Russian Federation: Contracts and Commercial Law

The expanding strategic partnership between Russia and China, reflected in growing bilateral trade, brings significant opportunities for Chinese businesses across sectors...

LLC "Metso Outotec" ("claimant") filed an application with the Commercial Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast seeking refusal to recognize and enforce on the territory of the Russian Federation the Decision of the Economic Court of the Gomel Oblast of the Republic of Belarus.

Недавно Верховный суд Российской Федерации рассмотрел дело по иску Левинсона О.М.

Russian law does not operate the term "franchise". Instead, the term "commercial concession" is used and provided in the local law to define the relationship of the parties concerning franchising.

Russian Arbitration Center at the Russian Institute of Modern Arbitration has published the digest of arbitration news for the last month.

Russian Arbitration Center at the Russian Institute of Modern Arbitration has published the digest of arbitration news for the last month.

Employee-created intellectual property (IP) assets play an important role in the development of every technology business as well as IP portfolio. Russian domestic laws have specific regulations ...

Are there any restrictions on the establishment of a business entity by a foreign licensor or a joint venture involving a foreign licensor and are there any restrictions against a foreign licensor entering into a...

Amendments to Article 4(5) of the RF Commercial Procedure Code entered into force on August 10, 2017 for disputes that must follow the mandatory pre-trial (pre-arbitration) dispute resolution procedure.