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
Denis Bushnev on the 9-Box grid model and appraisal at the AEB HR conference
On 26 March 2026, Denis Bushnev, Counsel and Head of the Labour Law & Data Protection Practice at Stonebridge Legal, took part in the Association of European Businesses (AEB) Workforce Committee’s HR conference, entitled Human Resources in 2025: The Challenges We Accept.
Stonebridge Legal at the Moscow State University Faculty of Law’s First Step Spring Career Week
On 25 March 2026, Stonebridge Legal took part in the Career Day of the annual First Step Spring Career Week at Lomonosov Moscow State University’s Faculty of Law.
Stonebridge Legal expands its International Arbitration and Litigation Practice
Stonebridge Legal continues to expand its International Arbitration and Litigation Practice and has announced that Roman Butenko has joined the firm as a Partner.
Denis Bushnev on the boundaries of platform employment at the labour law conference
On 12 March 2026, Stonebridge Legal partnered with the Labour Law and Labour Disputes annual conference organised by Pravo.ru. The business programme focused on new court rulings that continue to reshape corporate strategies and approaches to personnel management in 2026.
Insights
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Russian Foreign Investment Rules: New DevelopmentsOn 8 March 2026, the Russian President signed Law No 51-FZ which amended the Law on Foreign Investment in Strategic Assets and introduced related changes to the Law on Foreign Investments in the Russian Federation, the Law on the Protection of Competition and a number of sector-specific laws. The amendments, most of which will come into force on 7 June 2026, are aimed at strengthening the Russian foreign investment rules.
13.03.2026
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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
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.
6 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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