Customs formalities in respect of personal belongings' crossing the boarders of the Customs Union by expatriates are stated in the Intergovernmental Agreement [of the Customs' Union states, i.e. Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan ("CU")]...
Pepeliaev Group advises that the State Duma has passed two laws that relate to currency transactions. Moreover, draft amendments are being prepared to the Bank of Russia’s Instructions No. 138-I dated 4 June 2012, which deal with currency...
Russia is currently marked out by being active in making substantial changes to its legislation. Many of these have to do with growing integration in international economic, financial, scientific and legal processes. However, the new develo...
Pepeliaev Group highlights the significantly expanded range of possibilities for resolving commercial disputes and litigation arising out of civil law and other legal relationships by means of a new type of service – conciliation invo...
Choosing Russian law as governing law for M&A transaction as a trend in M&A activity has recently been discussed widely in the context of the state’s proclaimed policy to this effect. This trend could be set in motion in the ...
Major foreign trading companies have been active on the Russian market for more than 15 years. With them, they have brought Western standards of doing business, including, among other things, offering financial incentives to distributors an...
Overview of the court practice of the Russian Supreme State Commercial (‘Arbitration’) Court (the “SAC”) in relation to applying bankruptcy legislation, published in the 1st quarter of 2013
