Dispute resolution and mediation

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™. 

Pepeliaev Group’s experts played an active part in the business and cultural programmes of the IX St Petersburg International Legal Forum (SPILF) that was held in St Petersburg between 14 and 18 May 2019.

Natalia Prisekina, Partner, Head of Far East Office at Pepeliaev Group, is appointed head of the newly established Far Eastern Division of the Arbitration Centre at the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. 

Pepeliaev Group has achieved exceptional results in the Chambers Europe 2019 ratings. 

Pepeliaev Group has achieved exceptional results in the Pravo.ru-300 Russian legal ratings. 

Natalia Prisekina, Partner, Head of the Far East Office of Pepeliaev Group, has been appointed an arbitrator of the Harbin Arbitration Commission for a term of five years.

Our team of lawyers successfully safeguarded the interests of Mucos Pharma CZ (a foreign pharmaceutical company that is a global leader in distribution of enzyme therapy products in Europe, the CIS countries and Russia) in a dispute with a major Russian insurance company. An issue was the recovery of an insurance payout under an insurance agreement along with interest for the use of another party's funds.

The Russia listing of the leading international legal rating Best Lawyers™ 2019 contained 14 lawyers from Pepeliaev Group, including two first-timers: PG Partner Yulia Litovtseva has gained recognition in the bankruptcy category and Head of the Tax Practice Group Ksenia Litvinova has been nominated for tax law.

Pepeliaev Group participated in the 2017 litigators' rating organised by Pravo.ru. Based all the factors taken as a whole the firm was included in the second group of the rating.