Dispute resolution and mediation

Sergey Pepeliaev joins the working group of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives Sergey Pepeliaev, Managing Partner at Pepeliaev Group, has joined the Dispute Resolution working group of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI).

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.

The business mission to China of a delegation from Pepeliaev Group’s Far East Office A delegation of Pepeliaev Group’s Far East Office has visited China on a business mission, which included a number of events and meetings with clients.

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.

Out-of-court settlement of a dispute between two clients of our firm Pepeliaev Group’s lawyers assisted in settling a dispute between two active clients of the firm. With there being a conflict of interests, our experts conducted an independent assessment of the dispute and acted as mediators.

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”).

Alexander Kuznetsov has defended his Doctor of Laws dissertation Alexander Kuznetsov, the Head of the Corporate Disputes Group at Pepeliaev Group, has defended before the Dissertation Defence Committee of the Lomonosov Moscow State University his Doctor of Laws dissertation dedicated to the topic: “Reorganisation of business entities: civil law methods to defend the rights and interests of members and creditors”. 

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

Natalia Prisekina has been appointed head of the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation in Vladivostok Natalia Prisekina, Partner and Head of the Far East Office of Pepeliaev Group, has been appointed head of the Vladivostok Division of the International Commercial Arbitration Court (“ICAC”) at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation.

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