Awards and Recognition

FBK Legal has been recognised in 14 practice areas by Pravo-300, a leading Russian legal directory.

The firm's tax consulting and currency regulation practices were once again ranked among the best. FBK Legal was also highly recommended in the following areas: tax controversy, arbitration, PPP & infrastructure projects, corporate / M&A, retail, FMCG & public catering, real estate & construction, natural resources & energy, TMT, pharmaceuticals & healthcare, digital economy, private capital, sanctions law.

Pravo-300 serves as a trusted benchmark, helping courts and clients assess the quality and expertise of legal advisors.

Practice areas

• Tax consulting (band I)
• Tax controversy (band II)
• Foreign trade / Customs law and currency regulation (band I)
• Competition (band II)
• Employment and migration law (band II)
• TMT (band II)
• Pharmaceuticals and healthcare (band II)
• Digital economy (band II)
• Corporate / M&A (high market) (band III)
• Land law / Commercial real estate / Construction (band III)
• Intellectual property (consulting) (band III)
• PPP / infrastructure projects (band II)
• Natural resources / Energy (band III)
• Private capital (band III)
• Sanctions law (band III)
• Bankruptcy / Insolvency (restructuring and consulting) (band III)
• Bankruptcy disputes (mid market) (band IV)
• Arbitration (medium and small disputes — mid market) (recommended)

 Recommended lawyers

• Nadezhda Orlova (Tax Consulting, Tax Controversy)
• Alexander Ermolenko (Corporate / M&A (high market), PPP/Infrastructure Projects, Family and Inheritance Law)
• Sergey Ermolenko (Competition, Corporate / M&A (high market))
• Tatiana Matveicheva (Tax Consulting)
• Alexander Grigoriev (Tax Consulting, Tax Controversy)
• Alexandra Gerasimova (Employment and Migration Law)
• Natalya Lezhennikova (Corporate / M&A (high market))
• Elena Shigidina (Corporate / M&A (high market))
• Natalia Gerasimova (Tax Consulting)
• Andrey Elistratov (Tax Controversy)
• Darya Shevtsova (Employment and Migration Law)
• Anastasia Suvorova (Family and Inheritance Law)

Litigation

Win rate — 82.5%

Nine lawyers of FBK Legal were recognised by Pravo-300, a leading Russian professional ranking.

FBK Legal’s Partners Alexander Ermolenko (corporate law, private capital management and family law), Nadezhda Orlova (tax consulting, commercial real estate/construction and natural resources), Sergey Ermolenko (competition and corporate law) and Elena Bokareva (land law/commercial real estate/construction) were recognised as leaders in their practice areas. Heads of Practice Tatiana Matveicheva, Alexander Grigoriev and Natalia Gerasimova were also recommended by Pravo-300 in tax consulting. Head of Practice Alexandra Gerasimova was endorsed for her achievements in employment and migration law, while Andrey Elistratov was praised in the tax litigation category.

In addition, the law firm was ranked sixth among leaders in cases involving inclusion of claims in or exclusion of them from the list of creditor claims and thirteenth according to the amounts won in bankruptcy-related disputes.

FBK Legal has been recognised by Pravo-300 in 14 categories.

The firm received once against Tier 1 ranking in tax litigation and tax consulting. Corporate, competition, arbitration, employment, insolvency, natural resources and energy, land law, commercial real estate and construction, intellectual property and PPP practices were recognised in the ranking — just as last year. The year 2020 was also successful for family and inheritance, pharmaceutical and healthcare, and private capital management practices.

Fifteen lawyers working for FBK Legal were recognised as leaders in their fields: Partners Nadezhda Orlova, Alexander Ermolenko, Sergey Ermolenko, Galina Akchurina, Elena Bokareva; Counsel Levon Grigorian; Heads of Practices Alexandra Gerasimova, Alena Ermolenko, Alexander Grigoriev, Elena Shigidina, Tatiana Matveicheva, Mikhail Golovanev, Natalya Lezhennikova; and Manager Artem Lomize.

Key practice areas of FBK Legal have been highly ranked by Pravo-300, a leading professional ranking of law firms in Russia. This year, the firm has been ranked in eleven categories.

FBK Legal has been traditionally the best in taxes. This year, the firm has been ranked first in tax litigations and tax consulting. The firm has also been ranked high in corporate and anti-trust, arbitration, employment, insolvency, natural resources and energy, commercial real estate, intellectual property and PPP categories.

The firm’s tax lawyers also received special recognition from their colleagues. FBK Legal Partner Alexander Ermolenko was personally named among best Russian lawyers in corporate law.

Pravo.ru has conducted a research of the litigation market and ranked FBK Legal among top 10 firms according to “the number of cases in arbitration” and “the win rate”. 

The ranking of litigators was published for the second time. The research covered 53 law firms that had provided Pravo.ru with the information about their participation in arbitration cases.  According to the organisers, the number of firms increased twofold as compared to the previous year.  

FBK Legal was ranked in nine categories by Pravo.Ru-300 2017.

The firm is still a leader in Tax Law and was recommended in such practices as Arbitration, Corporate Law, Antitrust Law, Natural Resources / Energy, Commercial Real Estate / Construction, Intellectual Property, Employment and Public-Private Partnerships.

Pravo.Ru-300 is the most respected national ranking of legal firms which measures not only financial and reputational parameters but also the quality of accomplished projects, their impact in terms of achievements and development of law enforcement practices and from a social impact perspective.

• Anti-monopoly law;
• Arbitration proceedings;
• Intellectual property;
• Corporate / Mergers and Acquisitions;
• Tax law;
• Natural resources / Energy.

• Arbitration process;
• Commercial Real Estate/Construction;
• Natural Resources/ Energy.

• Arbitration;
• Corporate Law /Mergers and Acquisitions;
• Commercial Real Estate/Construction;
• Tax Law;
• Natural Resources/Energy.