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Legal & corporate support in Russia

Corporate, commercial and regulatory legal support.

Practical legal support across ongoing operations and restructuring — corporate governance, contracts and regulatory compliance, delivered by lawyers who understand how international groups actually operate.

Chinese companiesUAE investorsTurkish groupsIndian companiesEU subsidiaries
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CoverageCorporate · Commercial
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Overview

Legal support for an international group in Russia has to be practical and bilingual. Contracts must work under Russian law while still fitting your global templates and head-office requirements; corporate actions must be executed correctly; and regulatory and sanctions questions must be answered before, not after, a transaction closes.

We draft and review commercial agreements, handle corporate governance and secretarial matters, and support restructuring, reorganisations and, where needed, wind-down. On disputes we shape pre-litigation strategy and coordinate with litigators when formal proceedings are unavoidable. Throughout, we screen counterparties and transactions for compliance exposure so that decisions are made with the risk understood, not discovered later.

+ what we offer
01
Commercial contracts

Bilingual drafting and review of Russian-law agreements aligned with your group’s global templates and head-office requirements.

Contract drafting (RU/EN)
Review against group templates
Risk and enforceability analysis
Negotiation support
02
Corporate governance

Board and shareholder support, minutes, registers and ongoing corporate secretarial work to keep the entity in good standing.

Board and shareholder resolutions
Minutes and registers
Corporate secretarial upkeep
Good-standing maintenance
03
Regulatory & sanctions

Counterparty and transaction screening and advice on compliant structuring before a deal closes, not after.

Counterparty screening
Transaction compliance review
Sanctions exposure analysis
Compliant structuring advice
04
Disputes & restructuring

Pre-litigation strategy, coordination with litigators where needed, and the legal execution of reorganisations and liquidations.

Pre-litigation strategy
Litigator coordination
Reorganisation execution
Liquidation support

What's included

Commercial contract drafting and review
Regulatory compliance
Dispute and litigation support
Restructuring and liquidation Read insights: Market entry
Sanctions and compliance review
Ongoing corporate governance
+ fixed-scope package
Rep Office Compliance
Accreditation, obtained & maintained
Permitted-activity guardrails
Head-office expense allocation
The right periodic filings
Timeline
Setup + ongoing
Pricing
Fixed fee, quoted in 24h
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Typical situations we handle

You need Russian-law contracts that fit your group's global templates.

A corporate action — share transfer or reorganisation — requires legal execution.

You want a compliance and sanctions review before a transaction.

Example · Recent work
European group, Russian restructuring

Handled the contractual and corporate steps of a group reorganisation, aligning Russian-law agreements with head-office templates and executing share transfers without a break in operations.

+ how we work

A clear, coordinated process

01
Review

Understand the transaction, structure or contract need.

02
Drafting

Prepare bilingual documents compliant with Russian law.

03
Execution

Complete corporate actions, filings and approvals.

04
Compliance

Screen counterparties and confirm sanctions compliance.

+ in-house vs outsourced

Building it in-house, or outsourcing to us

Factor
In-house
With TaxWell
Russian expertise
Depends on hire
Big Four background team
1C configuration
Separate cost
Included
FTS audit representation
Additional legal fee
Included in engagement
Languages
Usually Russian only
EN · RU · 中文 · Türkçe
Scalability
Fixed headcount
Scales with volume
+ questions

Frequently asked

Do you draft in English and Russian?

Yes — bilingual drafting and review, aligned with both Russian law and your head-office requirements.

Can you act on disputes?

We support pre-litigation strategy and coordinate with litigators where formal proceedings are needed.

Do you cover sanctions compliance?

We run counterparty and transaction screening and advise on compliant structuring.

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Other expertise

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We work with
Chinese companiesUAE & Turkish subsidiariesIndian companiesEU companiesInternational groups
We work in
EnglishRussian中文Türkçe
+ what happens when you contact us
01
You send us a question

By email, WhatsApp, Telegram or WeChat. Describe your situation briefly — we don’t need everything upfront.

02
We respond within 24 hours

A named adviser replies — not a generic inbox. We confirm whether we can help and propose a call if needed.

03
30-minute intro call

We ask about your situation, Russian entity structure and what you need. No charge. In English, Russian or Chinese.

04
Engagement letter

Clear scope, fee and timeline. We start on receipt of the signed letter. No retainer lock-in on project work.

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