Legal alert: The prerequisite for a foreign court ruling to be reсognized and executed in Russia
The Firm lawyers analyse the prerequisite for a foreign court ruling to be recognized and executed in Russia.
29 August 2014
6 August 2014
Legal alert: Personal data processing in information telecommunication networks
The President of the Russian Federation signed federal law on the new amendments concerning the processing of personal data in Russia on July 22, 2014. Under Article 4 of this Federal Law the amendments shall come into force on September 1, 2016.
4 August 2014
Tax Analysts publishes commentary by Mark Rovinskiy on a draft law that would allow the taxation of CFCs controlled by Russian tax residents
Russia is considering a tax amnesty for Russian-owned offshore companies as part of a wider effort to encourage the repatriation of capital and discourage the use of offshore companies for tax avoidance, a government spokeswoman told Tax Analysts.
10 July 2014
The Lawyer reports on EPAM promotions
EPAM has made a number of promotions in its Moscow office. Real estate and construction lawyer Elena Gavrilina has been made partner, litigators Alexander Vaneev and Vera Rikhterman have become counsel and competition lawyer Elena Kazak is promoted to senior associate.
1 July 2014
RBTH publishes commentary by Mark Rovinskiy on Russia's deoffshorization program
The Finance Ministry is pushing ahead with its program to entice Russian-owned offshore firms to repatriate capital. A new law will impose penalties on such companies for tax evasion, but offers the carrot of a 2-year amnesty for those firms which decide to relocate to Russia.
24 June 2014
PaRR publishes commentary by Natalia Korosteleva
Russia’s competition authority Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) is likely to face more legal challenges over its warnings to dominant companies on anticompetitive practices after the country’s Supreme Arbitration Court (VAS) ruling allowing Gazprom’s subsidiary to dispute a warning against it at arbitration courts, two Moscow based lawyers said.
20 June 2014
Developments in the Russian Legislation on Securitisation and Project Finance
Newsletter of the International Bar Association Legal Practice Division publishes an article of Oleg Ushakov and Alexander Filchukov.
13 May 2014
Legal alert: Recent Amendments to the Russian Civil Code: the New Regulation of Legal Entities
On May 7, 2014 high-importance amendments were introduced to the Russian Civil Code with regard to legal entities (the Law). The amendments will take effect on September 1, 2014.
11 May 2014
The Moscow Times publishes commentary by Mark Rovinsky on amendments to the Tax Code
The Finance Ministry is finalizing plans to levy a property tax on individual homeowners and ratchet up the cost by pegging the tax rate to cadastral property values.
1 May 2014
Competition in Russia: The Current Status of the Fourth Antitrust Package
CEE Legal Matters Magazine publishes an article by Natalia Korosteleva and Evgeny Bolshakov.
28 April 2014
PaRR publishes commentary by Anna Numerova
The proposed tie-up between Holcim and Lafarge is unlikely to face competition hurdles in Russia. The country’s competition authority, the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS), is expected to assess the deal’s impact on regional cement markets, in which the two European companies' presence is largely complementary, said two Moscow-based lawyers.
11 March 2014
The Moscow News publishes commentary by Pavel Sadovsky
A law to curb piracy came into effect in August 2013. It has proven to be an “efficient instrument” in the fight against copyright infringement, especially since preliminary injunctions from courts became much easier to obtain.
29 January 2014
RUSSIAN UPDATE – Changes in Russian Merger Control Regulations
The XBMA Forum publishes an article by Viatcheslav Yugay on changes in Russian merger control regulations.
24 January 2014
EPAM Legal Highlights: Recent developments in customs regulation of express carriage in Russia
EPAM lawyers on recent developments in customs regulation of express carriage in Russia.
21 January 2014
EPAM Legal Highlights: Merger control liberalized: exclusion of post-closing notifications for certain transactions (actions)
EPAM lawyers writes on amendments to the Russian Competition Law.