RUSSIAN UPDATE – Changes in Russian Merger Control Regulations
The XBMA Forum publishes an article by Viatcheslav Yugay on changes in Russian merger control regulations.
29 January 2014
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.
9 December 2013
PaRR publishes commentary by Dennis Turovets on competition law in Belarus
Russia’s competition authority, the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS), has proposed amendments to eliminate the discrepancy in different definitions of a cartel in Russian competition law and the country’s criminal code, Andrey Tenishev, head of the cartel division at FAS, told PaRR. A definition given to a cartel in antimonopoly law will be integrated into criminal law, he explained.
19 November 2013
Getting the Deal Through – Product Recall 2014
Alexandra Lysova became the author of the Russia chapter of the Getting the Deal Through – Product Recall 2014.
7 November 2013
The Legal Status of Video Games: Comparative Analysis in National Approaches
Pavel Sadovsky and Vyacheslav Yugai contributed to the Study on Videogames published by World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).
25 September 2013
Arbitrability of disputes from the viewpoint of Russian legislation and judicial practice
Evgenia Evdokimova writes on arbitrability of disputes from the viewpoint of Russian legislation and judicial practice.
14 September 2013
EPAM Legal Highlights: Russia combats base erosion and profit shifting
Mark Rovinskiy on Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development Action Plan on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting.
12 September 2013
EPAM Legal Highlights: Non-compete provisions to joint venture agreements may be valid
Evgeny Bolshakov on the FAS clarified the criteria of a joint venture agreement validity and how to evaluate certain non-compete provisions therein.
9 September 2013
EPAM Legal Highlights: Change in the consequences of failing to observe written form for foreign trade transactions
Elena Legashova on foreign trade transactions regulations in Russia.
25 July 2013
EPAM Legal Highlights: Foreign company holding Russian real estate will have to disclose its beneficiaries to prove its good faith in court
Anton Alekseev on the Supreme Arbitrazh Court’s position is that a foreign purchaser of Russian real estate will have to disclose information on beneficiaries in the case of court disputes to prove good faith and to prevent the seizure of property.
9 July 2013
Cross-border litigation issues from a Russian perspective
EPAM’ lawyers present a newsletter on Cross-border litigation issues from a Russian perspective.
5 July 2013
RBTH Asia Pacific publishes commentary by Akhmat Glashev on “anti-money laundering” law
Russia’s investigators will be able to obtain statements on bank transactions and accounts held by companies and individual entrepreneurs, as well as data on operations, accounts, and deposits by individuals, only on the basis of a court order. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the amendment into law at the end of June. Both chambers of parliament had approved the bill.
5 June 2013
Enforcement of Foreign Court Judgments in Russia. A Recent Case Study
EPAM’ lawyers present a newsletter on Enforcement of Foreign Court Judgments in Russia.
15 May 2013
The Moscow Times publishes commentary by Mark Rovinskiy on companies reassessing their presence in Cyprus
Depositors may be licking their wounds, and hoping for some kind of structured assistance by Russia to crippled Cypriot banks, but only a small number of Russian companies are leaving the island.