BBNP Law Firm

08.10.2025

Platform Register Launched: Who Qualifies Under the New Rules — and Who Will Have to “Land” in Russia

The Government of the Russian Federation has approved the criteria for classifying digital platforms

02.10.2025

First DFA case involving a foreign digital right

The Tokeon platform (part of the Promsvyazbank group) has executed Russia’s first pilot transaction

15.09.2025

Federal Tax Service updates the procedure for exchanging electronic VAT invoices as of October 1, 2025

Starting from October 1, 2025, a new procedure for the exchange of electronic VAT invoices

08.10.2025

Platform Register Launched: Who Qualifies Under the New Rules — and Who Will Have to “Land” in Russia

The Government of the Russian Federation has approved the criteria for classifying digital platforms

02.10.2025

First DFA case involving a foreign digital right

The Tokeon platform (part of the Promsvyazbank group) has executed Russia’s first pilot transaction

15.09.2025

Federal Tax Service updates the procedure for exchanging electronic VAT invoices as of October 1, 2025

Starting from October 1, 2025, a new procedure for the exchange of electronic VAT invoices

About BBNP

We are a law firm with its headquarter in Moscow and a wide network of partner law firms in Russia and abroad

BBNP was founded in 1999 to support

and protect foreign companies doing business in Russia.

> 200

client companies

> 20

countries around the world

Rankings

BBNP was named in the PRAVO-300 federal ranking of law firms in the category “Corporate Law: Mergers and Acquisitions”

BBNP lawyers were ranked individually by Rossiyskaya Gazeta in the following categories: ‍- Corporate law - Labor law - Arbitration proceedings

Since 2006, BBNP Law Firm has been included in LEGAL500, an authoritative list of recommended law firms in Europe, the USA and the Middle East

Services

We provide the full range of services necessary for successful business development

Corporate law

Public-private partnership investment projects

Registration and
renewal of trademarks

Registration and renewal of trademarks

Public-private partnership investment projects

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Our expert team has extensive experience and a partner network for full legal services of companies

20.08.2025

Personal Data Breach: Who Is Liable and How to Protect Your Business

A personal data (PD) breach exposes a business not only to financial loss but also to serious reputational damage

20.07.2022

Restrictions on Dividend Payments to a Foreign Participant or What to Do?

In Russia, commercial companies are entitled to distribute profit and pay dividends to their participants

28.07.2021

10 Factors to Identify the Loss of Loyalty by local Director. Russia.

This article can be very helpful to the owners and head office top managers of the companies and branches operating in Russia. BBNP lawyers provided its own opinion about facts of violations and the cure which they face protecting the business interests of the shareholders.

29.01.2021

Is It Legal for Employer to Require Mandatory Vaccination of Employee Against COVID-19?

We are often contacted both by employees and employers asking the same question: whether it is legal for an employer to require employees to get vaccinated and whether employees can refuse, get a "medical exemption" from vaccination or otherwise avoid it? We have decided to clarify this issue.

24.11.2020

Specifics of Member's Withdrawal from a Limited Liability Company

Question at hand: A limited liability company has four founders; the company has been lying idle for a long time. Three out of four founders are ready to sell/give away their membership interest or withdraw from the company. However, the fourth founder does not show any interest and does not give feedback.

02.11.2020

How to Properly Formalize Business with Partner to Avoid Conflicts

In my practice, I often deal with shareholder disputes. How is it that most partnerships subsequently fail or at the very least the relationship between the partners become impaired? Let's try to understand why this happens and how it can be avoided.

09.10.2020

Risks of Employers and Employees in Case of Transitioning Employees to Working from Home. Decree of the Mayor of Moscow No. 97-UM of 06/10/2020

Decree of the Mayor of Moscow raises questions in relation to the norms of labour law and legislation on the processing of personal data, and also creates risks for employees and especially for employers.

17.09.2020

In Which Case Tender Can Be Run Again

In which case can one hold different tenders for two identical items to be procured? I found two absolutely identical items to be purchased but under different numbers. One purchase was closed four days before opening the second one; in both cases, a sealed-bid auction was held. Question: how can this be explained and what are the options?

17.08.2020

On Risks of Including the Provisions of Law in Contracts

I often see mandatory rules of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation in lease agreements. As practice shows, such references are fraught with more problems than solutions to controversial issues. This security is rather imaginary and overloads the contract. Why is that?

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We know, how to ensure mutual understanding between the parties to the transaction operating in various legal and cultural fields.

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Maxim Barashev

/ Managing partner / Corporate practice / Litigation / Investment projects /

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Kirill Shcherbakov

/ Head of Corporate Practice / M&A / Litigation /

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Alexey Chichirenkov

/ Senior associate / Corporate practice / Commercial practice / Arbitration / Recommended in the field of Arbitration disputes /

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Latest news, important announcements and interesting updates about our work and achievements

08.10.2025

Platform Register Launched: Who Qualifies Under the New Rules — and Who Will Have to “Land” in Russia

02.10.2025

First DFA case involving a foreign digital right

15.09.2025

Federal Tax Service updates the procedure for exchanging electronic VAT invoices as of October 1, 2025

08.09.2025

No More Visits to the Tax Service: Banks to Issue TINs for Foreign Companies

05.09.2025

Digital Signature Update: New Rules for Reporting to the Social Fund of Russia

04.09.2025

Migration Registration via Mobile Application: Foreign Nationals Will Be Required to Share Geolocation Data

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11 Derbenevskaya nab., Moscow, Pollars Business Center

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Office in Almaty

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Effective legal solutions for your business

We are a law firm with its headquarter in Moscow and a wide network of partner law firms in Russia and abroad

We provide the full range of services necessary for successful business development

Our expert team has extensive experience and a partner network for full legal services of companies

Personal Data Breach: Who Is Liable and How to Protect Your Business

A personal data (PD) breach exposes a business not only to financial loss but also to serious reputational damage

Restrictions on Dividend Payments to a Foreign Participant or What to Do?

In Russia, commercial companies are entitled to distribute profit and pay dividends to their participants

10 Factors to Identify the Loss of Loyalty by local Director. Russia.

This article can be very helpful to the owners and head office top managers of the companies and branches operating in Russia. BBNP lawyers provided its own opinion about facts of violations and the cure which they face protecting the business interests of the shareholders.

Is It Legal for Employer to Require Mandatory Vaccination of Employee Against COVID-19?

We are often contacted both by employees and employers asking the same question: whether it is legal for an employer to require employees to get vaccinated and whether employees can refuse, get a "medical exemption" from vaccination or otherwise avoid it? We have decided to clarify this issue.

Specifics of Member's Withdrawal from a Limited Liability Company

How to Properly Formalize Business with Partner to Avoid Conflicts

In my practice, I often deal with shareholder disputes. How is it that most partnerships subsequently fail or at the very least the relationship between the partners become impaired? Let's try to understand why this happens and how it can be avoided.

Risks of Employers and Employees in Case of Transitioning Employees to Working from Home. Decree of the Mayor of Moscow No. 97-UM of 06/10/2020

Decree of the Mayor of Moscow raises questions in relation to the norms of labour law and legislation on the processing of personal data, and also creates risks for employees and especially for employers.

In Which Case Tender Can Be Run Again

On Risks of Including the Provisions of Law in Contracts

I often see mandatory rules of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation in lease agreements. As practice shows, such references are fraught with more problems than solutions to controversial issues. This security is rather imaginary and overloads the contract. Why is that?

We know, how to ensure mutual understanding between the parties to the transaction operating in various legal and cultural fields.

Latest news, important announcements and interesting updates about our work and achievements

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