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.
News
Stonebridge Legal welcomes new leading experts and announces the launch of an Employment Law and Data Protection practice
We are pleased to announce the launch of an Employment Law and Data Protection practice led by Counsel Denis Bushnev, as well as the expansion of our Dispute Resolution and Real Estate, PPP and Infrastructure practices.
M&A market research results announced at the Mergers and Acquisitions in Russia 2024 conference
On 14 November 2024, a group of expert law firms held one of the key events in the field of M&A, i.e., the Mergers and Acquisitions in Russia 2024 conference. One of the milestones of the event was the presentation of the results of unique M&A market research conducted over the 2022 to 2024 period.
Alexey Yadykin on key trends in international litigation at the Pravo-300 Forum
On 31 October 2024, Pravo.ru held its annual Pravo-300 Forum. The main theme of this year’s forum was cinematography, confirming the multilateral role of a lawyer in the modern world, i.e., screenwriter, director and producer of relations with business.
Dmitry Pozin at the Corporate Law and Corporate Governance 2024 conference
On 24 October 2024, Stonebridge Legal Partner Dmitry Pozin took part in the Pravo.ru Corporate Law and Corporate Governance 2024 conference.
Insights & events
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The tightening of the exit conditions confirmedОn 30 October 2024, an excerpt from Minutes No.268/1 of the meeting of the Sub-Commission, dated 15 October 2024, was published on the website of the Russian Ministry of Finance, which lists the new rules that the Sub-Commission will follow when reviewing the transactions whereby non-Russian companies associated with unfriendly states sell their Russian securities, including shares/equity interests in Russian companies. The new rules are exactly the same as we advised in our previous alert of 11 October 2024.
31.10.2024
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Conditions for exit tightenedWhilst this has not been formally announced yet, we understand that the Sub-Commission of the Government Commission for Control over Foreign Investments in Russia, which is one of the ultimate decision-makers in counter-sanctions matters, has resolved, pursuant to the relevant instructions of the Russian President, that the conditions for clearing transactions whereby non-Russian companies associated with unfriendly states sell their Russian securities, including shares/equity interests in Russian companies, should be materially tightened.
11.10.2024
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
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