This further increases the already high personal liability risk for the management in Russia.

Any major sporting event is always a good opportunity for advertising activity.

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 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...

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...

Судебные Споры С Применением Норм FIDIC В России

On 18 November 2016 the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation ("FAS") published on its website the last package of clarifications this year to the amendments of the Retail Law.

Due diligence is a comprehensive audit of an asset in order to identify and assess existing and possible future risks that may arise from transactions / operations with this asset.

Employee-created intellectual property (IP) assets play an important role in the development of every technology business as well as IP portfolio. Russian domestic laws have specific regulations ...

Shareholders’ agreements are a tool for the contractual regulation of relations between shareholders/participants of companies and are widely used in jurisdictions of the Anglo-Saxon legal system.

On 25 December 2018 the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation ("Plenum") has adopted recommendations for the court practice on the execution and interpretation of agreements.

On 14 March 2022, a law came into force reviving the SPIC 1.0 mechanism for new investment projects, and allowing extending the terms of contracts already concluded due to foreign sanctions.

According to Article 401 of the RCC, unless otherwise provided by law or the contract, a person shall not be liable for non-performance or undue performance of its obligations assumed in the...

Foreign countries have different approaches to the issue of establishing the content of foreign law and the distribution of the burden of proof.

Yes, there is a legal requirement to register certain IP licenses in Russia. More specifically, the grant of a license concerning registered IP subject matter (e.g., invention, trademark, design, etc.) must be registered...

Foreign companies that have suspended or exited the Russian market face a critical challenge: their registered trademarks risk cancellation after three years of non-use, opening the door to bad-faith registrations and loss of valuable brand assets.

Generally speaking the law of agency deals with situations where one person enters into legal relationship with another person by acting not personally but through an intermediary.

On 21 April 2020, the Presidium of the Russian Supreme Court (the "Supreme Court") issued digest No. 1 of clarifications on certain issues of case law relating to the application of legislation and measures to...

Amendments to Article 4(5) of the RF Commercial Procedure Code entered into force on August 10, 2017 for disputes that must follow the mandatory pre-trial (pre-arbitration) dispute resolution procedure.

Russian design law is incorporated into Part IV of the Civil Code.