It is natural when everyday business activities require legal assistance to a certain extent. In the Russian permanently changing legal environment the role of lawyers is invaluable.

New business perspectives and plans, securing invested money and assets and simply executing of simple commercial contracts require analysis of possible legal consequences and estimation of risks.

Our experience demonstrates that even if in-house counsels are employed by the Client, external advisors may be helpful. For complex tasks that require specific knowledge and skills only joint efforts with the Client's management and in-house counsels will be successful. In cases when the Client's staff doesn't include lawyers, we can also carry out a task of educating other personnel by giving them basic legal information.

Lidings is experienced in supporting businesses of different size. Our track record includes:

·         Contracts drafting and negotiation

·         Real estate legal issues: land and building acquisition, lease

          and construction activities

·         Corporate procedures support

·         Labour law

·         IP protection

·         Financial instruments, investments

·         Taxes

·         Conducting due diligence

·         Preparing legal opinions

If an assignment requires knowledge of several branches of law we use a complex approach — a working group with several experts will be created in order to cover all the questions.

Effective work is also stimulated by well-established procedures of internal (within the firm) and external (with state authorities and business partners) communications.