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

  • Conditions for exit tightened
    Conditions for exit tightened

    Whilst 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

  • New Rules for Custody of Shares on New Type S Accounts
    New Rules for Custody of Shares on New Type S Accounts

    On 2 October 2024, Presidential Decree No. 840 instructed Russia’s Central bank to introduce a regulatory framework for new Type S custody accounts to be opened by Russian depositaries directly with Russian registrars, and specify which Russian securities are to be kept on such New S Accounts.

    09.10.2024

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

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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