Ratings and Awards

Banking and Finance Practice: A notable firm

“The firm, led by  Rustem Ahmetshin and Ivan Khamenushko, was kept busy advising various corporate clients and banking clients on the financial regulatory aspects of forward and option contracts, the legal and regulatory framework for hedging transactions, the procedure for executing currency swap transactions and the new legal and regulatory framework for transfer pricing. 

The firm has also been advising on the tax aspects of financial transactions and has assisted the local subsidiaries of foreign banks on a range of legal matters. 

Ilya Bolotnov also advised a financial institution on a $100 million financing to a major Russian rail company”.

Mergers and Acquisitions Practice: Notable firm

“Through its corporate and M&A practice, led by Senior Partner Vladimir Sokov  and Practice Head Nicolai Solodovnikov, Pepeliaev Group is another firm that has been growing rapidly and increasing its staffing levels. In 2011 it added Sergey Shorin to its team.

The practice has been active across a wide range of transactions, including numerous cross-border transactions in Germany, the US, Denmark, Cyprus, and Brazil, with an average value of $15 million to $300 million, with some of them topping $1 billion in value. Most notably, the practice’s lawyers were involved in providing support on such a high-profile deal as the MICEX-RTS merger”. 

“The firm has a strong real estate practice.”