Legal Practices

We handle the legal challenges of businesses and senior executives, offering comprehensive support across the Russian and international markets. We know that for businesses, results come before legal rhetoric. That is why we deliver practical solutions, clear guidance, and decisive action.

We place a strong focus on economic substance requirements as they apply to our clients' international structures, considering the scale of their current or planned operations and the complexity of their transactions.

In matters relating to economic substance, we provide the following services:

Obtaining clarifications from competent government authorities across various jurisdictions to protect our clients' interests (tailored to each client’s specific circumstances)

Development of recommendations to address identified issues

Implementation support for recommended measures

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Advisory Services

We work with multinational clients through regionally integrated teams, enabling us to deliver coordinated legal support across multiple markets simultaneously

International corporations

We provide full-scale investment round support, from legal due diligence and transaction structuring to M&A execution, protection of clients’ interests in high-risk projects, and assistance with fundraising and financing

Investors and funds

We serve as a trusted partner to fellow professionals on complex, unconventional, and cross-border projects

Legal and consulting companies

State-owned companies and enterprises

We understand the specifics of government bodies, comply with all legal requirements and procedures, and support projects and companies with a non-commercial purposes.

Major international corporations, private companies and individuals trust us to handle their most complex cases and sensitive situations.

Our clients

We provide tailored legal services to meet individual needs, from transaction support to representing clients in disputes

Private clients

Private companies

We support businesses at every stage of their growth — from structuring and transactions to dispute resolution and courtroom representation

We help businesses grow by building a strong legal foundation — from launch to scale-up, including intellectual property protection and structuring investor relationship

SMEs and start-ups

Family offices

We advise on succession planning, asset structuring, wealth transfers, and other matters critical to long-term stability and strategic growth

Our projects

Advised a leading premium residential developer on the formation of a joint venture for land acquisition and large-scale residential construction.

Total joint venture assets

exceed $2 billion

exceeded $170 million

Represented majority shareholders of a leading food manufacturing group in a high-stakes shareholder conflict that had effectively paralysed the company’s operations.

The project involved addressing abusive actions by minority shareholders, conducting parallel litigation in several jurisdictions, and ultimately restoring governance control and restructuring the holding structure.

Total group value

Total holding value

Advised a major gold mining company on corporate restructuring.

The engagement required reorganising a multi-layer holding structure involving foreign shareholders and coordinating the transfer of equity interests to new investors while complying with newly introduced regulatory restrictions.

exceeded $25 million

approximately $5 million

Supported an entrepreneur in acquiring shares in a Swiss company holding siginifcant operating assets.

The transaction required building a compliant payment and ownership structure under currency control regulations and coordinating multiple transaction participants.

Deal value

Supported the redomiciliation of the parent company of an agricultural holding whose depositary receipts were listed on the London Stock Exchange, coordinating with regulators and financial institutions across multiple jurisdictions, including UK, Cyprus and US.

The White Stone team is regularly recognized as a leader in federal law firm rankings.

Firm rankings

Financial & Banking Law
Financial Operations — Band 1
International Financial Operations — Band 1
Foreign Economic Activity — Band 2

Tax Law
Personal Tax Planning — Band 2

Inheritance Law
Inheritance Structuring — Band 1

Asset Transactions
Real Estate Transactions — Band 2
Securities & Asset Transactions — Band 1

Asset Structuring
Asset Structuring — Band 1
International Asset Structuring — Band 1

Dispute Resolution
Dispute Resolution — Band 3
International Disputes — Band 3

Sanctions Law
Sanctions Compliance — Band 1

Family Law
Family Asset Structuring — Band 2

Labour & Migration
Investment Citizenship / Migration — Band 1

Digital Law
Digital Law — Band 3

Wealth Navigator

2023
Arbitration / Commercial Disputes (Mid Market) — Band 2
Corporate Law / M&A (Mid Market) — Band 1
Labour Law — Band 2
Industry Rankings
Agriculture — Band 1
TMT — Band 2

2024
Corporate Law (Mid Market) — Band 2
Labour & Migration Law — Band 2
Sanctions Law — Band 3
Private Capital — Band 2
Arbitration / Commercial Disputes (Mid Market) — Band 3
Foreign Economic Activity / Currency Regulation — Band 3
Agriculture — Band 1
Construction & Real Estate (Transaction Consulting) — Band 3
Private Capital — Band 3

2025
Commercial Dispute Resolution (Mid Market) — Band 3
Currency Regulation — Band 2
M&A (Mid Market) — Band 2
Sanctions Law — Band 3
Labour & Migration Disputes — Band 2

Kommersant

2021
Corporate Law / M&A (Mid Market) — Band 2
Labour & Migration Law — Band 4

2022
Corporate Law / M&A (Mid Market) — Band 2
Arbitration (Commercial Disputes, Mid Market) — Band 4
Labour & Migration Law — Band 3

2023
Corporate Law / M&A (Mid Market) — Band 2
Arbitration (Commercial Disputes, Mid Market) — Band 4
Labour & Migration Law — Band 4
Antitrust — Band 4
International Litigation — Band 3
Sanctions Law — Band 2
Foreign Economic Activity / Currency Regulation — Band 3
Agriculture — Band 1
TMT — Band 3
Banking & Finance — Band 3

2023 — UAE
Corporate Law / M&A — Band 2
Sanctions Law — Band 1
Private Capital — Band 3

2024
Agriculture — Band 1
Corporate Law / M&A (Mid Market) — Band 2
Real Estate / Land / Construction (Mid Market) — Band 2
Private Capital — Band 2
Arbitration (Commercial Disputes, Mid Market) — Band 3
Foreign Economic Activity / Currency Regulation — Band 3
Sanctions Law — Band 3
TMT — Band 3
Banking & Finance — Band 3
Labour & Migration Law — Band 4

2025
Agriculture — Band 1
Corporate Law / M&A (Mid Market) — Band 1
Corporate Law / M&A (High Market) — Band 2
Private Capital (High Market) — Band 2
Real Estate Consulting (Mid Market) — Band 2
Sanctions Law — Band 2
Banking & Finance — Band 3
TMT — Band 3
Labour Law — Band 4
Digital Economy — Band 3

Law-300

Dmitry Chirkin

Managing Partner

Daria Nemirovskaya

Partner, Co-founder

Ruslan Urchukov

Partner

Sergey Tribunskiy

Managing Partner of Foreign Offices

Roman Lawbanov

Partner

Our team consists of specialists with extensive experience in international law firms, investment structures and public companies. This experience forms the basis of our expert approach to complex projects.

Team

We are a trusted team advising companies and individuals who are shaping the future

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