BEITEN BURKHARDT’s Russian Practice comprises the Moscow office (opened in 1992) and the St. Petersburg office (opened in 1996). BEITEN BURKHARDT’s Russian team provides its clients with a wide range of consulting and legal services with respect to Russian and International Law.

BEITEN BURKHARDT's nearly 15 years in the Russian market evidences the substantial practical interest of international industrial and real estate investors, developers and financial institutions towards the rapidly developing Russian market, which creates vast opportunities for profitable investments in various business sectors.

In this respect, along with the full range of standard legal services, BEITEN BURKHARDT’s Russian team specializes in overall legal monitoring of major industrial and real estate investment projects, establishment and acquisition of companies, as well as legal and tax structuring of investments and financing.

BEITEN BURKHARDT’s Russian Practice specialists are proud of their participation in a number of major projects implemented throughout the recent years, as well as in on-going projects, including in the following business directions:

• development of investment schemes, legal support for M&A deals, structuring of joint ventures
• comprehensive legal and tax advice regarding acquisitions of land plots in various regions of Russia for Greenfield and Brownfield industrial investments
• legal consultancy regarding acquisition of commercial property and structuring of investments in a number of major real estate investment projects
• comprehensive legal consulting on protection and assignment of IP rights (e.g. trademark and domain rights)
• advising leading European retailers on market entry in Russia; corporate and real estate due diligence and comprehensive legal and tax support
• advising multinational companies on the legal and tax structuring of employing foreign nationals in Russia, including secondment agreements
• advice regarding tax structuring in Russia

High qualifications and thorough knowledge of the particularities of the Russian market in conjunction with vast experience in the implementation of international projects enable the Russian team specialists to render high quality legal services.