Regulators are concerned cross-border investigations could be placed in jeopardy by GDPR requirements.
President Putin calls for caution over crypto and contradicts previous announcements in the financial sector.
The European Commission (EC) is proposing new rules to remove regulatory barriers and offer market-led solutions for sovereign bond-backed securities (SBBS).
Russia lawmakers to soften draft legislation on international sanctions, but keep criminal prosecutions for critics.
Dentons has wooed a team of nine from Deloitte's tax practice in Russia to boost its offering in St Petersburg.
Baker Botts has picked up two arbitration partners from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan's office in Moscow.
French firm Jeantet Associés has launched in Moscow with the hire of a team from Gide Loyrette Nouel, having opened in Budapest and Kiev last October.
The moment that a Russian lawyer stuffed his client's breathalyser report into his mouth and chewed has been captured on CCTV footage.
One of the UK's most esteemed family lawyers, Richard Parry, may be forced by a High Court judge to step down from his trusteeship of the Longleat Estate.
Vladimir Putin has signed a law that allows the Constitutional Court of Russia to decide whether to comply with judgements made by international human rights courts.
Ukrainian government officials have said the country is prepared to go to court over a $3bn bond note owed to Russia.
A new regulator and a rise in disputes are among the factors feeding into the Russian insurance market - a sector that refuses to shrink despite the obvious challenges.
Kennedys has set up Kennedys CIS Advocates in Russia in association with a small local team and the intention to focus initially on high value insurance disputes.
Thousands of businesses are trying to meet an 1 April re-registration deadline for which the Russian authorities have allocated just three officials - and which could mean the lapse of business contracts and visas for those who fall behind.
A team of six Freshfields litigators, led by counsel Maxim Kulkov, has quit the practice in order to set up a dispute resolution practice called Kulkov Kolotilov & Partners.
Vadim Prokhorov, lawyer to the family of assassinated Russian politician Boris Nemtsov, has revealed that the opposition leader received threats 'several months ago' and says his death might be connected to events in Ukraine.
Allen & Overy has reduced the size of its capital markets team in Russia after international sanctions to the country hit the firm's workload.
A senator in the Russian parliament is urging an inquiry into the use of foreign law firms after the country was told to pay US$50b in an arbitration in the Hague.
Olga Mischenko, formerly of DLA Piper, is to join the St Petersburg office of Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners as head of construction and PPP.
Many top brands are taking steps to register as 'well-known' in Russia, says Vladislav Arkhipov and Elena Bedareva of Dentons.