Associate Director Matthew Walker was interviewed by TRT World on 15 April 2021 regarding the sanctions that the Biden administration has imposed on Russia. The sanctions follow allegations by the US of “harmful foreign activities ranging from election...

How would you picture an offshore tax haven? A Caribbean island with sandy beaches and palm trees or snow, ice and sub-zero temperatures? While you would probably imagine the former, two new offshore zones in Russia now offer certain companies the same...

Andrew Wordsworth has been invited to present on ‘Preparing and defending your clients from raids in the former Soviet Union’ at the C5 International Disputes and Asset Recovery conference, 29 January 2020. The conference will be held in London....

This week Partner Joana Rego spoke at the Kazan Legal International Legal Forum on key issues surrounding enforcements in Russia. The session, moderated by Alina Kudriavtseva and Egorov Puginsky of Afanasiev & Partners looked at The Russian Enforcement...

This article is the second in a two-part series exploring the mechanics and motives of criminal investigations in Russia. How and why do powerful interests manipulate the Russian judicial system? In routine civil disputes, commercial litigation or low-stakes...

This article is the first in a two-part series exploring the mechanics and motives of criminal investigations in Russia. Criminal cases play a major role in commercial and political disputes in Russia. A range of law enforcement agencies and government bodies...