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 of Danone Russia cancelled
    Temporary administration of Danone Russia cancelled

    On 13 March 2024, a new Presidential Decree (No. 186) was enacted with immediate effect, which excluded AO Danone Russia from the List. The new decree does not say anything about the reasons behind the exclusion of AO Danone Russia and, thus, reinstatement of Danone’s control over its Russian subsidiary.

    15.03.2024

  • Russian counter-sanctions regulations: new developments
    Russian counter-sanctions regulations: new developments

    On 26 February 2024, a new Presidential Decree (No. 143) was published and immediately came into effect (the New Decree). The New Decree amends Presidential Decree No. 520, dated 5 August 2022, which introduced a requirement to obtain Presidential consent to transactions with shares in certain Russian companies held by persons associated with the designated unfriendly states.

    28.02.2024

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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