Legal overviews
Supreme Court sides with creditors in individual bankruptcy cases
- Services: Commercial Arbitration and out-of-court dispute resolution, Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions
- Date: 16.01.2019
Russian Supreme Court explains issues tied to forming and distribution of bankruptcy assets.
Amendments to Federal Law "On joint stock companies" regarding improvement of corporate governance
- Service: Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions
- Date: 03.09.2018
Significant amendments to Federal Law No.208-FZ "On joint stock companies" dated 26.12.1995 regarding improvement of corporate governance take effect on July 19, 2018.
Government approves Action Plan for decreasing effect of foreign sanctions on Russian market
- Services: Sanctions Compliance, Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions
- Date: 31.07.2018
Russian Federation continues to implement counter measures against USA.
Procedure for migration registration at the place of residence has been adjusted
- Services: Labor and Migration Law, Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions
- Date: 24.07.2018
Federal Law “On migration registration of foreign citizens and stateless persons in the Russian Federation” was brought in line with the Russian Constitution.
Putin signs new Russian counter-sanctions law
- Services: Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions, Sanctions Compliance
- Date: 04.06.2018
Today, June 4, 2018, President Putin signed Federal Law No. 127-FZ, “On Measures for Reaction (Counteraction) to Unfriendly Actions of the United States of America and Other Foreign States” (the “New Law”). Before signing, the document had been passed by the Russian Duma on May 22 and received assent from the Federation Council on May 30.
Russian Federation takes counter measures against another expansion of US sanctions
- Services: Food industry, Health Care and Pharmaceutical Industry, Sanctions Compliance, Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions
- Date: 31.05.2018
Draft law on Russian counter sanctions successfully passed third reading in the State Duma.
The moment has finally come! The Russian Ministry of Finance published the draft Federal Law “On Digital Financial Assets,” aimed at regulating various applications of Blockchain technology
- Services: Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions, Information technology
- Date: 26.01.2018
A draft law to regulate the use of Blockchain has been published.
Changes in migration registration law planned
- Services: Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions, Labor and Migration Law
- Date: 23.08.2017
After analyzing provisions of Federal Law “On migration registration of foreign citizens and stateless persons in the Russian Federation”, the Constitutional Court decided that the Law is unclear as to a number of concepts, including the concept of “place of stay.”
Recognition of company data contained in State Register as unreliable leads to adverse consequences for company, management and owners
- Services: Construction, Natural resources / Energy, Food industry, Commercial real estate, Health Care and Pharmaceutical Industry, Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions
- Date: 21.08.2017
From September 1, 2017, unreliability of company data may result in removal from the State Register.
Rules approved for submission of data on beneficiaries
- Services: Wealth Management, Tax Law, Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions
- Date: 17.08.2017
Russian Government approves rules for submitting data on beneficiaries of legal entities.