of reduction legal counsel fees.