Insights & News
Temporary legal protection of industrial designs during examination of applications
We would like to inform you that on December 27, 2018, the President of the Russian Federation signed the Federal Law No. 549-FZ “On Making Amendments to the Part Four of the Civil Code of the Russian...
15 January 2019Newsletters
Disclosure of Information on Beneficiaries, Beneficial Owners and Controlling Persons required under Russian Strategic Investments Law: Procedure and Scope Have Been Clarified
On June 12, 2018, amendments to the Federal law No. 57-FZ, dated April 29, 2008 “On Foreign Investments into Business Entities of Strategic Importance for the Country’s Security, Protection and...
10 January 2019Newsletters
Amendments to Securities Law with respect to Investment Advisory Activity
On December 21, 2018 Federal Law No. 397-FZ “On Amendments to Federal Law On Securities Market and Article 3 of Federal Law on Self-Regulatory Organizations in the Sphere of Financial Markets” dated...
25 December 2018Newsletters
Data breach notification obligation has been introduced for players of the financial sector in Russia
We would like to inform you of the data beach notification obligation imposed on certain players of financial sector, namely payment system operators, money transfer...
21 December 2018Newsletters
Recent amendments to the Customs Register of Intellectual Property
We would like to inform you that, on September 4, 2018, the amendments to the procedure of, trademark inclusion into the Customs Register of Intellectual Property (“Customs Register”) came into force....
23 November 2018Newsletters
New VAT obligations for the non-Russian providers of B2B electronic (online) services
We would like to inform you about the new VAT obligations for the non-Russian providers of B2B electronic (online) services that will come into force on January 1, 2019....
16 November 2018Newsletters
Russian Antimonopoly Enforcement: Developments for 2018 and Trends for 2019
We have released Russian Antimonopoly Enforcement: Developments for 2018 and Trends for 2019. This review looks back at the major competition/antitrust developments in...
8 November 2018Newsletters
Forthcoming fundamental changes of the Russian data protection legislation
We would like to inform you that on 10th October 2018, the Russian Federation signed a protocol modernizing the *Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of...
7 November 2018Newsletters