Publications
How Russian companies can go to court with an Indian contracting party
- Services: Commercial Arbitration and out-of-court dispute resolution, International business structuring and planning
- Date: 15.05.2024
Indian courts are so overburdened that 10-year-old disputes are being heard there. The High Court of Delhi, for example, has examined 8,000 such civil cases in 2022-2023.
Should we expect nationalization of foreign assets?
- Date: 19.09.2023
The statement made by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the end of July of 2023 that there would be no new decisions on placing assets of “unfriendly” owners under temporary Russia-controlled management does not seem to have reassured the Western community. Foreign media continues to warn that further stay of Western companies in Russia is akin to playing Russian roulette, the companies still doing business in Russia are afraid of future “seizures” of their assets and many of them “will rush to the exit in panic.” In this article, we will examine whether there are any justifiable grounds for this.
Important trends in labor lawsuit court practice in 2022
- Service: Labor and Migration Law
- Date: 13.01.2023
Anna Silinskaya and Viktoria Tikhonova looked at the details of using correspondence through messenger apps as evidence. For details, visit the Advokatskaya Gazeta web site.
On foreign bank accounts opened by Russians
- Services: Tax Law, Wealth Management
- Date: 30.08.2022
Since the spring of 2022, Russian bank cards can no longer be used abroad, and Russian tourists and businessmen have been opening accounts in foreign banks.
Proving an inter-company loan
- Service: Commercial Arbitration and out-of-court dispute resolution
- Date: 12.08.2022
Under the Russian Civil Code, a loan involving legal entities must be in writing, irrespective of the amount. But what if there is no written agreement, and the money transfer is confirmed by a bank statement? The Supreme Court responds: this type of proof will also suffice, but only in conjunction with other proof.
2022 first half-year tax results
- Service: Tax Law
- Date: 08.08.2022
Ekaterina Smolovaya, Principal Associate of the Tax practice at Capital Legal Services, talks about the most significant events and court decisions of the first half-year of 2022.
How online hearings in Russia have changed over the last two years
- Service: Commercial Arbitration and out-of-court dispute resolution
- Date: 20.06.2022
Attending court hearings through web conferencing has made some processes easier, but has created new challenges as well. Learn more about the ups and downs of the online system from a litigation lawyer here.
New initiative in North Caucasus the latest in a string of Russian Islamic banking projects
- Date: 04.09.2020
In early August 2020, Bilal Kurbanov, a top offi cial at the Dagestan Development Corporation, announced that his agency and the Dagestan Agency for Entrepreneurship and Investment would soon launch an Islamic banking project aimed at business customers.
Russia: COVID-19 impact on employers
- Service: Labor and Migration Law
- Date: 10.08.2020
This article explores the measures implemented by the Russian government to assist employers during the COVID-19 pandemic, and explains what changes employers can legally make to working arrangements with employees.
What actions to take when the landlord has abandoned the contract
- Services: Contract Law, Real Estate and Construction
- Date: 01.06.2020
During the pandemic, the issue of rental relations and ways to defer or reduce the rent has been raised so often that it was discussed even at the highest level.