This Chapter will consider the typical issues and challenges connected with the financing and development of real estate in Russia, before considering real estate financing structures and investment funds active in the real estate lending and capital markets.

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

Valid pledge of trademarks, service marks, patents, utility models, industrial designs and integral microcircuit topologies is made possible with implementation of the procedure for the state registration of pledge of intellectual property rights.

Recent court practice shows that it is possible for a pledgor to assume a valid and enforceable obligation to give security over a building that is to be constructed in the future.