Foreign companies rarely meet a purely tax problem. A contract needs reviewing, a regulator asks about data, an employee leaves badly, a subsidiary has to be wound down. We handle that side alongside the numbers — same team, same file, no handover to a firm that does not know your history.
EPC and construction contracts in Russia: contract law, SRO membership and permits, VAT and permanent-establishment risk, warranti
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Read →Protecting trademarks and IP in Russia: Rospatent registration, the Madrid route, the customs IP register, enforcement, and the po
Read →Protecting IP in Russia: trademark registration, patent protection, licence agreements, royalty WHT (10–20%) and transfer pricing.
Read →Russian 152-FZ personal data law for foreign companies: data localisation, Roskomnadzor registration, cross-border transfer rules
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Read →EOR vs Russian LLC: when to use an Employer of Record and when to register your own entity. Costs, PE risk, HQS permits, commercia
Read →Dismissing foreign employees in Russia: termination grounds, HQS 30-day rule, work permit cancellation, MVD notifications and seve
Read →Complete guide to employee dismissal in Russia for foreign companies. Redundancy, underperformance, gross misconduct, mutual agree
Read →Changing director and corporate changes in Russia: FTS registration process, notary requirements, timeline and practical checklist
Read →Resolving commercial disputes in Russia: state arbitrazh courts, international arbitration (ICAC), enforcement of foreign awards a
Read →China-Russia disputes: CIETAC vs ICAC vs HKIAC arbitration, applicable law, New York Convention enforcement and contract drafting
Read →Russian tax audits: responding to FTS desk and field audits, writing objections, administrative appeal and arbitrazh court litigat
Read →A practical guide to restructuring Russian operations in 2026 — the four main approaches (sale, liquidation, operational wind-down
Read →How to liquidate a Russian LLC owned by a foreign company. Step-by-step process, FTS exit audit, timeline (6–9 months minimum), ta
Read →The statutory sequence to close a Russian company — decision, notification, creditor period, tax clearance and deregistration — wi
Read →Compare tax costs of liquidating vs selling a Russian subsidiary in 2025–2026. Withholding rates, approval requirements, timeline
Read →Buying an apartment, holding assets across borders, what happens to Russian property on inheritance or divorce — these follow you personally rather than your company. They sit with our private client work.
Usually it is both, which is rather the point. Describe the situation and a senior adviser will tell you what it actually is and what it takes to fix.
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