Intellectual property and trademarks

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.

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.

Anton Pchelkin has joined INTA’s Anticounterfeiting Committee Anton Pchelkin, an associate of the Intellectual Property and Trademarks Practice of Pepeliaev Group, has been elected to the Anticounterfeiting Committee of the International Trademark Association (INTA).

Pepeliaev Group retains its prominent positions in Chambers Global 2022 Law firm Pepeliaev Group has retained its high positions in the Chambers Global independent international ratings.

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”).

Valentina Orlova has become one of the arbitrators of the Arbitration Centre at the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs on IP disputes Valentina Orlova, the Head of IP and Trademarks Practice at Pepeliaev Group, has become one of the arbitrators of the Arbitration Centre at the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (“RUIE”) on intellectual property disputes. Ms Orlova has also been included in the list of associated arbitrators of the RUIE.

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

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

At the invitation of Transparent Deal, Pepeliaev Group took part in the conference “The spring navigator: the big synchronisation” At the invitation of Transparent Deal, Pepeliaev Group took part in the conference “The spring navigator: the big synchronisation”, which took place on the NTI (National Technological Initiative) platform. Anton Pchelkin, an associate in Pepeliaev Group’s Intellectual Property and Trademarks Practice, spoke in the session “Risk management is the key to success in technological entrepreneurship”.

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.