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Lawyers who are nominated for consideration are voted on by currently recognized Best Lawyers working in the same practice area and located in the same geographic region. Our awards and recognitions are based purely on the feedback we receive from these top lawyers. Those who receive high peer reviews undergo a thorough verification process to make sure they are currently still in private practice. Only then can these top lawyers be recognized by Best Lawyers.
The 2022 Edition of The Best Lawyers™ in Russia recognizes the professional excellence of 2,177 lawyers in 74 practice areas. For the 13th Edition, Best Lawyers honored approximately 2.9%* of practicing lawyers in Russia.
Best Lawyers is pleased to celebrate 79 “Lawyer of the Year” recipients across Russia, with 54 lawyers awarded in Moscow, 24 in St. Petersburg and 3 in Novosibirsk. "Lawyer of the Year" honors are awarded annually to only one lawyer per practice area in each region with extremely high overall feedback from their peers, making it an exceptional distinction.
Publication Statistics
Here are highlights from the 2022 13th Edition of The Best Lawyers ™ in Russia:
- 2,177 Lawyers Recognized
- 426 Firms with Listed Lawyers
- 74 Practice Area
Top metro area:
Moscow is the metro with the most listed lawyers.
Top 10 practice areas by number of recognized lawyers:
Litigation
Corporate Law
Arbitration and Mediation
Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Real Estate Law
Tax Law
Intellectual Property Law
Criminal Defense
Banking and Finance Law
Top 10 most searched practice areas in Russia in 2020 on bestlawyers.com:
Corporate Law
Litigation
Intellectual Property Law
Tax Law
Arbitration and Mediation
Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Real Estate Law
Competition / Antitrust Law
Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Criminal Defense
Law Firm of the Year
“Law Firm of the Year” awards recognize a single top firm for its work in a specific legal practice area nationwide. Awards are determined based on a handful of factors including lawyer feedback, the number of lawyers included in Best Lawyers for that firm and practice area, the number of office locations a firm has, historical analysis of the firm’s “Lawyer of the Year” awards, materials submitted by firms, and the firm’s overall scope and areas of expertise.
The 2022 “Law Firm of the Year” recipients in Russia are:
- Arbitration and Mediation
- White & Case
- Banking and Finance Law
- Allen & Overy
- Capital Markets Law
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
- Competition / Antitrust Law
- ALRUD Law Firm
- Corporate Law
- Herbert Smith Freehills
- Criminal Defense
- Zabeyda & Partners
- Energy and Natural Resources Law
- Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (Russia)
- Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Ivanyan and Partners
- Intellectual Property Law
- Hogan Lovells International
- Labor and Employment Law
- Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasiev & Partners
- Litigation
- KIAP, Attorneys at Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Dentons Russia
- Project Finance and Development Practice
- Squire Patton Boggs
- Real Estate Law
- Baker McKenzie
- Tax Law
- FBK Legal
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*Based on information published by The Russian Federal Bar Association
