Projects
The President Of Russia has backed the suggestions of The Russian Chamber Of Commerce and Industry developed together with Pepeliaev Group's experts regarding the regulation of various payments similar to taxes and levies
Provided emergency support to employees of clients amid partial mobilisation
After partial mobilisation was announced in Russia, our lawyers prepared in record time overviews and themed webinars for clients which were conducted taking into account the specialist fields of various companies.
Preparing regular overviews of counter-sanctions and measures of support for a pharmaceutical business
Given that the pressure of sanctions was increasing and counter-sanctions and measures of support were being put in place on a regular basis, our clients have needed prompt, brief, informative, objective and accurate information both about laws and items of subordinate legislation that are adopted, and about draft regulations that have been announced as well as relevant court practice.
Monitoring amendments to legislation of the Russian Federation and Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).
Providing comprehensive information support to a large Russian retail company.
Construction of a seaport in the Far East
Provided legal assistance during the construction of a seaport in the Far East. This included drafting a memo for the Korean Government regarding specific aspects of the regulation governing how a seaport in the Far East should be constructed, based on an analysis of the corporate, tax and construction aspects of the project.
Successfully defended the client with regard to whether it was lawful to book positive exchange differences as income
Successfully defended the client’s interests with regard to whether it was lawful to book positive exchange differences as income
Prepared a memo analysing the procedure for entering into, and describing the advantages of, an IPPA.
Prepared a memo for a major gold-mining company analysing the procedure for entering into, and describing the advantages of, an IPPA.
Assisted with amending an investment declaration of a party to a regional investment project
At the request of a mining and processing plant, performed a range of work to amend the investment declaration of the party to a regional investment project in order to protect capital investments which were made in an investment project to build the region’s largest mining and processing plant and to substantiate the scope of tax benefits.
Switching from regional investment project treatment to the treatment of priority development areas
Devised a legal mechanism for changing preferential treatment for an individual part of a project; specifically, the mechanism for switching from regional investment project treatment to the treatment of priority development areas
Advised on how preferential terms should be extended with regard to an upgrading project that was implemented
Advised a mining and metallurgical company on the upgrading of an existing mining and processing plant with a gold-extracting plant, where conditions were in place that preferences applied to the ongoing project would apply to the construction of the new facilities.
Successfully defended a client in a tax dispute in a state commercial court
Successfully defended a major supplier of computer components in the Far East in a tax dispute in a state commercial court.
Advised the client on compensation for harm to aquatic bioresources
Specialists from Pepeliaev Group advised the client on compensation for harm to aquatic bioresources: on the content, interpretation and application of the provisions of the methodology for calculating harm, and on the mandatory requirements imposed by the current regulatory and technical documents for obtaining permissible evidence in the case
Support in connection with an incident at a client’s facility, which caused a national environmental catastrophe
Pepeliaev Group's lawyers provided comprehensive support in connection with an incident at a client’s facility, which caused a national environmental catastrophe - one of the largest oil spills in the Arctic zone in history.
Challenged in court resolutions of the committee for using natural resources and ensuring environmental safety
Pepeliaev Group's lawyers challenged in court resolutions of the committee for using natural resources and ensuring environmental safety to impose administrative liability on the client for three environmental offences.
Drafted an application to the Russian Constitutional Court regarding the procedure for identifying the amount of environmental damage
We drafted an application to the Russian Constitutional Court and represented the client in a public hearing.
Defended Russia’s largest oil refinery in court
Strategy for pre-trial settlement of a dispute
Drafting a Memorandum on the development of an algorithm of actions regarding the settlement of a dispute between a shipowner and a charterer.
Audit of the anti-corruption compliance system in a subsidiary of a major international organiser of exhibitions
Templates of agreements for the provision of professional services in the field of health and science
Recommendations to preclude fraudulent and corrupt practices