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ALRUD participated in the rating “Experts on Law. Top Legal Councels”, which was held this year for the first time for law firms and was organized by the rating agency Expert RA JSC and the analytical company Expert Business Solutions JSC with the support of the State Development Corporation VEB.RF and informational support from Expert magazine.

On December 5, a ceremony was held to award the leaders of the Pravo-300 rating, the largest study of the Russian legal market

The results of the first unique joint study by Russian legal firms on M&A transactions from 2022 to 2024 were unveiled at the Mergers and Acquisitions in Russia 2024 conference, held on November 14.

Earlier, ALRUD's Labor & Employment Practice had already reported on significant changes to legislation on state control (supervision) and their impact on business, as well as possible adaptation measures.

Over the past few years, there has been a clear trend of Russia strengthening and expanding its countersanctions restrictions in response to sanctions of the regulatory authorities of the US, EU, UK and certain other jurisdictions.

A draft law has been submitted to the State Duma to increase the fines for violating information protection requirements

In 2022, the Russian Government established the List of Foreign States and Territories Committing Unfriendly Actions against Russia, Russian entities and individuals (“Unfriendly Jurisdictions”). The Russian countersanctions in force impose a special order for fulfilling certain obligations towards creditors from such jurisdictions (e.g., arising from some financial, corporate and IP relationships).

On 4 February Ksenia Tarkhova, Senior Associate of the Competition/Antitrust, and Ksenia Erokhina, Senior Associate of the Commercial Practice, participated in the meeting of the Healthcare Committee of the ICC France Russie.