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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.

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

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.

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...

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

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.

The key to understanding how the transfer of immovable property and service provision works for specialised companies in Russia.

The Russian Federation ("RF") State Duma is currently preparing for a second reading of a draft law which would amend the RF Law 'On Limited Liability Companies' (the "LLC Law") (the "Draft LLC Amendments"), significantly affecting the legal status and procedures governing LLCs in the RF. The most significant changes proposed are summarized below.

A company's name is the face and one of the most valuable assets of any business. However, there could be situations when trademark protection for this essential asset

With discussions to lift the coronavirus lockdown beginning, compliance considerations are becoming more important again. Below we have summarised what companies operating in Russia...

Mit der beginnenden Diskussion über die Lockerung des Corona-Lockdown nehmen auch Compliance-Erwägungen wieder mehr Raum ein.

As businesses reopen in Russia, this article reviews additional responsibilities for employers relating to the processing of employees' personal data.

On March 3, 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security ("BIS"), the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ"), and the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control...

This newsletter summarises recent Russian regulation, enforcement and court practice developments which may be relevant for doing business in Russia from a corporate crime and investigations perspective.

Representatives offices are dependent on their parent company and are not allowed to generate their own profits or enter directly into contracts.

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.

The new amendments to the Russian Tax Code regarding de-offshorisation will enter into force on 1 January 2015.