About

Pepeliaev Group is a leading Russian law firm offering the full range of legal services in all regions of Russia, in most former Soviet countries and abroad. Over 160 lawyers in Moscow, St Petersburg, Krasnoyarsk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Vladivostok, Beijing and Shanghai provide legal assistance to over 1,500 companies operating in various industries. 50% of these are international corporations implementing long-term investment projects in Russia.

Events

29August

Where to start? Eliminating labour disputes as early as at the stage of establishing a company

24September

Sakhalin oil and gas 2019

Our victories

The lawyers of Pepeliaev Group’s customs practice have successfully completed a project that involved protecting the interests of our client, a major Russian shipping company, before the Russian Supreme Court's Judicial Panel for Economic Disputes. A year after the court decided in favour of the client, owing to the efforts of our lawyers, the Federal Customs Service transferred to the client interest of almost RUB 50 million on excess customs payments it recovered.

Lawyers and auditors of Pepeliaev Group provided legal and tax support to the client, the large Dutch company Cupol Ventures Limited, which is a part of Kinross Gold (a Canadian gold-mining company), in a project involving the acquisition of Chulbatkan gold deposit. The project involved tax due diligence of the target company and advice on tax aspects of the transaction.

The lawyers of Pepeliaev Group’s customs practice won the case for the client, a major shipping company, before the Economic Panel of the Russian Supreme Court.

IP lawyers at Pepeliaev Group successfully safeguarded the interests of our client, a leading manufacturer of children's clothing, in a dispute over a trademark infringement.

The lawyers from Pepeliaev Group’s Customs and Foreign Trade Regulation Practice successfully defended the client in a project that involved challenging decisions of the Federal Customs Service.

Lawyers from Pepeliaev Group’s tax practice successfully defended the interests of a credit institution in a dispute with the tax authority.