Bankruptcy and Anti-Сrisis Protection of Business

Pepeliaev Group has strengthened its position in the “PRO Bankruptcy Leaders” ranking of law firms The bankruptcy and anti-crisis defence of business practice at Pepeliaev Group continues to strengthen its position in the “PRO Bankruptcy Leaders” ranking of law firms. This year, the practice was placed in Groups 1 and 2 across several categories.

Pepeliaev Group has expanded its presence in the Pravo-300 ranking in 2025 Our practices have been ranked in Group 1 across 12 categories, including tax disputes and advisory, real estate, corporate law, bankruptcy, customs law, compliance, pharmaceuticals and healthcare, and environmental law.

Experts from Pepeliaev Group have been acclaimed in 17 categories of the Rossiyskaya Gazeta ranking in 2025 Pepeliaev Group has once again been named among the leading legal advisers in the annual Lawyers and Their Firms Ranking prepared by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

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.

Yulia Litovtseva has been shortlisted by the research project “The 100 most influential persons in bankruptcy in 2024-2025” Yulia Litovtseva, a Partner at Pepeliaev Group and Head of the firm's Bankruptcy and Anti-Crisis Protection of Business Practice has been placed on the shortlist of the research “The 100 most influential persons in bankruptcy in 2024-2025”.

Pepeliaev Group named in the top lines of the ranking of law firms PRO-Bankruptcy Leaders Pepeliaev Group’s Bankruptcy and Anti-Crisis Protection of Business Practice has made a successful debut in the ranking of law firms PRO-Bankruptcy Leaders. The practice has been marked in Groups 1 and 2 of the ranking in a number of categories.

Pepeliaev Group has made great strides in the Pravo.ru-300 ratings Pepeliaev Group has achieved exceptional results in the Pravo.ru-300 ratings. For instance, the Currency Regulation and Currency Control Practice, having put itself forward in the Foreign Trade category for the first time, was immediately ranked in Group 1. The Environmental Practice has risen from Group 3 to Group 1. In the Natural Resources/Energy category, the firm has ascended from Group 2 to Group 1. The Intellectual Property and Trademarks Practice was ranked in Group 1 in the “consulting” and “registration” sections, while the Bankruptcy and Anti-Crisis Protection of Business Practice received the same acclaim in the “restructuring/consulting” section.

Pepeliaev Group leads the ‘Rating of lawyers and their firms’ which has been compiled for the first time by Rossiyskaya Gazeta Thirty experts from Pepeliaev Group have been listed in the ‘Rating of lawyers and their firms’ which has been compiled for the first time by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

A draft law has been submitted to the State Duma based on the outcome of the case of PJSC T Plus which Pepeliaev Group’s lawyers won previously in the Russian Constitutional Court A draft law has been submitted to the State Duma based on the outcome of the case of PJSC T Plus which Pepeliaev Group’s lawyers won previously in the Russian Constitutional Court
The Government has submitted a draft law to the State Duma to amend articles 126 and 134 of the Law on insolvency (bankruptcy) in furtherance of the Russian Constitutional Court’s Resolution No. 4-P dated 1 February 2022.

Pepeliaev Group’s Experts Have Ranked Highly in the Individual Rating of Pravo.ru-300 Pepeliaev Group’s Experts Have Ranked Highly in the Individual Rating of Pravo.ru-300
Eight lawyers of our company have made their debut in the rating. Among them are partners Anton Nikiforov (“Tax Disputes”), Maria Nikonova (“Tax Advice”), Andrey Tereschenko (“Tax Disputes” and “Tax Advice”), Konstantin Sharlovsky, Head of the Life Sciences Practice (“Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare”), Alexander Kuznetsov, Head of Corporate Litigation Group (“Commercial Litigation”, mid-market), Anatoly Mashkov, Head of Corporate Law Group (“Corporate / M&A” high market), Egor Lysenko, Head of the Siberian Office (“Energy/Natural Resources”), and Andrey Mikulin, Head of the Sakhalin Office (“Energy / Natural Resources”).

Russia's Constitutional Court has agreed with the arguments of Pepeliaev Group’s lawyers and has protected utility companies in bankruptcy cases Based on the appeal of T Plus PJSC, which was prepared by Pepeliaev Group’s specialists, the Russian Constitutional Court (the “Constitutional Court”) has declared unconstitutional the provisions of article 134(1)(2) of the Federal Law “On insolvency (bankruptcy)” to the extent that they do not provide a proper degree of certainty when establishing the circumstances entailing payment to a supplier for energy resources preferentially out of turn ahead of any other claims of creditors relating to current payments.

Nine practice areas at Pepeliaev Group have strengthened their positions in the Pravo.ru-300 rating