Administrative law defence of business

Successfully providing support during one of the Federal Treasury's first audits of how car manufacturers use subsidies Pepeliaev Group's lawyers successfully provided support during one of the Federal Treasury's first audits of how car manufacturers use subsidies.

Developing a system for providing support during audits of beer producers by the Russian Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation Our experts developed a system for providing support during audits of beer producers by the Russian Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation.

Developing a new draft of the Russian Code of Administrative Offences Lawyers of the Administrative Law Defence of Business Group developed a new draft of the Russian Code of Administrative Offences.

Technical regulation Working together with the client Pepeliaev Group’s experts identified that the client’s products were at variance with technical regulations. They developed a procedure for eliminating the probable negative implications of launching several lots of such products on the market. This arrangement was in line with both the business interests, as well as Russian legislation.

Pepeliaev Group’s lawyers have alerted their client of the risks pertaining to the obligation to include overburden dumps in the State Register of Waste Disposal Facilities Our lawyers have prepared a legal opinion for a large mining company in Novosibirsk Region regarding the ‘legalisation’ of overburden dumps.

Working on the Code of Administrative Offences and on the Russian Administrative Court Procedure Code

Pepeliaev Group’s lawyers are permanently involved in drafting and amending the main codified regulatory acts which affect the interests of the business community, namely the Code of Administrative Offences and the Administrative Court Procedure Code. In addition, we work on draft resolutions of the Plenum of the Russian Supreme Court regarding the application of these acts.

Optimal solution Pepeliaev Group’s lawyers conducted an audit of a major pharmaceutical company to assess its compliance with the legislation on precursors of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.

Obtaining a refund of VAT for a major telecommunication company

Pepeliaev Group's lawyers provided legal support when a set of documents had been drawn up at the request of the tax authority for VAT to be recovered from the state budget. 

Prevented the client from facing secondary liability of RUB 650 million

Pepeliaev Group’s specialists provided comprehensive support in a bankruptcy case representing former executives and the founder of the debtor. Thanks to the efforts of our lawyers the debtor was liquidated, the executives and the founder were released from secondary liability of RUB 650 million despite the fact that they had been found criminally liable for tax evasion. 

Developing optimal algorithm

Our lawyers and IT specialists have developed the optimal way to obtain a licence for the technical protection of confidential information with minimal cost outlay on the equipment and technical means needed for this. In the opinion of the Russian Federal Service for Technical and Export Control (FSTEC), every company which uses technical means to process confidential information needs such a licence. Administrative liability as well as criminal liability are stipulated for conducting licensed types of activity without licence. 

Advice touching on different sciences

The client, a producer of baked products, contacted us to ask whether it needed to obtain a licence to produce, store, and supply the food products containing alcohol that it produced. 

Attention to detail

We were contacted by a supplier of foreign food products at the stage when Rospotrebnadzor was conducting an inspection at its warehouse.