SANDAKOV & PARTNERS LLP

Our firm specializes in legal support of transactions for the acquisition and disposal of Russian companies and businesses and international arbitration. We also advise clients on a broad spectrum of Russian civil and business law matters. We advise on the structuring of the acquisition and disposal transactions, pre-sale reorganization and restructuring, negotiate all transaction documents, carry out external and internal legal due diligence. Our experience spans across the advertising, automobile, banking, entertainment, consumer goods, oil and gas, publishing, real estate and telecommunications sectors. We represent clients in international arbitrations before arbitral tribunals formed under the rules of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC), International Commercial Arbitration Court of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation (ICAC) and other arbitral institutions. Our Russian law services cover company registration, drafting and negotiation of contracts, legal representation in Russian courts and arbitrations seated in Russia, advice on various issues of Russian civil and business law, including corporate, contract, insolvency (bankruptcy) and tort law. We also offer top quality expert opinion evidence on Russian law for parties involved in dispute resolution outside of Russia where the dispute comprises issues of Russian law. Our Russian law experts have undertaken recognized expert witness training and are experienced in successfully withstanding intense cross-examinations.