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.

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.

Pavel Kislovskiy, Principal Associate of the Litigation practice at CLS, has been noted in the PRObankrotstvo Leaders. Lawyer personal rating 2024.

On May 16, 2025, in Moscow, as part of the Russian International Arbitration Congress (RIAC) a satellite event will take place titled “Arbitration between Russia and China: Practice and Development.”

“There are two things that give out a person involved in foreign trade – they always remember a Foreign Trade Code and always look for alternative payment mechanisms.”

Pravo-300 once again, in addition to its main rating of law firms, published a list of recommended lawyers. This year, 10 CLS lawyers were noted in the individual rating.

Effective January 1, 2025, Ekaterina Smolovaya, Head of the Tax Practice at CLS, became a Partner. Anna Persiantceva was appointed Head of the PPP and Project Finance practice.

The Pravo-300 rating is the largest research of the legal market in Russia, conducted since 2010. In 2024, CLS was recognized in a total of 18 categories, two more than in last year's ranking.

The Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper has published the results of the second large-scale annual study "Rating of lawyers and their companies." Seven CLS lawyers ranked high in the rating, confirming high professionalism of the team.

On October 1, CLS and the Pilot Free Trade Zone of Xiamen Area Administrative Committee of China (Fujian) entered into a Memorandum of Strategic Cooperation.