Legal overviews
FAS of Russia is going to amend general exclusions applying to agreements between credit and insurance organizations
- Service: Antitrust Law
- Date: 14.11.2016
New terms and conditions for agreements between banks and insurance companies.
Russian goods suppliers to have priority in procurement under 223-FZ
- Service: Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions
- Date: 28.09.2016
Starting from January 1, 2017, Russian goods will have priority in procurement under 223-FZ.
Court upholds car distributor’s right to out-of-court unilateral refusal to perform dealer agreement
- Services: Commercial Arbitration and out-of-court dispute resolution, Antitrust Law
- Date: 21.09.2016
Court: dealer agreement is not an agreement of adhesion.
No risk, no inspection: a risk-oriented approach for state supervisory activity
- Services: Food industry, Anti-Corruption Law / Compliance, Labor and Migration Law, Commercial Arbitration and out-of-court dispute resolution
- Date: 19.09.2016
A risk-oriented approach will be used for purposes of improving and enhancing effectiveness of control and supervisory activity in the course of inspections.
Implementation of professional standards
- Service: Labor and Migration Law
- Date: 05.09.2016
Starting from July 01, 2016, the Russian rules on professional standards came into full legal force.
Central Bank develops bill on regional banks
- Service: Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions
- Date: 09.08.2016
The Russian Central Bank has developed a bill that introduces a new type of credit organization – the regional bank, which will in fact be instrumental in bringing about a two‑tier banking system in Russia – at the federal level and at the level of the Russian regions.
Provision of housing to an employee is not subject to insurance fees
- Service: Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions
- Date: 01.08.2016
Provision of housing to employees and payment of rent are of a social nature and are not subject to insurance fees.
Reform for corporate actions
- Service: Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions
- Date: 29.07.2016
From July 4, 2016, the procedure for corporate actions in joint stock companies has changed.
Roskomnadzor sends notices to take down information from payment service sites
- Service: Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions
- Date: 19.07.2016
Roskomnadzor is actively using its powers to block sites containing banned information.
Tax burden is reduced for Russian investors in Singapore
- Services: Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions, Tax Law
- Date: 19.07.2016
Russian Government ratifies revised version of Agreement with Singapore for avoidance of double taxation.