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Pepeliaev Group and Business Russia’s Industrial Closed-End Mutual Investment Funds Subcommittee Have Entered into a Strategic Partnership The Industrial Closed-End Mutual Investment Funds (CEIFs) Subcommittee of Business Russia, chaired by Alexander Kostrov, a member of the organisation’s General Council and the CEO of RTTP LLC, and the law firm Pepeliaev Group have entered into a strategic partnership aimed at developing a mechanism for financing industrial enterprises in Russia through CEIFs using debt-based leveraged buyout (LBO) structures.

A Partner from Pepeliaev Group is Heading Up the New Expert Centre of Business Russia Yulia Litovtseva, a Partner at Pepeliaev Group and Head of the firm’s Bankruptcy and Anti-Crisis Protection of Business Practice, has been appointed Head of the Expert Centre for Legal Policy in the Field of Bankruptcy and the Financial Rehabilitation of Businesses established by Business Russia.

Pepeliaev Group Announces a New Appointment Within the Firm Vitalia Kuznetsova has been appointed Head of the Employment and Migration Law Practice at Pepeliaev Group. Previously, she held the position of Head of a Group within the same Practice.

Elena Sokolovskaya is leaving Pepeliaev Group

Elena Sokolovskaya, Partner and Head of the Antitrust Practice, is leaving Pepeliaev Group. For the time being, this area will be overseen by Aidar Sultanov, who heads the firm’s office in Tatarstan.

Experts from Pepeliaev Group Discussed the Transformation of Tax Control at a Meeting of the Working Group of the Russian Chamber of Commerce

On 9 September, another meeting of the Working Group on Improving Tax Administration was held under the Expert Council of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation (CCI) on the development of tax legislation and law enforcement practice.

A New Master’s Programme Has Been Launched at the Faculty of Law, Moscow State University with the Participation of a Partner from Pepeliaev Group

From September 2025, the Faculty of Law at Lomonosov Moscow State University has introduced a new Master’s programme “Law and Medicine”. One of the programme’s co-founders is Konstantin Sharlovsky, a Partner at Pepeliaev Group and Head of the firm's Life Sciences Practice.