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Head of the IP group Victor Kaluzhski speaks about AI legal risks at the Privacy Marathon from Headhunter
- Service: Intellectual Property (IP)
- Date: 02.02.2026
Victor Kaluzhski, Head of the CLS Intellectual Property group, spoke at the Privacy Marathon event organized by HeadHunter. The event brought together experts to discuss topical issues in the field of data protection and technology.
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Deal supported by CLS on sale of Vremena Goda shopping center makes RBC top 10 list
- Service: Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions
- Date: 23.12.2025
CLS lawyers provided support for the deal on sale of the Vremena Goda (‘Seasons’) shopping center. The deal made the RBC top 10 list of major investment real estate deals in 2025.
CLS joins the Association of Commercial Real Estate Market Participants
- Date: 18.12.2025
The CLS law firm became a member of the Association of Commercial Real Estate Market Participants (ARKN), an association of the industry’s biggest players, created for representing interests of the professional community, developing joint projects and promoting ESG approaches on the commercial real estate market.
CLS recognized in 16 categories of the Pravo-300 national legal rating
- Services: Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions, Project financing / Public-Private Partnership, Bankruptcy, Antitrust Law, Intellectual Property (IP), Tax Law, Customs Law, Labor and Migration Law, Commercial Arbitration and out-of-court dispute resolution, Wealth Management, Personal data and digital compliance
- Date: 04.12.2025
The Pravo-300 rating is the largest research of the legal market in Russia, conducted since 2010. In 2025, CLS was noted simultaneously in 16 categories.
Russian lawyer rating: the best in 2025
- Date: 03.12.2025
The Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper has published the results of the annual study “Rating of lawyers and their companies.” Following a thorough selection process, the experts announced the best. Ten CLS lawyers ranked high in the rating, confirming high professionalism of the team:
CLS in WEALTH Navigator Legal 2025 rating
- Services: Tax Law, Commercial Arbitration and out-of-court dispute resolution, Wealth Management, International business structuring and planning
- Date: 27.08.2025
WEALTH Navigator Legal is the first Russian rating of law firms providing services to wealthy private clients, which in 2025 launched the WEALTH Navigator magazine.
Summer webinar cycle from CLS. Inspections and seizure of assets: how to protect your business when control is getting tougher
- Services: Antitrust Law, Tax Law, Customs Law, Commercial Arbitration and out-of-court dispute resolution
- Date: 15.07.2025
Tax and antitrust authorities, customs, prosecutor’s office – pressure on business grows every year. How do you get through the inspections, retain your assets and minimize risks?
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Elena Stepanova among most influential persons in Commercial Real Estate market CRE 100 rating!
- Service: Real Estate and Construction
- Date: 28.05.2025
Elena Stepanova, Partner and Head of the Real Estate and Construction practice at CLS, has for the sixth year in a row made the top 10 best lawyers in the CRE 100 rating of commercial real estate in the Legal Practice category.
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Legal Services Market Leaders 2025
- Services: Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions, Project financing / Public-Private Partnership, Bankruptcy, Antitrust Law, Tax Law, Customs Law, Foreign Currency Regulation, Commercial Arbitration and out-of-court dispute resolution, Wealth Management, Personal data and digital compliance
- Date: 24.04.2025
CLS took 15 of the leading positions in the Best Legal Practices and Industries section, and five of our partners were ranked among the top professionals in the Individual Rankings.
PRObankrotstvo Leaders. Lawyer personal rating 2024
- Service: Bankruptcy
- Date: 22.04.2025
Pavel Kislovskiy, Principal Associate of the Litigation practice at CLS, has been noted in the PRObankrotstvo Leaders. Lawyer personal rating 2024.