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BIRCH LEGAL announces that Vladislav Eltovskiy has joined its IP and IT Law practice as a Counsel

BIRCH LEGAL continues to bolster its ranks in the IP and IT Law practice and TMT sector and announces the welcome of Vladislav Eltovskiy into the team.

1 August 2024
BIRCH LEGAL advised Eurasia-Logistics on the acquisition of the Taganrog grain terminal

The BIRCH LEGAL team provided full scale legal support to Eurasia-Logistics with the acquisition of the Taganrog grain terminal.

26 July 2024
BIRCH LEGAL is moving again to a new office in Moscow

Not long ago, we moved into our new Moscow office. However, the firm's development and our team's expansion turned out to be even more robust than planned, so the other day we made the move into our new HOME.

8 July 2024
BIRCH LEGAL announces Andrey Shpak joining the team as a Partner and the Head of private clients

Moscow, 01 July 2024. BIRCH LEGAL continues attracting the leading experts and welcomes Andrey Shpak to the team as a Partner and the Head of private clients.

1 July 2024
The results of the 2024 Kommersant Legal Rating

On April 10, 2024 Kommersant published the results of the 2024 Legal Rating.

10 April 2024
BIRCH LEGAL continues to strengthen its position and announces the joining of the new team

Moscow, March 11, 2024. BIRCH LEGAL has recently attracted a team of lawyers who formerly worked for one of Russia’s oldest law firms—"YUST”—and welcomes Alexander Bolomatov as a new Partner, Counsel Anton Sirotkin, and Yury Gorovoy as a Senior Associate.

11 March 2024
A recap of 2023

The partners at BIRCH LEGAL have reviewed the results of 2023 and have honed their plans for 2024 as per the firm's previously adopted growth strategy.

In the last year, we have grown by 40% both in terms of revenue and personnel. We have consolidated and improved our position in most of our practices, including the firm's major areas of expertise — Corporate and M&A, as well as Dispute Resolution.

9 February 2024
BIRCH LEGAL's sanctions team assisted VimpelCom in recovering payments blocked by British banks

British banks had frozen over EUR 7 m in funds intended for the client's foreign partners due to the involvement of a sanctioned Russian bank in the original payment route. The client sought advice from BIRCH LEGAL due to the difficulties encountered.

12 January 2024
BIRCH LEGAL announces that Vitaly Koloskov has joined its corporate practice as a Counsel

Prior to joining BIRCH LEGAL, Vitaly was a Senior Associate at Better Chance (formerly Clifford Chance CIS Limited). Vitaly specializes in corporate and commercial law, advising Russian and international companies for over 14 years on all aspects of M&A, private equity, joint ventures and corporate restructurings.

11 January 2024
The results of the 2023 Pravo300 Legal Rating

As usual, BIRCH LEGAL participated in the annual legal ranking Pravo300. We are glad to announce that this year we did not only maintain but also continued to strengthen our positions in the Russian legal market.

7 December 2023

Legal alerts

New regulation for digital assets

On 8 August 2024, two laws regulating the procedure of issuing and circulating digital currency (“cryptocurrency”) were simultaneously adopted. The BIRCH LEGAL team prepared an overview of the provisions of these laws.

8 August 2024
Trends in Russian court practice in the application of interim measures in disputes with foreign companies in the first half of 2024

The BIRCH LEGAL team has closely monitored how courts apply interim measures in disputes with foreign companies in the first half of 2024 and has prepared an overview with its observations.

30 July 2024
Foreign exchange regulation

Towards the end of June, the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the RF approved the “Review of judicial practice on certain issues on the application of Art. 15.25 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the RF” which summarized its positions related to the imposition of administrative liability for violating the requirements of currency legislation. The BIRCH LEGAL team has highlighted several key points that should be taken into account in your business practices.

22 July 2024
Latest amendments to the regulations on the activity of operators for comprehensive development of the territory

The BIRCH LEGAL team prepared an overview detailing the role of CDT operators, the specifics that apply to CDT operators in Moscow, and the conditions to be included in the agreement to be concluded with federal CDT operators.

1 July 2024
The Decree of the President of the RF dated 23 May 2024 No. 442 on the special procedure for compensating damages caused by the unfriendly actions of the US

A presidential Decree introduced a procedure for compensating damages incurred by the actions of the US at the expense of American assets, namely, the property of Russian subsidiaries controlled by American persons.

24 May 2024
News from the bankruptcy sector

The last year has been rich in news from the bankruptcy sector. Our dispute resolution team has prepared a detailed legal alert.

7 May 2024