Asset Management

CLS provides a broad array of services in respect to issues tied to investments, savings and capital accumulation at any stage of a project to holders of Russian and foreign assets, businessmen operating in Russia and abroad, representatives of international family capital trusts and asset managers.

The CLS team provides services in asset structuring and investments in over 90 jurisdictions in Russian and English in a one-stop-shopping format.

Expertise

Tax planning and compliance, international taxation:
  • Tax structuring for transactions
  • Personal assets and income: minimization of tax risks
  • Support during tax disputes
  • International tax planning
  • Foreign currency regulation issues
  • Preparation and submission of fiscal reports in Russia for owners of foreign companies and accounts
  • Tax residency issues and tax consequences in Russia
  • Analysis of potential consequences of automated exchange of financial information
Structuring the possession and management of assets abroad, asset protection:
  • Structuring assets and investments subject to sanctions
  • Tax residency issues and tax consequences in various jurisdictions
  • Structuring international payments
  • Litigation support
  • Issues of family and inheritance relations associated with structuring asset ownership abroad
  • Preparation and submission of a personal income tax return (3NDFL) for income received abroad
  • Advising on cross-border foreign currency regulation issues
Family and inheritance issues:
  • Comprehensive family inheritance planning
  • Change of status of common joint ownership of spouses
  • Drafting nuptial agreements
  • Family inheritance planning in respect to business assets
  • Creation of closed-end and private funds
  • Mediation
  • Support in the course of family disputes, asset searches
  • Development of agreements on alimony, on a child's residence, on exercising parental rights
  • Legalization of a parent and child moving to reside abroad
Labor and migration law:
  • Analysis and amendment of employment agreements
  • Support for workers when agreeing on conditions for motivational options programs
  • Consulting on issues of transfer and change in work conditions
  • Support for employees in labor disputes
  • Pretrial settlement of labor disputes
  • Support for employees in the course of dismissal
  • Consulting on issues of obtaining permanent residency or citizenship
Special situations:

Exclusion from Interpol databases

Sanctions compliance and unblocking of assets:

  • Sanctions compliance issues
  • Unblocking of assets abroad
  • Development of cross-border financing structures compliant with sanctions regimes
  • Check of contracting parties for compliance with sanctions requirements
  • Obtaining special permits and licenses for asset divestment
  • Contesting inclusion into sanctions lists

Practice Team

Vladislav Zabrodin

Managing Partner

Dmitry Churin

Senior Partner

Anton Nakou

Of Counsel, Head of the International Desk

Elizaveta Dvoinishnikova

Of Counsel


Directories & Rankings

CLS was recognized in 16 categories of the largest national legal ranking.

Высокая оценка экспертов за успешные судебные кейсы и стратегию защиты интересов клиентов.

Основные достижения:

  • Победы в арбитражных судах
  • Сложные финансовые споры
  • Корпоративные конфликты

2025

CLS law firm was recognized in five categories, including tax, asset structuring, and litigation.

Аналитики отметили комплексный подход к сопровождению компаний различных отраслей. Команда оказывает:

  1. Регистрацию и структурирование бизнеса
  2. Сопровождение сделок
  3. Защиту интересов в судах

2025

CLS was recognized as a leader in three categories: PPP, Corporate Law and Transactions, and International Projects.

Компания вошла в число лидеров рейтинга за выдающийся опыт сопровождения корпоративных сделок и структурирования бизнеса.

  • Слияния и поглощения
  • Регистрация и структурирование бизнеса
  • Комплексное сопровождение международных компаний
«Команда демонстрирует непревзойденный профессионализм в работе с корпоративными клиентами» — Экспертное жюри

2025


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