A conference on HR issues was held last Thursday at the Russian-German Chamber of Commerce in St. Petersburg. Julia Talagaeva, senior associate at Forte Tax & Law, reviewed at this event the labor dispute cases that were significant in 2019 and at the beginning of 2020.

Kommersant published this week its annual rating of the leaders in the Russian legal services market. We are pleased to announce that this year Kommersant ranked Forte Tax & Law among the best practices in the country in the category Tax Law: Consulting.

Delovoy Peterburg published last week its latest Practical Legal Advice which addresses a series of legal issues raised by its readership and answered, as usual, by leading practicing lawyers. Ekaterina Belyaeva, associate at Forte Tax & Law, commented to Delovoy Peterburg on the requirements for employers offering internships to students.

Organized by St. Petersburg International Business Association (SPIBA), the conference Taxes 2019 was held on February 20, 2020. s tradition would have it, Anton Kabakov, partner at Forte Tax & Law and co-chairman of SPIBA Finance Committee, moderated the event and made a presentation on price control over intragroup transactions.

Last week, Kommersant published an article about the problematic legal regulation of director and company officer liability which is a challenging issue in modern-day Russia. Anton Kabakov, partner at Forte Tax & Law, shared his opinion on this topic in an interview with Kommersant.

The business paper Expert Severo-Zapad published this week an interview with Anton Kabakov, partner at Forte Tax & Law, about the investment climate in Russia.

The World Bank has published its annual report Doing Business 2020. As in previous years, the World Bank invited Anton Kabakov, partner at Forte Tax & Law, to contribute to the new edition of Doing Business. Anton was involved to contribute to the tax part of the report by giving his assessment of the Russian tax system.

The legal rating of Delovoy Peterburg, which comes out every year, not only acknowledges the year’s most outstanding lawyers, but also ranks law firms by branches of law based on the cases submitted for review. We are proud to announce that a case handled by Forte Tax & Law has been recognized by Delovoy Peterburg rating as a watershed case in the category of Customs Disputes.

Pravo.ru-300 rating awarding ceremony was held in Moscow on December 05, 2019. The expertise of Forte Tax & Law was highly praised in several areas of law.

A meeting of Delovoy Peterburg business club was held on Tuesday, December 03, 2019. The meeting was entirely dedicated to all aspects and risks of business splitting/business disaggregation. Anton Kabakov, Partner at Forte Tax & Law, spoke at this meeting.