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• Dewey continues to lose talent

  May 04 2012 Dewey & LeBoeuf continues to hemorrhage its lawyer base, with the Moscow team jumping ship to open a Russia base for Morgan Lewis & Bockius, while London banking and... more

• Vinson & Elkins hires top energy & infrastructure talent from Herbert Smith in Tokyo

  Apr 27 2012 Vinson & Elkins has scored a high profile recruit in energy and projects specialist James Watson. Watson joins Vinson & Elkins as a partner at the firm’s Tokyo... more

• Former A&O associate given green light to pursue the firm for unfair dismissal in NY courts

  Apr 16 2012 Former Allen & Overy associate Deidre Clark has overcome the firm’s attempt to have her wrongful termination and sexual discrimination claim dismissed from the New... more

• Hogan Lovells relocates corporate partner to Mongolia

  Apr 15 2012 Hogan Lovells has relocated corporate partner Chris Melville from London to Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia. Melville is the second partner to join the new office, which was... more

• Russian oligarchs head to London

  Feb 27 2012 Here is an interesting article about the increasing presence of Russian oligarchs in London Courts. According to the article, London has become the preferred... more

• Winston & Strawn boost Moscow office with Norton Rose hire

  Feb 13 2012 US firm Winston & Strawn has boosted its Moscow practice with the hire of Norton Rose finance partner Andrei Yakovlev. Yakovlev will divide his time between... more

• UK firm Berwin Leighton Paisner scoops up projects expert Andrei Baev

  Dec 14 2011 UK firm Berwin Leighton Paisner has boosted its projects practice with the hire of Allen & Overy partner Andrei Baev. Baev’s practice focuses on power and mining... more

• Quinn Emanuel set to launch in Moscow after Dechert hires

  Oct 19 2011 Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan is set to launch a new office in Moscow with the hire of two senior litigation partners from Dechert. Ivan Marisin and Vasily... more

• Norton Rose concludes merger agreement with Canadian firm Macleod Dixon

  Oct 10 2011 Norton Rose has announced the conclusion of merger negotiations with Canadian firm Macleod Dixon, agreeing to tie up with the firm in January 2012. The alliance –... more

• Eversheds merges with local firm to enter Romanian market

  Oct 03 2011 Eversheds has announced that it will launch in Romania after concluding the terms of merger with local four-partner firm Lina & Guia. The office in Bucharest will... more

• The growth of a pro-bono culture in Russia

  Aug 25 2011 Here is an interesting article on the growth of pro bono legal work in Russia. Just a few years ago, pro bono work was an unfamiliar concept in Russia, but things are... more

• Doing Business in Russia: a Practical Guide for Foreign Businessmen

  Jul 25 2011 Tenzor Consulting Group law firm has worked out a brief guide to business management on the territory of Russia for foreign organisations and entrepreneurs. The... more

• Leading Russian firms merge to create market leader

  Jul 21 2011 Two leading Russian firms have announced a merger, in a move that will create the largest law firm in the region, with over 300 lawyers. Moscow-based Egorov Puginsky... more

• A&O's Moscow office sees 30% of lawyers depart

  Jun 06 2011 RollOnFriday has reported that almost a third of the lawyers in Allen & Overy's Moscow office have departed the firm in the last year, including four partners, five... more

• US law firms look to emerging markets

  Jan 10 2011 The US market promises little growth this year, and law firms are looking to expand in the so-called BRIC countries - Brazil, Russia, India and China – along with... more

• Norton Rose hires Freshfields' dispute resolution chief in Moscow

  Jan 07 2011 Norton Rose has hired Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s Russian dispute resolution chief, Yaroslav Klimov, and appointed him as head of dispute resolution in Moscow.... more

• Allen & Overy elect new management committee for global tax practice

  Nov 10 2010 Allen & Overy has announced the election of a new global head of tax. German partner Gottfried Breuninger will lead the tax management committee, assisted by two... more

• Allen & Overy appoint new Moscow managing partner

  Oct 04 2010 Allen & Overy has appointed Brussels banking partner Peter Bienenstock to the role of Moscow managing partner, as head of Russia Tony Humphrey – who currently holds... more

• Chadbourne & Parke hires high-profile banking and finance partner in Moscow

  Aug 30 2010 Chadbourne & Parke LLP has announced the hire of banking and finance lawyer Simon HP Morgan, who joins the firm’s Moscow office as partner. Morgan was previously a... more

• Hogan Lovells loses another partner in Moscow

  Aug 09 2010 Hogan Lovells dispute resolution partner Dominic Pellew has left the Moscow office of the firm to join Baker Botts. This is the second high profile departure from... more

• Clifford Chance appoints global litigation head to lead London litigation group

  Jun 15 2010 Jeremy Sandelson, the global head of litigation at Clifford Chance, has been voted in as leader of the firm's London litigation group, a role he will take on alongside... more

• Hogan Lovells Moscow partner takes up with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

  May 19 2010 Corporate partner Ilya Rybalkin has decided to leave the Moscow office of Hogan Lovells to join up with US firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. Rybalkin is due to... more

• Linklaters appoints new Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa chief

  May 03 2010 Linklaters has appointed Sandeep Katwala as managing partner of its operations in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Katwala replaces Stuart Salt, who has... more

• Equity partners at Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev 5 million+ each

  Mar 15 2010 The equity partners at Moscow based firm Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners took home profit shares of, on average, e5.64m in the 2009 financial year. Egorov... more

• K&L Gates continues expansion with Tokyo, Moscow launches

  Jan 20 2010 K&L Gates has opened offices in Tokyo and Moscow one week after the firm’s chairman vowed to continue with its strategic growth. The US firm has hired a trio of... more

• Medvedev sacks 20 prison officials after death of Russian lawyer

  Dec 15 2009 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sacked 20 prison officials today in response to an investigation into the death of an imprisoned Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.... more

• CMS cuts 30 more jobs in Moscow

  Dec 07 2009 CMS Russia has laid off 30 more employees, including 10 fee earners, in a redundancy round which closed in November. The firm has slashed 61 jobs, including 29... more

• Simmons blames global crisis as firm pulls plug on Moscow arm

  Oct 29 2009 Simmons & Simmons is to pull out of Russia little more than two years after launching its Moscow office. The top 15 City firm will start shutting down the base with... more

• Freshfields makes up six to counsel rank in latest promotions round

  Oct 24 2009 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has promoted six lawyers to counsel in the firm's latest round of appointments. The magic circle firm, which has two rounds of... more

• Freshfields, Cleary, Salans head up $1.6bn Gazprom deal

  Oct 01 2009 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, and Salans have won roles on a $1.6bn Russian energy deal, which saw the Russian energy giant buy a... more

• Clifford Chance appoints Jan ter Haar as new Moscow head

  Sep 17 2009 Clifford Chance has appointed Amsterdam head Jan ter Haar as its new Moscow managing partner, after Michael Cuthbert announced his plans to retire from the firm at the... more

• Chadbourne partner rejoins firm after four months

  Sep 17 2009 Former Chadbourne & Parke corporate partner Konstantin Konstantinov who joined Dechert earlier this year as part of the firm's Moscow launch, has rejoined his former... more

• Russian authorities raid Moscow offices of DLA Piper, White & Case

  Jun 18 2009 Russian authorities conducting a criminal investigation have raided the Moscow offices of DLA Piper and White & Case. Both firms said they were not directly suspected... more

• Chadbourne & Parke appoints three partners in Russia

  Jun 12 2009 Chadbourne & Parke LLP announced that Dmitry Gubarev, Olga Koniuhova and Julia Romanova have been named international partners in connection with the firm’s practice... more

• Clifford Chance boost Kiev office with Moscow partner transfer

  May 18 2009 Clifford Chance has relocated Moscow-based banking and finance partner Jared Grubb to its Kiev office. Grubb joins Kiev office head Nick Fletcher, bringing the... more

• Two partners stay with Chadbourne's Mosow office after Dechert raid

  May 15 2009 Chadbourne’s Moscow senior partner Mikhail Rozenberg and banking and finance specialist Jennifer Handz have decided to remain with the New York firm. Dechert... more

• Baker & McKenzie cuts jobs in Kiev and Moscow

  Feb 26 2009 Baker & McKenzie has laid off eight staff members in its Kiev office, including three associates. Three associates were also made redundant in Baker's Moscow office.... more

• Allen & Overy fires erotic-fiction writing associate

  Feb 02 2009 Allen & Overy has fired Deidre Dare, a Moscow senior associate who published an erotic novel on-line. Some weeks after the firm stopped Deidre Dare from publishing... more

• Clifford Chance to trim Moscow workforce by 20 percent

  Jan 30 2009 Clifford Chance plans to reduce the head count in its Moscow office by 20 percent. The firm has already layed off six lawyers and plans to further reduce the number of... more

• Human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov shot dead in Moscow

  Jan 19 2009 A top human rights lawyer who acted for the family of Kheda Kungayeva, an 18-year-old Chechen woman murdered by a Russian army officer, has been shot dead in Moscow.... more

• Herbert Smith successful in Rusal arbitration proceedings

  Jan 15 2009 Herbert Smith has successfully defended itself against arbitration proceedings brought against the firm by Russian aluminium giant Rusal. more

• Berwin Leighton Paisner to launch in Russia

  Dec 19 2008 Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) is in advanced discussions with Moscow's Andrey Goltsblat to take a number of partners from the Russian firm as part of the new launch,... more

• Ex-Yukos lawyer gives birth in state custody

  Nov 30 2008 Svetlana Bakhminam, a lawyer convicted of embezzlement as part of a government investigation of her employer, the Yukos oil company, and its then-top executive,... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf inks €5bn Russian investment for Fortum

  Nov 07 2008 Finnish electricity business Fortum Oyj has finalised a landmark €5bn Russian investment, with Dewey & LeBoeuf’s London and Moscow offices acting as lead legal counsel. more

• Herbert Smith taps Allen & Overy for Moscow finance hire

  Oct 29 2008 Herbert Smith has hired a senior associate from Allen & Overy's Moscow office in a bid to shore up its local finance capacity... more

• Russian activist lawyer poisoned

  Oct 17 2008 Frequent Kremlin critic and prominent human rights lawyer Karinna Moskalenko was hospitalized after inhaling fumes released by several mercury pellets discovered in... more

• Moscow law firms feel the credit crunch

  Sep 25 2008 The impact of the credit crunch finally hit Russian law firms. Capital markets practices are taking the biggest hit after the Russian Government was last week forced... more

• Ashurst and Linklaters take lead on oil giant takeover

  Aug 27 2008 Ashurst and Linklaters have landed lead roles on the proposed £1.4bn takeover of Russian oil exploration giant Imperial Energy. The deal sees Linklaters score a... more

• Hermitage and HSBC's law firms raided in Moscow

  Aug 25 2008 Leading law firms representing HSBC and Hermitage Capital Management have been raided by Russian Interior Ministry officials in an attempt to link senior lawyers with... more

• BP Hires Linklaters In Russian TNK-BP War

  Jul 28 2008 BP has hired London law firm Linklaters as it starts arbitration proceedings in Sweden against AAR, the Russian consortium that owns the other half of TNK-BP, U.K.... more

• Clifford Chance in on $1.35bn Pepsi Russia Purchase

  Mar 28 2008 Clifford Chance is advising on one of the largest US investments in Russia in recent months after bagging the role representing JSC Lebedyansky on the sale of a... more

• Allen & Overy wins rare Anglo-Russian mining deal

  Mar 28 2008 Allen & Overy (A&O) has won a rare instruction on a mining deal, advising Russian mining giant Mechel on its $1.498m (£750m) bid for London-based Oriel Resources.... more

• Lawyers fear for ex-Yukos official

  Feb 09 2008 A former vice-president of the now-defunct Yukos oil company, Vasily Alexanian, 36, says he is nearly blind, has cancer of the lymph nodes and suspected tuberculosis.... more

• Firms Hungry for More Lawyers in Russia

  Jan 06 2008 Although Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has been in Moscow since 1992, its office in the Russian capital is still rather modest. Around 30 attorneys handle a... more

• Russia, UK trade legal barbs over British Council shutdown order

  Dec 15 2007 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Friday defended a Russian government directive earlier this week to shut down local offices of the British Council by January 1,... more

• Russia calls for formal arms reduction treaty with US to replace 1991 agreement

  Nov 28 2007 Russian officials said Wednesday that leaders in the country want to replace the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) [text] with a formal, binding agreement... more

• Ashurst and Egorov scoop £7.6bn Rusal deal

  Nov 28 2007 Aluminium giant Rusal has turned to the familiar pairing of Ashurst and Russian firm Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners (EPAP) to guide it through its first major... more