Commercial practice

About practice

More than 14 years of experience in supporting commercial projects and understanding the organization of business operational processes.
Commercial practice team is able to provide full range of services in the field of complex legal support of business in various economy sectors (including contract, corporate, administrative and financial law) and has high competence in the organization of legal security and work with legal risks.

Practice services

Comprehensive legal support of commercial activities (outsourcing of legal functions)
Legal support of business projects (new services and business technology)
Maintenance of contract work
Developing legal plans for business conduct and funding (including introduction of new services and products)
Developing local regulations
Legal audit of the current contractual obligations, detection and elimination of risks
Drafting contracts and introducing a contracting system, supporting economic transactions
Introducing management responsibility and authority distribution systems
Audit of handled disputes and claims
Organization of the due diligence and counterparty audit system
Audit of system of documentary maintenance of the business (including the external document exchange with contractors)
Services in the field of labor law

Practice lawyers

Ekaterina
Znamenskaya

Aleksander
Bayev

Vasily
Khokhlov

Senior Associate

Ekaterina
Znamenskaya

Aleksander
Bayev

Vasily
Khokhlov

Senior Associate

Practice projects

Supporting the acquisition of industrial land with a total area of more than 50 hectares More

Representation of a property owner with more than 300,000 sq m in a dispute with the tax authority on the lawfulness of applying a property tax exemption More

Defending an online appliance shop in a dispute with a landlord (the largest landlord in the region of presence) More

Participation in due diligence of the Russia's largest foreign electronics retailer More

Participation in due diligence of a major Russian electronics retailer More

Legal support for the Russian music label in the process of formalizing investment relations More

Legal support for the Russian music label in the process of changing a structure of its asset ownership in Russia More

Structuring the corporate governance of the Russian music label assets in the USA More

Legal support for the acquisition of a bank in favor of the largest online retailer in the Eastern Europe More

Conducting a bank due diligence in favor of the largest online retailer in the Eastern Europe More

Development of a Draft amending the Russian Tax Code on the tax treatment of former UTII taxpayers More

Development of a draft of the Government Decree on alcohol online sale and a Draft Law amending Federal Law No. 171-FZ of 22.11.1995 More

Development of a draft of the Government Decree on remote sale of medicines More

Development of a Draft on making amendments to Federal Law No. 98-FZ of 01.04.2020 on regulation of lease relations More

Development of a legal scheme for interaction between the Russian largest e-commerce company and the counterparties providing services in Russia and abroad More

Legal support for the owner of an educational e-platform to launch his own e-document exchange service More

Legal support of incoming claims, responses to requests from the Federal Antimonopoly Service, ad moderation of commercial and advertising services of the largest Russian multinational company in the IT industry More

Advising an Italian luxury clothing manufacturer on entering the Russian market More

Complex legal support of a marketplace model implementation by a large Russian online-retailer More

Complex legal support of forming a unified model of online trade withing the EAEU by the largest Russian online-retailer More

Complex legal support of a large Russian internet-retailer’s entry to the EU market More

Legal support of launching a fintech service More

Legal support of launching a service for ordering water and air transport More

Forming a strategy for the largest Russian online retailer on handling the consumer disputes More

Legal support of the purchase transaction in respect of an online store of creative gifts More

Representation of one of the largest online retailers More

Efficiency assessment of the legal support provided to a large retailer More

Legal support of commercial projects implemented by the leading company of Russia’s e-commerce market More

Legal support of a large industry association More

Legal support of the leading company in the Russian security market of private and business real properties, as well as the personal safety of individuals More

Full legal support of a large retailer in the fashion segment More

Legal support of a large retailer More

Legal support of an online store a major retailer launched in the segment of book wares and hobbies More

Legal support of the creation and operation of a major online retailer More

Supporting investments made by a major international investment fund in the territory of the Russian Federation (China) More

Structuring corporate governance of a major music label More

Supporting the acquisition of a major producer of juice and fruit/vegetable concentrates in the CIS More

Establishing a joint venture in the field of air transportation More

Supporting the establishment of joint ventures More

Supporting contracts for acquiring telecommunications operators More

Supporting the project on creation of the first monobrand retail network of the largest operator in Eastern Europe’s telecommunications market More

Representing an operator in a dispute over the denial to disclose secrets of communication to state bodies More

Representing a large Russian trading company in a series of arbitration disputes administered by the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation More

Other practices

Dispute resolution

Dispute resolution

Dispute resolution is one of our key competencies

Corporate law / M&A

Corporate law / M&A

Services in the field of corporate governance, capital markets, and M&A

Intellectual property

Intellectual property

Services in the field of intellectual property

Internet business and digital economics

Internet business and digital economics

Services for the support of Web-business and introduction of digital technology integrations

Services in the field of antitrust

Risk assessment and support of insolvency (bankruptcy) procedures of commercial organizations

Services in the field of labor law

Real estate and construction

Real estate and construction

Services in the field of land law, commercial real estate and construction

Dispute resolution

Dispute resolution

Dispute resolution is one of our key competencies

Corporate law / M&A

Corporate law / M&A

Services in the field of corporate governance, capital markets, and M&A

Intellectual property

Intellectual property

Services in the field of intellectual property

Internet business and digital economics

Internet business and digital economics

Services for the support of Web-business and introduction of digital technology integrations

Services in the field of antitrust

Risk assessment and support of insolvency (bankruptcy) procedures of commercial organizations

Services in the field of labor law

Real estate and construction

Real estate and construction

Services in the field of land law, commercial real estate and construction

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