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INTELLECT in International Legal Firm Ratings
The annual Chambers Europe guide named INTELLECT among Russia’s seven most successful legal firms in General Business Law (Band 1), particularly for its high level of representation in the courtroom, IP rights protection, legal support for IT projects, trademark registration, tax, realty, and enforcement (2014 ― 2015). The Legal 500 EMEA recommended INTELLECT in intellectual property rights protection (2014 ― 2015). INTELLECT partners are recommend by the reputed international guides Best Lawyers, The Chambers Europe, The Legal 500 EMEA. Acquisition International, a reputed British magazine, chose INTELLECT as the IP Law Firm of the Year – Russia in the 2013, IP Boutique Law Firm of the Year – Russia in the 2013, Sustained Excellence in IP Law – Russia in the 2014, and IP Law Firm of the Year – Russia in the 2015. Britain’s Global Law Experts guide named INTELLECT Russia’s Copyright Law Firm of the Year in the 2013.
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INTELLECT in Russian Law Firm Ratings
INTELLECT ranked among Russia’s top firms in four prestigious categories: Representation in Arbitrazh Courts (2012 ― 2014); IP Rights Protection (2011 ― 2014); Corporate Law / M&A in 2013; and Bankruptcy in 2014 in Russia’s nationwide rating of law firms made by Pravo.Ru 300 in conjunction with the newspaper Vedomosti. INTELLECT was named by Pravo.Ru and Vedomosti among Russia’s six top firms in 2012 (abreast with Goltsblat BLP, Egorov Puginsky Afanasyev & Partners, Pricewaterhousecoopers Legal, FBK-Pravo, and YUST) for its lawyer qualification level, which reflected the overall quality of fee-earners’ academic backgrounds (scores depended on the school rating), including international training, postgraduate degrees and experience. INTELLECT was short-listed for the Top Reputation Rating and Top Profession Choice Rating in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 by hundreds of polled heads of law firms across Russia, which reflected the firm’s recognized high stand in the profession. INTELLECT was listed among Russia’s Top 50 biggest legal firms by Kommersant Publishing House and Sekret Firmy business magazine (2013 ― 2015). INTELLECT won the national Law Firm Award 2012 for the best social project in the Support for Education and Culture category of the contest held by the professional magazine Legal Success. INTELLECT’s human resource policy merited a special mention of the judges of the Legal Success Law Firm Awards Contest’s Successful Personnel Management category in 2011. INTELLECT’s website was among the ten most cited law firm websites selected by the Russian Law and Forensic Information Agency (RAPSI) in 2011 and 2012.
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INTELLECT ― a modern law firm with a unique courtroom background and a history in regular business consulting
Offices in 5 cities of Russia, offering accessible quality services. Over 70 - strong staff, including 50 qualified law and patent professionals. 10 industry - focused practices и 4 industry - specific bundled service offers, accessible in each of the locations where INTELLECT is present. Since 2000 in the law and patent services market. Honorable ranks earned from The Chambers Europe, The Legal 500 EMEA, Best Lawyers, Vedomosti, Kommersant Publishing House, and Pravo.Ru legal Internet portal.
INTELLECT Practices
Intellectual Property and Information Technology Representation in IP disputes. Registration of trademarks, computer software and databases. Patent services, including patenting inventions, industrial designs, and utility models. Protection of copyrights and related rights, business reputation and knowhow; franchises and R&D. Antitrust practice, including protection against unfair competition.
Tax Law & Tax Litigation Assessment of tax risks and tax implications, and identifying tax overpayments. Tax planning for Russia, including tax optimization, tax efficiency structuring, and tax risk management. Preparation for tax audits and legal support for auditees. Representation in tax disputes, including out of court settlement and tax litigation. Incorporation of foreign and offshore companies and advice on their utilization.
Corporate Law & Corporate Litigation Corporate services: shares, antitrust law, and representation before the Federal Financial Markets Service (FFMS). Due diligence of obligations, corporate documents, and transactions. Representation in shareholders’ and members’ corporate disputes and negotiation.
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Services of protection against takeovers, including hostile takeovers, blackmail and greenmail. Incorporation of companies with various legal forms of organization, drafting shareholders and member agreements. Protection and representation of creditors and debtors in liquidation and bankruptcy proceedings, reorganizations and restructurings.
Business Law and Commercial Litigation Legal support outsourcing and advisory services packages. Advice on contracts and claims; identifying commercial and tax risk; negotiation and mediation. Representation in commercial litigation, including all types of disputes, and legal support for enforcement. Corporate collection practice. Legal services for public procurement contractors and contesting bidding results.
Fraud, criminal proceedings and investigations Defense of private businesses in criminal proceedings on fraud, corruption and other white-collar crime charges. Attorney investigation services, including tracing, recovery and retrieval of assets, and prevention of and protection against hostile takeovers. Representing businesses before police in screening checks and investigations.
Labor: Legal Support for Employers, Labor Disputes Auditing and bringing HR documentation in line with the law. Assistance in and advice on workforce restructuring and downsizing, and cost control. Advice on international labor employment. Representation before regulators and courts.
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INTELLECT Practices
Land, Realty, Construction, Energy & Utilities Checking titles to land and other realty; legal support for investment projects and transactions. Determining the surveyor status of land properties and rezoning. Filing for the official registration of titles to properties and property transactions; obtaining building permits and zoning consents. Advice on development, construction and connection to public utilities and services. Representation in disputes with utility sub-subscribers. Legal support for the realty maintenance and operation business Representation in disputes related to properties in new developments and construction, investment, energy and utilities. Assistance in preemptive buyout of rented properties under Federal Law No.159-FZ.
Impex Support and International Private Law Advice on general matters of international business, customs procedures, currency regulations, and export controls. Assistance in making international contracts; due diligence of international contractors’ documentation, and negotiations. Representation in judicial appealing customs’ and currency control authorities’ decisions and rulings. Legal translation: English and Russian translation of transaction documentations, legal opinions, statutes and court papers.
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Family & Inheritance: Advice for Business Community Members Advice on marital and family property matters; drafting marriage articles, pre-nuptial agreements and settlement deeds. Legal advice and representation in divorces, minimization of legal risks of loss of business and assets. Estate planning, including transfer of business to selected successors and prevention of business and asset splitting.
Italian Desk Legal services for Italian businesses in Russia (in the Italian and Russian languages). Legal services to Russian clients in Italy. Italian legal translation.
Industry-Specific Offers Representation in disputes and enforcement for credit institutions, including banks, housing mortgage lending agencies, and other finance institutions. Legal services for IT companies and legal support for hi-tech project start-ups in Russia and the United States. Advisory legal services and representation in telecommunications, media and technology.
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81, Kuznetchnaya Str. Ekaterinburg
+ 7 (343) 204-74-94 21, Nový Arbat, office 2141 Moscow
+ 7 (495) 668-07-31 22, Vorovskogo Str., office 302 Nizhny Novgorod
+ 7 (831) 429-01-27 42, Oktyabrskaya Str., office 410 Novosibirsk
+ 7 (383) 202-21-91 59, Yekaterininskaya Str., Perm
+ 7 (342) 270-01-68
www . intellectpro . ru / en