April 10^th, 2025 annual conference Pharmaceuticals – 2025: Legal Issues will take place in Moscow organized by Pravo.ru. Lidings lawyers take an active part in the event’s program.

As a strategic partner of the conference, we aimed to make the program rich and actual. Together with pharmaceutical industry experts and lawyers, we will discuss how the market has changed in 2024 and what awaits us in 2025.

We are pleased to announce the appointment of two new partners and counsel!

On 14 February 2025 the Draft Law No. 841857-8 “On Amending Articles 247 and 259.3 of Part One, Articles 689 and 700 of Part Two and Article 1137 of Part Three of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation” (hereinafter – the “Draft Law”), providing for the possibility of registering information on the order of possession and use of real estate in common shared ownership, was submitted to the State Duma.

On February 6, 2025, Andrey Zelenin, Managing Partner of Lidings, will speak at the seminar “Middle East. Establishing Corporate Structures in the Sultanate of Oman”, organized by the International Club of the National Corporate Secretaries Association (NCSA) with the support of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation.

Lidings’ Partner Stepan Guzey will take part in a business event focused on Russian-Iranian cooperation in various sectors, including machine engineering, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, agriculture, logistics, and automotive production. A series of round tables under the general title “Business in Iran, Business in Russia - Mutual Opportunities” will take place 1-4 February 2025 in Iran.

On 16 December 2024, the Resolution of the Russian Government No. 1772 of 13.12.2024 (“Resolution No. 1772”) was officially published, containing amendments to the Rules for the Issuance of permits by the Government Commission for Control over Foreign Investments in the Russian Federation under “countersanctions” Presidential Decrees established by the Resolution of the Russian Government No. 295 of 06.03.2022 (“Rules”).

On 5 December 2024 the results of the annual Pravo-300 law firms’ ranking were announced at an awarding ceremony at The Carlton Hotel in Moscow. This year Lidings expertise is highly praised in 17 key practice areas.

Lidings’ Corporate and M&A practice team has successfully concluded its advisory role for the owners of Autotechinmash LLC, the largest auto dealer of Belarusian cars, in restructuring of the company’s founding team.

It has been reported in public sources that the Sub-Commission of the Government Commission for Control of Foreign Investments in the Russian Federation (the “Sub-Commission”), which issues permits for the sale of Russian assets by companies from ‘unfriendly’ countries, has decided to tighten the conditions for the exit of foreign companies from the Russian market.

Russia and the Gulf countries continue to deepen economic cooperation, which becomes especially important against the backdrop of sanctions restrictions. The Russian-Gulf Business Forum: New Ties, New Opportunities (took place in Moscow on 24 September 2024) provided an opportunity for a comprehensive discussion of both business prospects and legal issues related to the activities of Russian companies in the region.

Highlights of the event in our report.