Enduring, resilient, resolute
Stonebridge Legal is an independent law firm launched by an internationally acclaimed team of partners and lawyers formerly with the Russian practice of Freshfields. Drawing on our thirty years of experience advising on market-shaping M&A and capital markets transactions, as well as domestic and cross-border disputes, we will keep providing legal advice, maintaining our commitment to the highest levels of service and professionalism.
News
Stonebridge Legal at the Lomonosov Moscow State University Law School Career Day
On 26 March 2025, Stonebridge Legal employees took part in the Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) Law School Career Day.
Denis Bushnev at the Pravo.ru conference on risks for employers engaging platform workers
On 13 March 2025, Counsel and Head of the Employment Law and Data Protection Practice at Stonebridge Legal Denis Bushnev spoke at the 2025 Labour Law and Employment Disputes Pravo.ru conference.
20 Stonebridge Legal specialists recognised in the Pravo-300 individual lawyers rating
The results of the Pravo-300 individual lawyers rating have been published! We would like to congratulate 20 members of Stonebridge Legal’s team who were recognised over 45 times in 12 legal categories!
Alexey Yadykin speaks on key 2024–2025 international case law cases at the Pravo.ru conference
On 27 February 2025, the Case Law 2024–2025: Key Cases Pravo.ru conference was held. The conference highlights the striking, memorable and even sensational, litigation cases of the previous year.
Insights & events
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Strengthening Merger Control in Financial MarketsOn 28 December 2024, the Russian President signed Law No. 539-FZ which introduced amendments to the current law On the Protection of Competition aimed at strengthening merger control in Russian financial markets. The amendments were prepared by the Russian competition authority (the FAS) and will come into effect on 1 September 2025.
13.01.2025
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Temporary administration over Carlsberg’s Baltika liftedAs we advised in one of our previous client alerts, Presidential Decree On Temporary Administration of Certain Assets No. 302, dated 25 April 2023, introduced temporary administration in relation to certain Russian assets owned by foreign groups associated with unfriendly states, namely in relation to Uniper’s Russian subsidiary PAO Unipro and Fortum’s Russian subsidiary PAO Fortum. In July 2023, the list of assets subject to such temporary administration was expanded to include, among others Carlsberg’s Russian subsidiary Baltika Brewery LLC.
04.12.2024
Team
Our team is made up of partners and lawyers from the multinational law firm Freshfields. We are justifiably considered one of the best teams in the Russian legal market.
7 partners
> 50 lawyers
Average experience > 15 years
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