Advised an Investor on how to Apply the New Version of Federal Law No. 57-FZ We Have Finished Advising a Foreign Investor on how to Apply the New Version of Federal Law No. 57-FZ, which is Entering into Force on 7 June 2026

YouTube in the CIS: When “Outside Russia” Does Not Mean “Risk-Free” The team from the antitrust practice at Pepeliaev Group conducted a comprehensive analysis of the client’s structure of placing advertising on YouTube in the CIS and prepared practical recommendations for mitigating the risks.

Protected a Pharmaceutical Company's Intellectual Property Rights to a Packaging Design Lawyers from the Intellectual Property and Life Sciences practices confirmed that the client's employees were actually the authors. They managed to have the respondent's patent invalidated.

Protecting individual investors' interests in a court dispute concerning a participant being excluded from a company Protected investors from being excluded from an LLC on Sakhalin. The Russian Supreme Court dismissed the claim, preserving their shares. The case highlights the importance of a shareholder agreement.

Representing the interests of minority shareholders of JSC Solikamskbumprom and family members of the company’s owner and CEO Protecting the interests of minority investors (individuals) when the transactions that entailed exiting the enterprise's ownership structure were being planned and carried out.

Defended individuals in disputes regarding the offset of tax paid in Kazakhstan The team from Pepeliaev Group has successfully protected the interests of individuals in disputes with tax authorities regarding the offset of Personal Income Tax paid in the Republic of Kazakhstan against Russian Personal Income Tax.

Upheld the family's right to the name "Doctor Liza" in a longstanding dispute Specialists from Pepeliaev Group successfully defended the right to the trademark "DOCTOR LIZA" for Mrs Glinka's son.

Successfully represented a client in four disputes with former employees concerning the recovery of bonus payments

We won a dispute for UMMC: a ruling to appoint a transfer pricing audit was declared unlawful The Commercial Court for the City of Moscow has ruled that a decision of the Russian Federal Tax Service (the “FTS”) to appoint a transfer pricing audit was unlawful.

Lawyers have secured payment under Eurobonds for a private client The team from Pepeliaev Group’s banking and finance practice has successfully handled a project to obtain payment under Eurobonds under the framework of the President of Russia's Decree No. 198 dated 19 March 2024.

Lawyers from Pepeliaev Group have defended in state commercial courts the constitutional right of a person to receive information from state authorities A team of lawyers from Pepeliaev Group has protected the interests of its client, a major production company, in a precedent-setting case where the key question was about the direct effect of articles 24, 29 and 55 of the Russian Constitution. At the same time, the state authority (the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia (“FAS”)) insisted that the constitutional right to receive information could not be exercised, because the information did not violate the rights of the claimant and also because neither the sector-based legislation nor the state authority’s internal regulations set out how the state authority had to provide such information.

Pepeliaev Group’s Employment Practice has succeeded in having the first instance court issue a decision in favour of the client to reduce a top manager's bonus Vitalia Kuznetsova, Head of Pepeliaev Group's Employment and Migration Law Practice Group, represented a defendant, the global leader in the area of healthcare and hygiene products, against a claim of its IT director, who also was a member of the Board, in a dispute concerning a bonus.

Pepeliaev Group’s lawyers have saved over RUB 3 billion in assets for clients in a dispute over secondary liability Our team from the Bankruptcy and Anti-Crisis Protection of Business Practice has consolidated its success in one of the key disputes within the scope of an integrated project that involved providing legal support in three bankruptcy cases. 

Lawyers from Pepeliaev Group’s Siberian Office safeguarded our client’s interests in a major dispute with the prosecutor’s office for the environment A team from our Siberian Office represented the interests of a large Siberian mining company in the court of appeal. Within the framework of the dispute, the prosecutor’s office for the environment demanded that RUB 827 million be collected from the client in connection with the production of coal on an agricultural land plot.

Successfully protected the client's personal assets in disputes about real estate The team of the Bankruptcy and Anti-Crisis Protection of Business Practice succeeded in having the first instance courts set aside the unlawful claims against our client by proving that the agreement to dispose of the asset had been terminated and that no grounds existed for it to be performed.

Lawyers from the Siberian Office have helped a client to preserve more than RUB 4 billion Lawyers from Pepeliaev Group’s Siberian Office have helped a developer to prepare a legal position to defend in court against a claim of the Federal Supervisory Natural Resources Management Service (abbreviated in Russian as ‘Rosprirodnadzor’) to collect more than RUB 4 billion as compensation for damage.

Provided legal support of an internal anti-corruption investigation

Our lawyers provided legal support during an internal anti-corruption investigation.

Advised a large Chinese manufacturer of construction machinery on how sensitive software should be used in Russia

Provided legal support to China's largest manufacturer of construction machinery when it was entering the Russian market.

Drafted a bilingual advertising policy for a large advertising platform

Further to the request of our client, a large advertising platform, our lawyers analysed the requirements of Russian legislation regarding advertising, information and personal data.

Drafted a template agreement for a large advertising platform The team of Pepeliaev Group’s Digital Group drafted three bilingual (in Russian and English) templates of contracts based on the client's commercial terms and conditions.