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.

Liability for personal data protection and information dissemination  has been tightened in Russia since December 02, 2019.

The 12th St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum took place on November 13-15, 2019. A session on HR Potential – Innovation in Management was held as part of the forum. Anton Kabakov, partner at Forte Tax & Law, spoke at this session about the legal aspects of labor relations in the field of IT.

#SPIBATaxTalks meetings organized jointly by SPIBA Finance Committee and Forte Tax & Law draw more and more crowd ever time. This great attendance was not so surprising considering that the topic addressed at the event – Double Taxation Treaty Revolution: MLI in Russia – is relevant to all companies conducting international transactions and doing business abroad.

An East Office of Finnish Industries meeting of country directors was held on November 11, 2019 at the House of Finland. Anton Kabakov, partner at Forte Tax & Law, spoke to company directors about the main trends in transfer pricing.

The annual World Transfer Pricing rating compiled by International Tax Review was published not so long ago. We are pleased to announce that Forte Tax & Law transfer pricing practice was rated among the best in Russia.

A joint meeting of the Russian-German Chamber of Commerce and the Finnish-Russian Chamber of Commerce was held last Friday on October 11, 2019 to discuss migration regulation. Julia Talagaeva, senior associate at Forte Tax & Law, made a presentation at this meeting and shared with the audience some nuances and lifehacks for migration registration.