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 secures enforcement of arbitration award against Georgia in favour of Inter RAO subsidiaries
Subsidiaries of Russia’s state-owned energy group Inter RAO asked a US court to enforce a US$112 million SCC award issued in a contractual arbitration against Georgia over electricity tariffs.
Stonebridge Legal successfully supported Lenta’s acquisition of Molniya
The Stonebridge Legal team successfully supported Russian retailer Lenta in its acquisition of the Molniya retail chain (Mall LLC), one of the largest retail chains in the Chelyabinsk Region.
Pravo.ru’s 2025 Corporate Law research: Stonebridge Legal among the market leaders
Stonebridge Legal participated in Pravo.ru’s Corporate Law research for the first time and got excellent results, taking a leading position among the largest M&A teams in Russia.
Stonebridge Legal is supporting the Elizaveta Kruglikova and Around exhibition. The legacy of the artist and engraver
The Elizaveta Kruglikova and Around exhibition has opened in the Historic building of the State Tretyakov Gallery, which is supported by the Stonebridge Legal law firm.
Insights
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New Mechanism for Termination of Foreign Investors’ Rights under Asset Buyback OptionsDraft law No. 1059849-7, which supplements Federal Law No. 160-FZ On Foreign Investments in the Russian Federation, dated 9 July 1999, with a new Article 20 (1), is currently under consideration in the State Duma. The article introduces a legal mechanism allowing Russian purchasers who bought shares (equity interests) in Russian companies previously owned by foreign investors to refuse, subject to a number of conditions, to perform their obligations to return the assets to foreign investors under buyback options and other similar agreements.
21.07.2025
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Russian counter-sanctions regulations: new developmentsOn 1 July 2025, two new Presidential decrees dealing with counter-sanctions (Decree No. 435 On Amendments to Certain Decrees of the President of the Russian Federation and Decree No. 436 On Additional Guarantees of the Rights of Foreign Investors) were enacted with immediate effect.
03.07.2025
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
Qualification in the law of England and Wales, USA, DIFC, ADGM, and others
> 50 lawyers
Internationally acclaimed lawyers, Freshfields alumni
Ranked in legal directories
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