Legal services

10June2021

The leading international legal ranking Best Lawyers™ 2022* has acclaimed 46 lawyers from Pepeliaev Group in Russia

The leading international legal ranking Best Lawyers™ 2022* has acclaimed 46 lawyers from Pepeliaev Group in Russia. Senior partner Rustem Ahmetshin (tax law, since 2014) and partner Julia Borozdna (employment law, since 2010) have been acknowledged as lawyers of the year.

Digital Economy Legal Support Group Ecology Energy Antimonopoly regulation, Anti-corruption Compliance, Administrative law defence of business, Banking and finance, Bankruptcy and Anti-Сrisis Protection of Business , Intellectual property and trademarks, Commercial practice, Corporate law / M&A, Real estate and construction, Personal data, Dispute resolution and mediation, Family and inheritance law

15April2021

Pepeliaev Group’s practice areas have demonstrated exceptional results in The Legal 500 – 2021 Pepeliaev Group has continued to perform positively at the top of The Legal 500 international ratings.

Ecology Energy Telecom, media and IT Real estate and construction, Services for private clients, Tax law and tax disputes, Antimonopoly regulation, Bankruptcy and Anti-Сrisis Protection of Business , Corporate law / M&A, Personal data, Dispute resolution and mediation, Employment and migration law, Family and inheritance law, Intellectual property and trademarks, International Litigation and Arbitration Practice

19March2021

Pepeliaev Group has demonstrated exceptional results in the Chambers Europe 2021 ratings Our Tax Law and Employment and Migration Law Practices occupy their traditional top positions in Band 1. In the individual ratings, the reviewers have given prominent placings to Managing Partner Sergey Pepeliaev (Eminent Practitioner), Partner Julia Borozdna (Band 1), and Head of the IP Practice Valentina Orlova (Band 1). In addition to them, Rustem Ahmetshin, a Senior Partner in the Tax Practice, has improved his individual result and has risen to Band 1.

Antimonopoly regulation, Bankruptcy and Anti-Сrisis Protection of Business , Corporate law / M&A, Commercial practice, Dispute resolution and mediation, Real estate and construction, Tax law and tax disputes

04June2020

Pepeliaev Group has been again recognised as Law Firm of the Year for Tax Law according to Best Lawyers™ 2021* Pepeliaev Group has been again recognised as Law Firm of the Year for Tax Law in Russia according to the major legal ratings directory Best Lawyers™ 2021. Moreover, senior partner and head of Pepeliaev Group's St Petersburg office Sergey Spasennov (M&A) and partner Alexander Kosov (customs law) from the Moscow office were acknowledged as lawyers of the year. 44 lawyers from Pepeliaev Group have been listed in the Best Lawyers rankings™, with eight of them making their debuts.

Ecology Energy Life sciences Administrative law defence of business, Antimonopoly regulation, Banking and finance, Bankruptcy and Anti-Сrisis Protection of Business , Corporate law / M&A, Real estate and construction, Tax law and tax disputes

16April2020

Pepeliaev Group secures top ratings in The Legal 500 – 2020 Law firm Pepeliaev Group has demonstrated exceptional results in The Legal 500, the independent international ratings directory.

Telecom, media and IT Oil and gas sector and mineral resource use Antimonopoly regulation, Bankruptcy and Anti-Сrisis Protection of Business , Commercial practice, Corporate law / M&A, Personal data, Dispute resolution and mediation, Employment and migration law, Family and inheritance law, Intellectual property and trademarks, International Litigation and Arbitration Practice, Real estate and construction, Services for private clients, Tax law and tax disputes

13March2020

Pepeliaev Group has demonstrated exceptional results in the Chambers Europe 2020 ratings

Our Tax and Employment Law Practices continue to be named in Band 1. In the individual ratings, the reviewers have given prominent placings to Managing Partner Sergey Pepeliaev (Eminent Practitioner), Partner Julia Borozdna (Band 1) and Head of the IP Practice Valentina Orlova (Band 1).

Life sciences Antimonopoly regulation, Bankruptcy and Anti-Сrisis Protection of Business , Intellectual property and trademarks, Corporate law / M&A, Commercial practice, Tax law and tax disputes, Real estate and construction, Dispute resolution and mediation, Banking and finance

06December2019

Nine of Pepeliaev Group’s practice and sector groups have entered Pravo.ru’s Tier 1 Nine of Pepeliaev Group’s practice and sector groups have entered Tier 1 of the Pravo.ru rating. This is the first time that we have been included in Tier 1 of the Compliance (Tier 1) and Environmental Law (Tier 1) categories. In the Digital Economy section, in which we also feature for the first time, Pepeliaev Group has been placed in Tier 2.

Digital Economy Legal Support Group Ecology Life sciences Oil and gas sector and mineral resource use Telecom, media and IT Antimonopoly regulation, Banking and finance, Bankruptcy and Anti-Сrisis Protection of Business , Corporate law / M&A, Currency regulation and currency control, Customs and foreign trade regulation, Dispute resolution and mediation, Employment and migration law, Family and inheritance law, Intellectual property and trademarks, International Litigation and Arbitration Practice, Real estate and construction, Tax law and tax disputes

11November2019

Pepeliaev Group in the IFLR 1000 rating for 2020 Pepeliaev Group has achieved exceptional results in the international IFLR 1000 rating for 2020.

Energy Oil and gas sector and mineral resource use Banking and finance, Bankruptcy and Anti-Сrisis Protection of Business , Corporate law / M&A

24May2019

Pepeliaev Group has been recognised as Law Firm of the Year in tax law according to Best Lawyers™ 2020

Pepeliaev Group has been recognised as Law Firm of the Year for Tax Law in Russia according to the major legal peer review publication Best Lawyers™ 2020*. In addition, Sergey Sosnovsky, Partner, and Head of the Tax Practice in the St Petersburg Office, has been named Lawyer of the Year for Tax Law in St Petersburg. This year, 22 lawyers of Pepeliaev Group have been ranked by the publication for the first time, one of whom has debuted in three categories at the same time while another has made it in two categories. Therefore, approximately one quarter of all Pepeliaev Group’s lawyers (36 out of 160) are on the list of Best Lawyers™.

Life sciences Administrative law defence of business, Antimonopoly regulation, Bankruptcy and Anti-Сrisis Protection of Business , Corporate law / M&A, Customs and foreign trade regulation, Dispute resolution and mediation, Employment and migration law, Intellectual property and trademarks, International Litigation and Arbitration Practice, Real estate and construction, Tax law and tax disputes

15April2019

Pepeliaev Group’s practice areas have achieved outstanding results in The Legal 500 – 2019

Several of Pepeliaev Group’s practice areas at once have demonstrated progress in the international legal rating The Legal 500. The Bankruptcy and Anti-Crisis Protection of Business Practice of Pepeliaev Group has been hailed by the rating for the first time, making it straight into Tier 3. The lawyers from this practice area support creditors through the process of recovering debts from subsidiaries and contractors, as well as representing clients in bankruptcy disputes and in managing insolvency risks. Moreover, the practice area headed by Yulia Litovtseva, Partner, has substantial expertise in the area of secondary liability.