Ratings

FBK Legal has been ranked in fourteen categories in the Kommersant newspaper ranking of legal services. In addition, the firm's six lawyers were personally endorsed.

The following FBK Legal’s practice areas were recognised among the best: Commercial Dispute Resolution (high-end and mid-market), Corporate Dispute Resolution (mid-market), Competition, Bankruptcy of Lending Institutions, Public Private Partnership, Intellectual Property, Employment and Migration Law.

Corporate (M&As of Russian and foreign assets), tax consulting and tax litigation practice areas were also mentioned. FBK Legal was also marked in the industry-specific category, Construction and Real Estate: Consulting of Big Construction Projects.

Individual awards were presented to FBK Legal’s partners Nadezhda Orlova, Galina Akchurina, Sergey Ermolenko, Elena Bokareva, Head of Practice Alexandra Gerasimova and Marina Balandina.

FBK Legal has been included in the list of twenty best law firms in Russia according to Forbes.

The list comprises top law firms specialised in various areas of law. They were selected based on their performance in 2018 taking into account the following six criteria: annual revenue, revenue per lawyer, number of court judgements, share of disputes with the government, total amount for all cases during the year and media hits (citation rate). Forbes plans to take into account digitalization, another important indicator of success, in the next ranking.

FBK Legal has been recognised in five categories of the IFLR1000 ranking. The firm is among the best in M&A,  PPP/PFI, Restructuring and insolvency, Project development: Power and Project development: Mining.

FBK Legal has been recognised by Benchmark Litigation among leader in dispute resolution.

FBK Legal was top listed in Russia in the following ten practice areas in The Legal 500 EMEA 2020 annual ranking: Tax, tier 1, Commercial, Corporate and M&A: Moscow, tier 5, Dispute Resolution: Litigation, tier 3, Competition, tier 3, Energy and Natural Resources, tier 5, Intellectual Property, tier 3, PPP and Infrastructure Projects,  tier 3, Restructuring and Insolvency, tier 3, Employment, tier 3 and Private client, tier 2.

The ranking personally distinguished FBK Legal’s Partners Nadezhda Orlova and Galina Akchurina as “leading individuals” and recommended the following lawyers in various practice areas: Alexander Ermolenko, Nina Boer, Tatiana Matveicheva, Tatiana Golovaneva, Sergey Ermolenko, Alexander Grigoriev, Alexandra Gerasimova, Elena Bokareva and Mikhail Golovanev.

FBK Legal has been ranked first by Pravo.ru in its Federal Bankruptcy Ranking (among law firms with boutique practice).

In addition, the law firm was ranked sixth among leaders in cases involving inclusion of claims in or exclusion of them from the list of creditor claims and thirteenth according to the amounts won in bankruptcy-related disputes.

FBK Legal has been recognised by Pravo-300 in 14 categories.

The firm received once against Tier 1 ranking in tax litigation and tax consulting. Corporate, competition, arbitration, employment, insolvency, natural resources and energy, land law, commercial real estate and construction, intellectual property and PPP practices were recognised in the ranking — just as last year. The year 2020 was also successful for family and inheritance, pharmaceutical and healthcare, and private capital management practices.

Fifteen lawyers working for FBK Legal were recognised as leaders in their fields: Partners Nadezhda Orlova, Alexander Ermolenko, Sergey Ermolenko, Galina Akchurina, Elena Bokareva; Counsel Levon Grigorian; Heads of Practices Alexandra Gerasimova, Alena Ermolenko, Alexander Grigoriev, Elena Shigidina, Tatiana Matveicheva, Mikhail Golovanev, Natalya Lezhennikova; and Manager Artem Lomize.

Five FBK Legal’s lawyers have been recognised in the Women in Tax Leaders guide published by the International Tax Review.

The following lawyers were included in the list of the world’s leading female tax advisors: Tax and Legal Partner Nadezhda Orlova, Partner and Director of the Tax Litigation Department Galina Akchurina, Deputy Director of the Department Tatiana Golovaneva (Grigorieva), Head of the Tax Consulting Practice Tatiana Matveicheva and Senior Manager Natalia Ryabova.

Three FBK Legal’s practice areas have been included in the World Tax guide published by the International Tax Review.

The firm was highly ranked in such categories as general corporate tax, tax controversy and indirect tax.

FBK Legal was recognised in five categories by IFLR1000 published by International Financial Law Review (IFLR). The firm was ranked in such practice areas as M&A, PPP/PFI, Restructuring and insolvency, Project development: Power and Project development: Mining.

The IFLR1000 is an international guide to law firms that provide services for banking, financial and investment businesses. The first ranking was published in 1990 and the research currently covers over 120 jurisdictions worldwide. The law firm rankings are based on transactional highlights from the previous 12 months, client feedback and peer feedback.

FBK Legal has been ranked second by the Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI) in its research titled “Law Firms and Lawmaking”.

The firm’s rank depended on the involvement of its lawyers in lawmaking. Firms were assessed and ranked by the expert council, which consisted of representatives of RAPSI and the Association of Lawyers of Russia.

The authors of the research distinguished FBK Legal for cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the State Duma to improve housing legislation. In addition, they participated in meetings dedicated to the discussion of promising trends in Russian lawmaking.

Seven FBK Legal’s lawyers and four practice areas have been included in the World Tax and World Transfer Pricing rankings published by International Tax Review.

The firm was recognised as one of the leaders in General corporate tax, Tax controversy, Indirect tax and Transfer pricing.

Personal recommendations were given to FBK Legal’s lawyers Nadezhda Orlova, Galina Akchurina, Tatiana Matveicheva, Alexander Grigoriev, Tatiana Grigorieva, Natalia Ryabova and Dmitry Paramonov.

Key practice areas of FBK Legal have been highly ranked by Pravo-300, a leading professional ranking of law firms in Russia. This year, the firm has been ranked in eleven categories.

FBK Legal has been traditionally the best in taxes. This year, the firm has been ranked first in tax litigations and tax consulting. The firm has also been ranked high in corporate and anti-trust, arbitration, employment, insolvency, natural resources and energy, commercial real estate, intellectual property and PPP categories.

Eight lawyers of FBK Legal were recognised by Pravo-300, a leading Russian professional ranking.

Alexander Ermolenko (Corporate/M&A), Nadezhda Orlova (Tax Consulting), Galina Akchurina (Tax Disputes), Sergey Ermolenko (Competition) and Elena Bokareva (Commercial Real Estate/Construction), all being partners of FBK Legal, were recognised as leaders in their practice areas. In addition, Deputy Director of the Tax Litigation Department Tatiana Golovaneva (Tax Disputes), Head of Practice Marina Balandina (Natural Resources/Energy) and Head of Practice Alexandra Gerasimova (Labour and Migration Law) were also recommended by Pravo-300.  

FBK Legal was recognised in five categories by IFLR1000 published by International Financial Law Review (IFLR). The firm was ranked in such practice areas as M&A, PPP/PFI, Restructuring and insolvency, Project development: Power and Project development: Mining.

The IFLR1000 is an international guide to law firms that provide services for banking, financial and investment businesses. The first ranking was published in 1990 and the research currently covers over 120 jurisdictions worldwide. The law firm rankings are based on transactional highlights from the previous 12 months, client feedback and peer feedback.

The Legal 500: Europe, Middle East & Africa 2018 has named FBK Legal among the best in Russia in Tax, tier 1, Commercial, corporate and M&A, other recommended, tier 1, Dispute resolution: Litigation, tier 3, Competition, tier 3, Energy and natural resources, tier 5, Intellectual property, tier 3, PPP and infrastructure projects, tier 3, and Private client, tier 2.

 
FBK Legal Partners Nadezhda Orlova and Galina Akchurina were personally recommended among the best tax lawyers in Russia. Alexander Ermolenko, Sergey Ermolenko and Dmitry Paramonov were also distinguished in different practice areas.

FBK Legal lawyers have been recognised by Best Lawyers, a respected international ranking.

FBK Legal Partner and Head of Tax Litigation Practice Galina Akchurina and Head of Tax Consulting Practice Tatiana Matveicheva were named among the best tax law experts in Russia. Tatiana Matveicheva was also recommended in Customs and Excise Law. FBK Legal Partner Alexander Ermolenko was recognised in Competition/Antitrust Law and Corporate Law.

FBK Legal has been ranked in five categories in the Kommersant newspaper ranking of legal practices. In addition, FBK Partner Nadezhda Orlova, Head of Tax Consulting Practice Tatiana Matveicheva and Public Relations Department Director Petr Geltishchev received personal recommendations.

FBK Legal was ranked first among best legal practices in M&A (mid-market) and second in Competition.

FBK Legal also made it to the top five industry-specific practices in Banks and Financial Services, Raw Materials and Energy.

In the individual ranking of lawyers FBK Partner Nadezhda Orlova was endorsed in Tax Consulting and Head of Tax Consulting Practice Tatiana Matveicheva was endorsed in Heavy Industry.

Kommersant also paid attention to a non-legal component of a law firm's success and published a short list of specialists in legal marketing, PR and strategy. Public Relations Department Director Petr Geltishchev was ranked third in the list.

FBK Legal was ranked in nine categories by Pravo.Ru-300 2017.

The firm is still a leader in Tax Law and was recommended in such practices as Arbitration, Corporate Law, Antitrust Law, Natural Resources / Energy, Commercial Real Estate / Construction, Intellectual Property, Employment and Public-Private Partnerships.

Pravo.Ru-300 is the most respected national ranking of legal firms which measures not only financial and reputational parameters but also the quality of accomplished projects, their impact in terms of achievements and development of law enforcement practices and from a social impact perspective.