Andrey Zharskiy was elected as a Finance and Investments Committee Chair at AEB

On 8th February 2023 Andrey Zharskiy, ALRUD Law Firm Partner, practicing advocate in Russia and solicitor in England and Wales, heading Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure practice and co-heading Crisis Management, Economic sanctions and Compliance practice, was elected by the Committee members as a new Finance and Investments Committee Chair at the Association of European Businesses.

More information can be found here.

We congratulate Andrey Zharskiy and we wish him every success in his new role!

Finance and Investments Committee supports on providing timely and qualified information on crisis situation. In 2022, the Committee held 25 webinars and 2 offline conferences on crisis update, sanctions and countermeasures which were in great demand, consistently gathered a large audience and received high ratings and appreciations from the participants. Furthermore, under the Committee supervision the annual survey «Strategies and Prospects of European Companies in Russia» were conducted and AEB proposals to the Business Ombudsman annual report were prepared.

The Association of European Businesses (AEB) is the main representative body of foreign investors in Russia. Founded in 1995, the AEB is an independent non-profit organisation of over 500 European and Russian companies. The AEB members are multinational corporations and small and medium-sized enterprises.

The AEB includes 60 committees, subcommittees and working groups that are engaged in lobbying on a wide range of issues in various business areas including energy, transport and customs, agriculture, air travel, passenger cars and commercial vehicles production, legislation, taxation, banking, real estate, crop protection products and many others. These committees work closely with the European and Russian authorities, and provide comments and suggested changes to the draft laws of the Russian Federation.