A team of KKMP lawyers has advised Schneider Electric, a global leader in digital transformation and the automation of energy management, on Russian law issues in connection with the sale of its Russian division to local managers.

Kucher Kuleshov Maximenko & Partners is establishing a reputation as a leading M&A law firm.

A team of KKMP lawyers including Managing Partner Alyona Kucher, Partner Anna Maximenko, Senior Associate Elena Klyuchareva and Associate Andrey Lipin has advised Sistema, a public Russian investment company, on its RUB 15.8 billion acquisition of a 47.7% stake in Melon Fashion Group, Russia's leading fashion manufacturer and retailer, from the Swedish companies Eastnine and East Capital Holding AB and a group of private investors.

The American Chamber of Commerce held its annual meeting and membership awards ceremony on Dec. 3.

In an article published by Garant.ru on January 24, Women's Labor Rights: Discrimination Issues and Key Court Cases , KKMP Partner Anna Maximenko and Senior Associate Elena Klyuchareva comment on the aspects of current labor law which they consider to be particularly successful in terms of protecting women's rights.

On February 21, 2023 the law firm rating organization Pravo-300 published its list of recommended lawyers.

On April 5 Kommersant Publishing House issued its new rating of law firms, placing KKMP in Band 1, its highest category, in most key practices.

On April 7 KKMP Partner Anna Maximenko spoke about practical aspects of choosing a "friendly" jurisdiction in the session Legal Aspects of the Great Migration.

KKMP Partner Anna Maximenko and Senior Associate Elena Klyuchareva have participated in the PILnet webinar Legal Regulation of Cryptocurrency and NFTs in Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia.

KKMP is advising Polyus on its planned acquisition of up to 29.99% of Polyus' ordinary shares for a total price of up to RUB 579.4 billion (approximately $6.4 billion).

KKMP has participated in Russia’s first practical forum on digital financial assets, Digital Finance: The New Economic Reality ,organized jointly by the ACRA rating agency and the Association of Company Treasurers.

Rossiyskaya Gazeta has published the results of its first major annual market survey, Rating of Lawyers and Law Firms.

On October 20, the Association of Corporate Treasurers and VTB Factoring held an educational event, The Complete Guide to Digital Financial Assets.

On February 14th, the Pravo.ru conference "Legal Firm Marketing 17 PRO MAX" took place, during which KKMP partner Anna Maximenko spoke about Telegram channels as a communication tool in the new realities.

On February 29, with the KKMP participation and sponsorship, the ICC Russia seminar "Digital Instruments for Real Business: Overcoming Borders" took place, where a representative of the Ministry of Finance and representatives of the legal community, financial market and FinTech discussed current issues of cross-border settlements using digital rights, cryptocurrency and central bank digital currency (CBDC).

The year 2023 was marked by an intensification of sanctions pressure against Russia. According to some estimates, the number of personal sanctions imposed on Russian companies and individuals (“blocking sanctions”) alone is now approaching 20,000. Many countries have also started to develop legal mechanisms aimed at countering the sanctions circumvention. It is not easy to navigate such a large-scale and multifaceted sanctions regime and keep up with the details of how the sanctions are applied in practice. In this review, we present what we consider to be the key developments in the area of sanctions and their application in 2023, in the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom, as well as likely trends in this area in 2024, which should be taken into account when doing business.

Prior to the Council of Europe's adoption, the Directive was approved by the European Parliament on March 12, 2024. It will enter into force 20 days after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. EU member states will have 1 year to transpose provisions of the Directive into their national legislation.

KKMP team represents T-Bank Group in its acquisition of the controlling stake in factoring services companies of ROWI Group (Rowi Factoring Plus LLC and Rowi Technologies LLC) from QIWI JSC.

On June 20, 2024, KKMP partner Anna Maximenko and senior associate Andrey Lipin held a seminar devoted to practical aspects of redomiciliation of foreign holding companies to the Russian Federation.

Yesterday we hosted a webinar with our colleagues from BSA Al Rashdi & Al Barwani on “Doing Business in Oman”.

KKMP team represented TCS Holding IPJSC (“TCS”) in the acquisition of PJSC ROSBANK (“Rosbank”).

On September 5, the ACRA II Forum Digital Finance: New Economic Reality was held embracing more than 500 participants.

Yesterday, the Association of European Businesses Insurance and Pensions Committee held a meeting at KKMP office. KKMP Partner Anna Maximenko and Counsel Roman Sadovsky spoke on various aspects of regulation and circulation of digital financial assets (DFAs).

On October 18, BRICS+ New Economy Legal Forum took place bringing together more than 300 participants from 20 countries.

Anna Maximenko commented on mining regulation in Russia for Cointelegraph, a leading international media resource dedicated to cryptocurrencies and blockchain.

KKMP partner Anna Maximenko and senior associate Elena Klyuchareva wrote the chapter "Health Care M&A Transactions in Russia" for Debevoise & Plimpton's "Health Care Mergers and Acquisitions Answer Book".

Rossiyskaya Gazeta published the results of its large-scale annual research "Ranking of Lawyers and Law Firms". 13 KKMP lawyers were recognized as “top specialists” and “excellent specialists worth recommending by all means” in 13 nominations.

KKMP is pleased to announce that Vadim Nikitin has joined its Finance Practice as Counsel.

KKMP is pleased to announce a strategic development: one of the brightest teams in the Russian legal market - Partner Alexander Anichkin, Senior Associate Olga Zakharova, Senior Associate Ekaterina Sharapova and Associate Damir Shakirov - is joining the firm. This prominent arrival of an experienced team of lawyers will strengthen the firm's core practices and facilitate the development of new practice areas, establishing KKMP as a leading full-service legal consultancy.

A team of KKMP lawyers advised Sveza Group, one of the leaders in the Russian timber processing industry, Russia’s largest producer of cardboard and aspen paper and the world’s leading producer of birch plywood, in connection with the acquisition of three large cardboard packaging and specialty paper businesses - MMPOF Packaging LLC, MMPOF Rotogravure LLC and Nevskie Grani LLC.