Press Releases

On July 22th, the joint event “Industrial BTS deals: key [legal/technical] aspects of site selection and contracting”, organized by the AEB Real Estate Committee and the AIP Industrial Construction Committee was held. Andrey Zharskiy, ALRUD Partner heading Real Estate and Energy, Natural Resources & Infrastructure Practices, and Stanislav Veselov, ALRUD Senior Associate of Real Estate Practice, participated in the event ...

On July 22, 2021, international ranking agency Chambers & Partners published the results of Chambers High Net Worth research. The rating evaluates law firms and private lawyers in the Private Clients area. ALRUD’s Private Clients practice has been at the top of the rating for six years in a row and is again recommended in Band 1. Individual nominations in High Net Worth: Maxim Alekseev, Senior Partner and Head of the Private Clients Practice, remains in Band 1 as «brilliant lawyer» ...

Anton Dzhuplin, ALRUD partner within its Corporate and M&A practice, was re-elected, and will continue to exercise his powers as Vice Chair for the Year-in-Review of the International M&A Joint Venture Committee of the ABA International Law Section. Within the committee, world leading lawyers receive the most up-to-date legal information in this area of international law, and also have the opportunity to get to know the leading practitioners in the M&A profession ...

On July 15th, the international publisher Global Arbitration Review announced the results of the GAR 100 – 14th Edition rating. ALRUD was listed among the 100 best law firms in the world, in the field of international arbitration ...

ALRUD Banking & Finance experts prepared a chapter on Acquisition Finance in Russia for Chambers Global Practice Guides – Acquisition Finance. Ekaterina Boeva, Associate, Sergey Artemyev, Senior Associate and Kirill Mikhailov, Junior Attorney, under the guidance of Alexander Rymko, Partner and Head of ALRUD Banking and Finance practice, considered a wide range of issues related to the Acquisition finance in Russia ...

On June 25th, Sergey Milanov, ALRUD Of Counsel, Co-Head of the Asia-Pacific Desk, made a speech at the Meeting of the “Russian-Japanese Business Club”. This was organized by the Trade Representatives of the Russian Federation in Japan ...

On July 24th, 2021, a joint webinar held by ALRUD, Bener Law Office and AEQUITAS Law Firm entitled 'Practical Solutions for Labour, Migration and Employment, when doing business in Eurasia' was held. The event caused great interest among listeners, especially those from Asia, as it took into account the specifics of formalization of labour relations with employees of the region ...

On June 15th and 17th 2021, ALRUD Law Firm and SEE Legal held joint webinars: "What issues are the companies facing during remote work?". Irina Anyukhina, ALRUD Partner, acted as a moderator, Elena Chershintseva, ALRUD Associate, was the speaker of the online meeting. Together with experts from 12 jurisdictions, colleagues discussed the most challenging problems companies face during distance work ...

On June 23rd, Sergey Milanov, ALRUD Of Counsel, Co-Head of the Asia-Pacific Desk, took part in a webinar for the Japanese Business Association, which was established, last year, as part of the Japan Business Club (JBC). The Association was established to promote the business development of Japanese companies, located in Russia ...

<p>On June 17th, the conference "Antimonopoly Law: To a New Level", organized by the pravo.ru. information portal was held. German Zakharov, ALRUD Partner of Competition/Antitrust Practice, and Ruslana Karimova, ALRUD Senior Associate of Competition/Antitrust Practice, participated in the event.</p> <p>German Zakharov led and moderated the session on the topic of coordination of deals of economic concentration ...

<p>From June 15 to 19, 2021 the annual <span data-color='#ff351b'>IPBA Virtual Conference</span> was held by the Inter-Pacific Bar Association. Traditionally, the conference brought together specialists from all over the world to discuss trends in the legal industry. The conference program included presentations, case reviews, and discussions that covered a wide range of issues in this area.</p> <p><a href="https://www.alrud ...

Irina Anyukhina, ALRUD Partner and Head of Labour and Employment Practice, and Margarita Egiazarova, ALRUD Senior Associate, have prepared a chapter on Russia for “Immigration and Global Mobility Update”, as part of the Ius Laboris alliance. In their review, the experts reported on the Russian government's decision to suspend air services with the UK, Turkey and Tanzania ...

<p><a href="https://www.bestlawyers.com/" title="Best Lawyers">Best Lawyers</a>, one of the most authoritative international legal ratings, has just published the results of the Russian legal market 2022 study. Its rating is based on the assessments of the world-recognized market players.</p> <p>ALRUD experts have occupied a leading position in the Best Lawyers rating for several years ...

ALRUD Law Firm provided comprehensive legal support to the manufacturer of the popular Schogetten chocolate brand: Ludwig Chocolade GmbH & Co. KG, on the issues of countering the import of counterfeit products, into the territory of the Russian Federation, and parallel imports ...

<p>On June 17th, on the Asset Recovery Next Gen platform, an online event will be held in the format of a webinar and communication in virtual rooms, on urgent issues of search and return of assets.</p> <p><a href="https://www.alrud.com/people/SergeyPetrachkov/" title="Sergey Petrachkov">Sergey Petrachkov</a>, ALRUD Partner of Dispute Resolution and Restructuring and Insolvency Practices, will speak at the session “Local Challenges in Global Asset Recovery” ...

<p><strong>On May 12</strong>, ALRUD Law Firm held a webinar <span data-color='#ff351b'>“Russian Data Localization Requirement: What is the Problem?”</span>.</p> <p>During the webinar experts from <strong>ALRUD</strong>, <strong>TietoEVRY</strong> (a leading cloud provider) and <strong>ICNX</strong> (a well-known digital marketing agency) discussed their practical experience of Russian data localization compliance ...

<p>In 2021 a new composition of tthe Bar, in the RFBA Ethics and Standards Committee was approved. <a href="https://www.alrud.com/people/VassilyRudomino/" title="Vassily Rudomino">Vassily Rudomino</a>, ALRUD Senior Partner and advocate, has become a new member of the Committee. The Committee is established for a four-year period and is composed of 16 members.</p> <p>The Ethics and Standards Committee is a collegiate body of the Russian Federal Bar Association ...

<p><strong>On April 21</strong>, ALRUD Law Firm held a webinar <span data-color='#ff351b'>"Mandatory pre-installation of Russian software: practical problems"</span>.</p> <p>On April 1, 2021, the law comes into force obliging to pre-install the pre-defined local software on devices sold in Russia, including smartphones, tablets, computers and Smart-TV ...

On April 15th 2021, ALRUD Law Firm conducted a webinar 'Russian Family in Monaco: To Save and Transfer”, jointly with Gordon S. Blair's law firm. The webinar was of considerable value to private clients who are the nationals of the Russian Federation, and have interests in Monaco, the representatives of Family Offices, representatives of Russian and foreign banks, and financial managers. Experts of ALRUD and Gordon S ...

<p>The Legal 500 EMEA, one of the most influential international legal ratings, published the results of its regular analysis. In total, in 2021 ALRUD Law Firm confirmed its positions in 17 researched areas.</p> <p>The following practices are included in the rating:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.alrud.com/services/Labour/" title="Employment">Employment</a> (Tier 1)</li> <li><a href="https://www.alrud ...

<p>The 15<SUP>th</SUP> International Conference <strong>“Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery”</strong> was held jointly by <span data-color='#ff351b'>C5, The Canadian Institute,</span> and <span data-color='#ff351b'>American Conference Institute</span> on 23 – 25 March, 2021.</p> <p><a href="https://www.alrud ...

In this series of discussions, we will explore the legal challenges faced by business and, together with experts, analyze significant cases and provide solutions. Episodes are available on all platforms. Employment solutions for commercial secrecy In this episode, we will explain how Russian employers can protect their commercial secrets. This topic has become very important, since still many employees continue performing their job duties remotely, due to current pandemic ...

<p><strong>On March 24</strong>, ALRUD Law Firm held a webinar <span data-color='#ff351b'>“Data Protection in 2021: What Has Changed and What to Expect Next?”</span>.</p> <p>During the webinar ALRUD data protection and cybersecurity team discussed the results of 2020 along with the first months of 2021 in the area of personal data protection and privacy ...

<h2>The worldwide-known international rating agency Chambers and Partners has published the result of the annual European rating of leading law firms – Chambers Europe 2021. ALRUD is presented in 8 areas of law:</h2> <p><a href="https://www.alrud.com/services/CompetitionAntitrust/" title="Competition / Antitrust">Competition / Antitrust</a> (Band 1), <a href="https://www.alrud ...

<p>ALRUD Law Firm has been shortlisted for the <span data-color='#ff351b'>CEE Deals of the Year Awards 2020</span> in Russia for advising <span data-color='#ff351b'>Mechel</span> in the sale of its 51% participatory interest in the companies which operate the Elga coalfield project. Elga coalfield owns one of the world’s largest deposits of high-quality coking coal. Its estimated reserves are approx. 2.2 billion tons ...