ALRUD is recognized as the best M&A law firm of the year 2009 in Russia

For the two consecutive years ALRUD is honored by the ACQ Law Award in accordance with the results of the independent annual poll, carried out by the ACQ Finance Magazine (the UK).

Notwithstanding the substantial decrease of the M&A market in 2009, ALRUD experts supported a number of solid and complicated M&A transactions for the clients from the diverse sectors of economy. Efficient performance of ALRUD on M&A market is continuously highly appreciated by the major international legal directories. This year our performance is for the second time distinguished by the ACQ Finance Magazine poll participants.

The poll determining the winners was totally independent. 34 796 business representatives took part in the poll with company management, equity houses and banks’ teams among them – namely all those who employ legal advisers and decide on their recruitment.

Guided by the poll’s results the editors of the ACQ Finance Magazine have selected those firms and individuals that they think had the greatest impact on the industry in 2008 / 2009. All of the poll’s nominees are leaders in their fields but the exceptional performances of some deserve recognition.

The creed of ACQ Finance Magazine is “The deal, the whole deal and nothing but the deal”. The magazine offers surveys of the world’s largest M&A transactions, transactions on financing of the projects, publishes expert commentary, independent opinions of the professionals in diverse business spheres. The readership of the magazine is comprised of the decision-makers in the corporate finance community in Europe and the USA and the members of the major business and professional associations.