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

In an article for RBC, KKMP Partner Maxim Kuleshov comments on the criteria for dividend payments to non-residents from countries classed by Russia as "unfriendly".

A team of KKMP lawyers including Partner Maxim Kuleshov and Senior Associate Tamara Kulyk have advised Norilsk Nickel on its establishment of a joint venture with the Mining Division of Rosatom State Corporation. For the purposes of the joint venture, a new legal entity, Polar Lithium LLC, has been incorporated.

On February 17, KKMP Partner Maxim Kuleshov spoke at the RCCA Conference - Do Not Neglect the Present Moment.

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.

KKMP Partner Maxim Kuleshov has participated in the English Law Day in Yerevan, organized by the Eurasian CIS Legal Professionals' Forum in cooperation with the British Embassy in Yerevan and the Bar Council of England and Wales.

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).

In the annual Pravo.ru conference, Corporate Law and Corporate Governance — 2023, held on October 20, KKMP Partner Maxim Kuleshov spoke in the session Corporate Law News - The impact of sanctions on corporate governance in 2022-2023.

In the conference Mergers and Acquisitions in Russia - Results 2023 , held on November 30, KKMP Partner Maxim Kuleshov spoke in the session Topical Issues of M&A Transactions - Market Practice.

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

In a special end-of-year issue of Pravo-300 KKMP Partner Maxim Kuleshov has commented on the role played by lawyers as intermediaries between the business community and government.

The KKMP team included Partner Maxim Kuleshov, Senior Associate Tamara Kulyk and Trainee Associate Yuri Balakhnin.

KKMP team has represented NordEnergoGroup LLC (a subsidiary of Severgroup) in the sale of its 50% stake in Kashirskaya GRES LLC to Inter RAO Group companies.

On May 16-18, the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, the International Law Faculty and the MGIMO Law Club with the Endowment support held the 1st Interuniversity Student Contest on the problems of financial markets legal regulation in the Russian Federation - FinLex 2024.

On May 29, Corporate Secretaries Club of National Corporate Secretaries Association (NCSA) held a meeting to discuss the impact of the sanctions agenda on corporate governance practice. The Club meeting took place at SIBUR Polymer House.

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.

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

KKMP team represented the buyer in the acquisition of controlling stake in JSC PROGRESS, a leader in the Russian baby food market, producing a wide range of products under various brands, including FrutoNyanya and Lipetsky Buvette.

Today the conference “Mergers and Acquisitions in Russia 2024” took place. Among other things, a unique study of M&A practice for 2022-2024 was presented at the conference, prepared by a number of leading law firms, including KKMP.

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.