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.

“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.

Based on the 2023 research of the Russian legal services market, CLS has been recommended by the Pravo.ru-300 portal in 16 areas of law.

As we wrote earlier, when UBS bought out Credit Suisse shares, it violated the rights of Credit Suisse shareholders by substantially underpricing the shares, and now investors should be entitled to receive compensation.

On August 8, 2023, the “long-awaited” Presidential Decree No.585 was published (in Russian), suspending  a number of double tax treaties. The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced plans to suspend double tax treaties back in March.

On Sunday, July 30, Pavel Karpunin and Dmitry Churin, Partners at Capital Legal Services, met with a representative of Markitor, an Algerian consulting firm.