Konstantin Kroll, an M&A and Private Equity partner in Orrick's Moscow office, recently spoke with unquote [subscription required] regarding the challenges facing the Russian private equity market.

Nachdem sämtliche Initiativen für einschneidende Gegenmaßnahmen als Antwort auf die US/EU-Sanktionen (Strafbarkeit von Sanktionsbefolgung, weitreichende Einfuhrverbote, ...

The Draft Law on Deoffshorization was initially made available for public discussion on the 18th of March 2014 and the floodgates had opened.

As of l January 2019, the basic value added tax (VAT) rate has increased from 18% to 20%.

Enforcement actions by U.S. and European enforcement agencies as well as the World Bank have drawn attention to bribery offences committed by multinational companies in Russia and other former Soviet republics, in particular in Central Asia.

Ermittlungsverfahren von US-amerikanischen und europäischen Strafverfolgungsbehörden sowie der Weltbank haben den Blick auf von internationalen Unternehmen in Russland und anderen ehemaligen Sowjetrepubliken, ...

The Ministry of Finance announced the start of the denunciation procedure today. Implementing the instruction of the President of the Russian Federation on the adjustment of agreements to...

Große russische Unternehmen spenden erhebliche Beträge im Kampf gegen die sich noch immer verschärfende Corona-Krise.

Large Russian companies are donating significant amounts to the fight against the still escalating coronavirus crisis[1]. In addition, other companies have been invited by the authorities

In a revolutionary judgment issued by the Federal Arbitradz Court of Northwest District of Russian Federation in the case NA 56-9512/2009, FINESTERRE RECOVERY FUND I LTD & OTHERS confirmed that Russian Courts have jurisdiction to issue interim relief.

The Federal Law on the legal status of foreign citizens in the Russian Federation has been amended.

Starting from 21 December 2016, most Russian legal entities, including subsidiaries of foreign companies, must keep information about their ultimate beneficial owners ("UBOs").

In June 2016, a new law was introduced in Russia requiring a prospective plaintiff in a commercial dispute to send a pre-litigation demand letter to the prospective defendant at least 30 days before an action is filed.

DataGuidance confirmed, on 12 December 2017, with Sergey Medvedev, Senior Lawyer at Gorodissky and Partners, that the regional offices of the Federal Service for the Supervision...

Normally M&A transactions contain representations and warranties clauses.

Even though data localisation requirements were already introduced in Russia back in 2015, their effects on cross-border reporting channels in the whistleblowing systems...

Obwohl Datenlokalisierungsanforderungen in Russland bereits in 2015 eingeführt wurden, blieben deren Auswirkungen auf die grenzüberschreitenden Meldekanäle...

New amendments to Russian law take aim at the theft of trade secrets by employees, with especially tough penalties for thieving CEOs.

After all initiatives for drastic countermeasures to respond to the US/EU sanctions ground to a halt for one year, the legislator has now resumed the proposal.