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BIRCH LEGAL advised Yandex in its acquisition of Pruffme: a web-conference and collaborative solutions tech platform

BIRCH LEGAL team provided comprehensive legal support throughout Yandex's acquisition of Pruffme, a Russian technology solution used in Yandex's new interactive online whiteboard service – Yandex Concept.

3 December 2024
BIRCH LEGAL is launching its unique service called “First Responders” that is designed to provide immediate support for businesses in urgent situations

BIRCH LEGAL is actively developing its initiative on “Express legal support for businesses undergoing emergencies” in which our lawyers have already successfully defended a client in a criminal case on embezzlement.

30 October 2024
Client protected from RUB 1.6 billion claim in dispute over rights to securities

BIRCH LEGAL’s Dispute Resolution Practice successfully defended the interests of a foreign depositary in Russian court against the claim from an investor – the beneficiary of a foreign fund – regarding the transfer of rights to securities to him that were being held in a trust by the foreign fund in the amount of RUB 1.6 bn.

22 October 2024
BIRCH LEGAL advised the Purmo Group on the sale of its Russian business to a Russian investment firm

The BIRCH LEGAL team provided comprehensive legal support on a transaction involving the sale of two subsidiaries of the Purmo Group that manufacture and sell radiators to an investment firm from the Russian Federation.

8 October 2024
BIRCH LEGAL supported the sale of Yandex's Health web-service

The BIRCH LEGAL team supported the sale of the Yandex telemedicine business line, which operates under the Yandex Health brand and helps doctors conduct online consultations with users.

17 September 2024
BIRCH LEGAL is supporting Yandex's launch of an internet service

The BIRCH LEGAL team is providing comprehensive legal support on Yandex's launch of an internet service for working with interactive white-boards, Yandex Concept.

16 September 2024
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

Legal alerts

Bankruptcy of foreign companies in Russia: on the threshold of reinventing enforcement proceedings

Senior Associate Yury Knyazev expounds in his article for PRObankruptcy on why the bankruptcy of foreign companies in Russia is not and will not be a ubiquitous instrument for recovering debt.

12 December 2024
Bankruptcy of foreign companies in Russia: a discussion on inexpediency and its criteria

Pravo.ru compiled a list of high-profile bankruptcy disputes considered by the Supreme Court over the past year that were of note to the legal community.

5 November 2024
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