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Эксперты VEGAS LEX и STEWARTS (UK) провели практический вебинар "Russian Sanctions: a rapidly evolving area""

On February 17, 2022, a team of experts from VEGAS LEX and STEWARTS (UK) held a webinar on "Russian Sanctions: a rapidly evolving area", during which experts discussed the legal, commercial and practical challenges of complying with Russian sanctions.

VEGAS LEX team expands its presence in the Best Lawyers ranking

VEGAS LEX, Spectrum and RBC held the conference ‘Customer vs Main contractor: partners or adversaries’

No successful construction project is possible without a proper implementation scheme and a structure of the relationship of its participants. Given that, interests of the customer and the main contractor often do not coincide and are even in conflict, especially during economic crisis or recession.

VEGAS LEX is among the leaders of the LEGAL 500 rating

According to the results of the annual international rating The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa 2021, VEGAS LEX law firm was recommended among the leaders in nine key areas: PPP, Dispute Resolution, Antimonopoly Regulation, Corporate Law and M&A, Tax Law, Bankruptcy, Energy and Natural Resources. resources, real estate and construction and transportation.

VEGAS LEX - best PPP law firm in Russia, rating "Leaders of the Legal Services Market" Kommersant"

According to the results of the annual rating "Leaders of the Legal Services Market" by the Kommersant Publishing House, VEGAS LEX Law Firm was recognized as the best law firm in Russia in the field of PPP. In addition, the firm is also ranked in 18 key legal and industry areas.

The individual ranking of lawyers includes Alexander Sitnikov, Alexandra Vasyukhnova, Maxim Grigoriev, Victor Petrov, Denis Stirbu, Yuri Ivanov and Alexander Garmaev.

VEGAS LEX experts spoke about the prospects for renewable energy at a meeting of the AEB Energy Committee

VEGAS LEX experts spoke at a meeting of the Energy Committee of the Association of European Businesses (AEB), during which they revealed the issues of legal regulation of the RES sector (generation of electricity from renewable energy sources): the legal forms of joint venture used in practice, issues of localization and regulatory contracts as an alternative to “DPM” (capacity supply agreement) in RES.

Speakers were Evgeny Rodin, Partner, Head of the Energy Projects Practice, Alexander Garmaev, Project Manager of the Corporate Practice, and Natalia Abtshko, Head of the International Projects Group VEGAS LEX.

VEGAS LEX is again among the best in Real Estate / Construction according to the results of the 11th Pravo.ru-300 rating

According to the results of the annual Pravo.ru-300 Rating of law firms, VEGAS LEX has been recognized as top rated law firm in 11 legal practices.

VEGAS LEX is a Top-4 best law firm in Russia. Forbes magazine ranking

Forbes magazine published the first rating of the best law firms in Russia, in which VEGAS LEX took 4th place! The magazine’s ranking includes leading Russian law firms specializing in various legal practices. The long list includes the largest revenue law firms from the Pravo.ru – 300 rating for 2019. The rating was released for the first time this year, but the editors intend to continue its annual publication in Russia.

Igor Chumachenko have hit the top three for the best lawyers in real estate

Igor Chumachenko was ranked in the top three of CRE 100 list in Legal Practice -2021. CRE 100 is the ranking of the most influential people in the commercial real estate market, the annual industry progress review carried out by the editors of the Commercial Real Estate magazine.

VEGAS LEX to speak at the satellite event of SPILF 9 ¾ arranged by Pravo.ru

VEGAS LEX is a Top-5 best law firm in Russia. Forbes magazine ranking

Forbes magazine published the best law firms rating in Russia, in which VEGAS LEX took 5th place! The magazine’s ranking includes leading Russian law firms specializing in various legal practices. The long list includes the largest revenue law firms from the Pravo.ru – 300 rating for 2020. 

Maxim Grigoriev spoke at the AEB conference on the application of localization and SPIC 2.0

Maxim Grigoriev, partner, lawyer, Head of special projects VEGAS LEX, spoke about the specifics of using the new mechanism within the framework of the Open meeting of the AEB working group on modernization and innovation “Localisation of technology vs. localisation of production: localisation key aspects in the context of SPIC 2.0 implementation”.

Online conference VEGAS LEX and RSPP "SPIK 2.0: prospects, opportunities, challenges"

VEGAS LEX and the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs held an online conference "SPIC 2.0: Prospects, Opportunities, Challenges" on March 2, 2021, within which representatives of ministries and departments in charge of the implementation and procedures for concluding special investment contracts (Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Energy, Federal Reserve Fund) responded to practical questions of representatives of Russian and foreign business.

VEGAS LEX Litigation Practice won an important case in the Intellectual Property Court

VEGAS LEX Litigation Practice managed to defend the legal position of PJSC "OGK-2" on an important patent dispute with employees of the company and convince the Intellectual Property Rights Court that the disputed invention is of an official nature and our client is the proper patent holder, and the employees received the patent bypassing company's interests by means of improper notification.

VEGAS LEX в международном аналитическом материале по влиянию COVID-19 на недвижимость

VEGAS LEX participated in the preparation of international analytical guide on the negative consequences of COVID-19 for the commercial lease, initiated by the Dutch law firm Florent. Experts from around the globe answered several simple but at the same time complex questions: Is it possible to postpone or reduce the rent? Is it possible to amend the lease, for example, to terminate it ahead of schedule?
Comments on legal consequences in Russia are presented by Igor Chumachenko, partner, head of the Practice "Real Estate. Land. Construction".

VEGAS LEX's experts in the Pravo.ru-300 Individual Rating

The first individual lawyers' rankings introduced by Pravo.ru-300* recommend as many as seven experts of the VEGAS LEX law firm.