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Konstantin Kroll, a partner in Orrick's Corporate team in Moscow, spoke with Business Russia about Orrick's Moscow practice and trends in the Russian market.

Some important legal changes have taken place regarding the procedure for state accreditation of branches and representative offices of foreign legal entities in Russia.

A company was declared bankrupt and some employees were dismissed, due to the liquidation of the company. Employees considered their dismissal unlawful and applied to the court.

Have your investments been affected by sanctions against Russia? Perhaps you are a Russian-based investor who invested in Eurobonds that were held through the National...

Beneficial Ownership Concept New Interpretation From The Russian Federal Tax Service.

The Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 735, dated 1 August 2016, amended the terms of implementation of the Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1517...

Russia amended its Anti-Money Laundering law to require the disclosure of beneficial owners of legal entities. The law came into effect in December 2016 and requires legal entities to identify their beneficial owners, hold information on them and to renew the records at least on an annual basis. Our local expert explains.

Federal Law 139-FZ came into force on 26 May 2021, thereby denouncing the agreement between Russia and the Netherlands on double taxation avoidance and tax evasion provisions relating to income and property tax.

Since 2015, employers have been able to motivate employees by transferring them a part of shares or a stake in the authorized capital of an organization.

The RF Central Bank (the "CBR") recently has announced that the requirement to hold special transaction accounts and noninterest reserves for certain transactions will be lifted on July 1, 2006, as opposed to the original deadline of January 1, 2007.

Resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Arbitration (Commercial) Court of the RF (the "Resolution") concerning the application of Section 120 of the Civil Code with respect to state- and municipality-owned enterprises, was adopted on June 22, 2006 by the Court’s plenary sessi