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 Bruckhaus Deringer. 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.

Insights & events

  • Temporary administration over Carlsberg’s Baltika lifted
    Temporary administration over Carlsberg’s Baltika lifted

    As 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

  • Stricter penalties for personal data breaches
    Stricter penalties for personal data breaches

    On 30 November 2024, the President of the Russian Federation signed draft laws No. 502113-8 (amendments to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation – the RF CC) and No. 502104-8 (amendments to the Administrative Offences Code – the AOC), which were officially published on the same day. These documents, inter alia, toughen the liability of business and management for violation of personal data processing rules.

    29.11.2024

Team

Our team is made up of partners and lawyers from the multinational law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. We are justifiably considered one of the best teams in the Russian legal market.

7 partners

> 50 lawyers

Average experience > 15 years

World-class quality

  • International lawyers who have worked at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, White & Case, Debevoise & Plimpton, Clifford Chance and other leading law firms around the world
  • Graduates and professors from leading law schools in Russia and around the world

Unrivalled professional and industry expertise

  • Lawyers qualified to practice in Russia, England and Wales, the USA and several other jurisdictions
  • PhDs and Masters of Laws (LLM)
  • Active members of professional business associations

Decades of professional experience and self-improvement

  • The average professional experience of our partners is 25 years
  • Experience in advising major companies, financial institutions, sovereign wealth funds and family offices in Russia and abroad
  • Highest professional competencies and standards

Well-deserved recognition

  • Over 40 top individual nominations in the Pravo-300, Kommersant and Rossiyskaya Gazeta Russian legal rankings
  • Recommendations from Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, IFLR 1000 and Best Lawyers

Want to know more about our lawyers?

Please email us: marketing@stonebridgelegal.ru

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