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Senior Partner, Head of St. Petersburg Office
Partner, Head of Far East Office
Head of Practice, Criminal Law Defence of Business
Head of Land, Real Estate and Construction Practice (St Petersburg)
Head of Employment and Migration Law Practice
Head of Special Projects Practice
Head of Antitrust Practice
Head of Siberian Office
Head of the Representative Office in the Republic of Tatarstan
Head of Group, Tax Practice
Head of Group, Administrative Law Defence of Business
Head of Ecology Group, Krasnoyarsk
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
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Telecom, media and IT

Telecom, media and IT

Pepeliaev Group’s Cross-Sectoral Telecommunications Group is one of the firm's most dynamically developing divisions.

Among our clients are more than 80 companies from the telecommunications and media sector.


The group’s lawyers appear as independent experts in:

  • the State Duma, 
  • the highest courts,
  • major business associations.

The successful work of the group is constantly commended by such international rating agencies as:
  • Chambers Europe, 
  • Legal 500.

Pepeliaev Group’s Telecommunications Group, headed by Natalia Kovalenko (Ivashchenko). Natalia herself is referred to as a ‘great professional’, who regularly advises companies specialising in hi-tech and telecoms on complex issues relating to contractual relations and legal regulation.

Legal 500, 2015


Key areas of the Group's activity

  • Regulatory standards for communication activity
  • Taxation of telecommunication companies
  • Corporate law issues
  • Providing advice on the specifics of telecommunication companies’ activity
  • Advising on compliance with antitrust legislation with regard to the communication sector
  • Licensing issues
  • Land law, real estate and construction
  • Defending telecoms operators in court

Projects

YouTube in the CIS: When “Outside Russia” Does Not Mean “Risk-Free”
The team from the antitrust practice at Pepeliaev Group conducted a comprehensive analysis of the client’s structure of placing advertising on YouTube in the CIS and prepared practical recommendations for mitigating the risks.
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Analysed and optimised documents relating to the promotion of pharmaceutical products
Further to the client’s request, the lawyers of the practice area analysed a vast volume of various documents on services involving the promotion of pharmaceutical products on the Russian market and compared their content with the court practice and position of the tax authorities on whether such services are subject to VAT.
Other projects