International Litigation and Arbitration Practice

A Partner from Pepeliaev Group Has Been Appointed to the Panel of Arbitrators of the Hainan International Arbitration Court (HIAC) Natalya Prisekina, a Partner at Pepeliaev Group and Head of the firm’s Far East Office, has been appointed to the panel of arbitrators of the Hainan International Arbitration Court (HIAC) in China.

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.

Natalia Prisekina Spoke at the Symposium of the China Maritime Arbitration Commission (CMAC)

Natalia Prisekina, a Partner at Pepeliaev Group and Head of the firm’s Far Eastern Office, took part in the High-Level Symposium on the International Maritime Silk Road Economy and Trade Arbitration. The event, organised by the China Maritime Arbitration Commission (CMAC), was held on 8 September in the city of’ Xiamen in China’s Fujian Province.

Natalia Prisekina Took Part in the Eastern Economic Forum

On 6 September, Natalia Prisekina, a Partner at Pepeliaev Group and Head of the firm’s Far Eastern Office, spoke at the session “The Development of International Commercial Arbitration in the Asia-Pacific Region”, which was held for the fourth time as part of the Eastern Economic Forum.

Natalia Prisekina has become the head of the MAC under the Russian CCI in Vladivostok Natalia Prisekina, a Partner at Pepeliaev Group and Head of the firm's Far East Office has been appointed as head of the department of the Maritime Arbitration Commission (MAC) under the Vladivostok Office of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI), which is the first of its kind in Russia’s Far East and the second in the country as a whole.

Natalia Prisekina spoke at the 2024 Eastern Economic Forum Natalia Prisekina, a partner at and head of the Far East Office of Pepeliaev Group, delivered a presentation at the session “The development of international commercial arbitration in the Asia-Pacific countries” during the IX Eastern Economic Forum. The event was held in Vladivostok on 6 September.

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.

Pepeliaev Group’s IP Practice has been reinforced

Head of the IP and Trademarks Practice at Pepeliaev Group Valentina Orlova has been elected a partner at the firm.

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”).

Natalya Prisekina, a partner at Pepeliaev Group, and Ekaterina Samusenko, an attorney with the firm , have become joint contributors to a book 'Force Majeure and Hardship in the Asia-Pacific Region' Natalya Prisekina, a partner at and head of the Far East Office of Pepeliaev Group, and Ekaterina Samusenko, attorney, have become co-authors of a chapter in a book 'Force Majeure and Hardship in the Asia-Pacific Region' by globally renowned publisher JURIS Legal Information.

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