The ESG report – Russia: All bite, no bark
It was uncharacteristically decisive. Rapidly after Russia did the unthinkable and invaded Ukraine on 24 February, many international law firms…
CIS and Russia
Sponsored briefing: Ukraine – successful heir of the Soviet empire or a self-made kid on the block?
Being one of the most powerful industrial countries of the former USSR with a unique geographic location and the biggest…
Letter from… Moscow: Apocalypse now beckons as sanctions and turmoil batter foreign lawyers in Russia
Remember the days when Russia was the El Dorado of the Western legal elite? Potent New York outfits like Cleary…
Market report: Russia and the CIS – The new silk road
While deal flow in Russia remains hampered by sanctions over the war in eastern Ukraine, local firms have made efforts…
White & Case to act for Russian government in $12bn Pugachev arbitration
White & Case has won a lucrative instruction to defend the Russian government on the $12bn arbitration case taken against…
Euro elite: focus Russia and CIS – Cold fronts
While international firms have enjoyed tussling with leading independents in Moscow for years, a hardening market has seen the local…
King & Spalding lands $12bn arbitration case against Russia for Pugachev
King & Spalding’s London office has been instructed on a $12bn arbitration brought against the Russian government by Sergei Pugachev,…
Russian success: Hogan Lovells, CC, Linklaters and A&O land spots on VEB legal panel
Magic circle trio Clifford Chance (CC), Linklaters, and Allen & Overy (A&O) have all been gifted places on the extensive…
KWMSJB brings in arbitration partner to develop Russia and CIS disputes work
Just two years after joining Winston & Strawn’s international arbitration group from the legacy Norton Rose, London-based disputes lawyer Andrei…
Russian leader Egorov Puginsky hires managing partner and nine lawyer capital markets team from rival Liniya Prava
Leading Russian firm Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners has hired the managing partner and co-founder of rival Moscow firm Liniya Prava,…
Shale Gas: CC and Morgan Lewis lead on $10bn Chevron Ukraine deal
With major international firms angling to position themselves as leaders in the burgeoning shale gas field, Clifford Chance (CC) is advising…
TNK-BP takeover saga ends in largest Russian deal ever
The ongoing battle over what was to become of Russian oil joint venture (JV) TNK-BP finally concluded at the end…
Redrawing the map
The latest boom in transactional work from emerging economies is a welcome antidote to difficult home markets for international firms.…
Russian cases for Russian lawyers
Disputes from Russia and the CIS are an increasingly profitable area for Western firms, even for those without offices in…