Featured Legal Insights

Current Immigration Procedures

Irina Anyukhina

Under the general rule, a foreign national planning to work in Russia shall have a work permit and work visa. The work permit and work visa for the HQS is usually granted for the term of 3 (three) years.

Legal Trends Overview for the Real Estate and Construction Markets in Northwest Russia

Maya Petrova

The Russian courts are, with increasing frequency, upholding challenges brought by real estate owners who are indignant about unfair cadastral valuations placed on their immovable property.

Q&A with Andrey Goltsblat of Goltsblat BLP LLP

Best Lawyers

A Q&A with Ad Board member Andrey Goltsblat of Goltsblat BLP LLP discussing the legal climate in Russia.

Antimonopoly Regulation in Russia

Artur Rokhlin

Taking into account the existing problems in the Russian Federation’s economy, which were caused by both global slowdown and the sanction policy of the foreign countries toward Russia, the public function of development and support of competition becomes increasingly significant.

Current Immigration Procedures

Irina Anyukhina

Under the general rule, a foreign national planning to work in Russia shall have a work permit and work visa. The work permit and work visa for the HQS is usually granted for the term of 3 (three) years.

Changes in the Legal Regulation of Foreign Investment in Russia

Artem Zhavoronkov and Oleg Lovtsov

Introducing significant changes in the legal regulation of foreign investment in the Russian Federation.

An Overview of Russia

Anton Novoseltsev

The approval is only required if it is requested by a member of the supervisory board, a member of the executive board, a CEO, or a 1 percent shareholder.

Q&A with Florian Schneider, Managing Partner of Dentons Russia

Best Lawyers

A question and answer session with Florian Schneider, the managing partner of "Law Firm of the Year," Dentons Russia.

Russian Law of Contracts

Alexander Khrenov

Incomplete Tax Expenses

Sergey Pepeliaev

Economists are very robust in pushing their ideas forward into legislation, and lawyers often pay no attention to the legal inconsistency of such innovations.

Taxation in Spain for the Purchase of Used Goods on C2C Platforms

Mariano Roca López

Trends that have had an impact in the tax sphere in Spain.

The Year in Review 2017

John Ettorre

If the news in 2017 felt like a voyage into uncharted territory, that’s because much of it was.

U.S. Withdrawal from the Paris Agreement

Violaine du Pontavice

What will be the future for the world’s climate issue?

Butterfield and the Nixon Tape Discovery

Story of the Tape Discovery: The Correct One

Eugene Boyce

I have never read a complete and true account about the confirmation of a taping system in the Oval Office over the past 43 years.

Employers Now Face Greater Liability for Violations of Legislation on Employee Compensation

David Denisenko and Alexei Dingin

Charity That Isn't So Charitable

David Smyth

While the FCPA doesn’t mention charitable contributions explicitly, the statute does prohibit giving “anything of value” to a foreign official to induce an official action to obtain or retain business.

Jeff Sessions May Be Having the Last Laugh

Alan Neuhauser

Donald Trump's AG endured bilious attacks from the president despite being among the first on Capitol Hill to endorse pursuing his agenda.

The Coercive Diplomacy of Economic Sanctions

Molly McCluskey

Economic and other sanctions are often the weapon of choice in foreign policy.

Donald Trump Is a Boon to the Criminal Defense Bar

Noreen Marcus

Probes of the president and his campaign are keeping a lot of lawyers busy.

New European Unitary Patent Is Not-So-Wonderful

Michael B. Fein

If the European Parliament and the 25 participating states were trying to emulate a U.S. patent and replace the present Balkanized system wherein each state has its own patent granting authority and courts handling patent litigation, it has failed miserably.