Ratings

IFLR1000

Best Law Firm Website

FBK Legal was awarded in four categories of the Best Law Firm Website Award 2019.

It came second in the main category titled “The Best Law Firm Website”. According to the ranking, FBK Legal’s website is the most useful and the third most effective law firm website, and has the best English version of all law firm websites.

RAEX

According to Expert RA rating agency, FBK has made it to the top three in such key categories as Tax Consulting and Legal Consulting.

RAPSI

Chambers Europe 2019

The Legal 500

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, Tatiana Matveicheva, Tatiana Grigorieva, Sergey Ermolenko, Alexander Grigoriev, Olga Krivitskaya, Natalya Lezhennikova, Alexandra Gerasimova, Elena Bokareva, Alexander Yalushkin and Dmitry Paramonov.

According to FBK Legal’s Partner Nadezhda Orlova, the number of recognised practice areas has been rising from year to year. This year, employment and insolvency practices were added to the previous year's list.

International Tax Review

Pravo.RU

IFLR1000

The Legal 500 EMEA 2018

Best Lawyers

Chambers Europe 2018

Kommersant

Pravo.RU

The firm’s tax lawyers also received special recognition from their colleagues. FBK Legal Partner Alexander Ermolenko was personally named among best Russian lawyers in corporate law.

Pravo.ru has conducted a research of the litigation market and ranked FBK Legal among top 10 firms according to “the number of cases in arbitration” and “the win rate”. 

The ranking of litigators was published for the second time. The research covered 53 law firms that had provided Pravo.ru with the information about their participation in arbitration cases.  According to the organisers, the number of firms increased twofold as compared to the previous year.  

International Tax Review

Three FBK Legal lawyers were recognised in the international ranking Tax Controversy Leaders – 2018 annually published by International Tax Review.

FBK Partner and Director of the Tax Litigation Department Galina Akchurina, Associate Director of the Tax Litigation Department Tatiana Grigorieva and Project Manager Alexander Grigoriev were included in the list of leading Russian litigation experts. They have been regularly recognised in this international ranking of tax lawyers since 2015.  

Five FBK Legal’s lawyers were recognised in the special ranking Women in Tax Leaders published by International Tax Review.

The recognition was given to FBK’s Tax and Legal Partner Nadezhda Orlova, Partner and Director of the Tax Litigation Department Galina Akchurina, Deputy Director of the Department Tatiana Grigorieva, Head of Tax Consulting Practice Tatiana Matveicheva and Senior Manager Natalia Ryabova. 

FBK Legal was recognised in two key categories of the World Tax, an annual international ranking published by Tax Review.

The firm is among the leaders in general corporate tax and transfer pricing.

RAEX

Chambers Europe 2017

Leading ranking Chambers Europe-2017 endorsed FBK Legal as a go-to firm on in number of practices and lawyers.

• Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market (Band 1)

Alexander Ermolenko was personally recommended:
Practice head Alexander Ermolenko provides Russian law advisory and transactional assistance. Clients appreciate his responsiveness and describe him as "easy to deal with." "He thinks strategically and he cares about his clients")

• Tax (Band 2)

Personal recommendations as best lawyers in Tax went to Galina Akchurina and Tatiana Matveicheva.
Sources are particularly satisfied with the business-minded approach of the team, with clients saying "we always receive complete and prompt answers." They highlight that "options they put forward to solve a problem are always backed up."

• Dispute Resolution: Domestic (Band 4)

Chambers Global 2017

• Dispute resolution

The clients speak highly of Alexander Ermolenko and say that "He thinks strategically and he cares about his clients."

Pravo.Ru-300

Best Lawyers

IFLR1000

FBK Legal has been listed among best firms in M&A Practice by IFLR1000 ranking published by International Financial Law Review (IFLR), leading top-rated resource for professionals.

IFLR1000 is an international ranking of law firms providing services to banking, financial and investment businesses. The first ranking was published in 1990 and now it covers more than 120 jurisdictions all over the world. The ranking is based on firms’ achievements during the year, feedback from customers and reputation among colleagues from other law firms around the world.

Best Law Firm Website

The Legal Insight magazine has selected FBK Legal website as one of the most useful websites of legal firms and ranked it third in the Best Law Firm Website 2017 competition.

This year there were 12 rating criteria the most important of which were availability of mobile website, easy navigation, high website speed and presence in social networks. Besides, the criteria included active marketing, availability of analytical materials and news, as well as easily accessible contact details.

Kommersant

FBK Legal ranks first in “Tax consulting”, according to the Best Law Practices rating announced by the Kommersant paper, and also ranks among top five law practices in the area “Land and Real property”.

FBK Legal leads the list of law firms in the Best industry practices rating, specifically, in “Healthcare and pharmaceuticals”, “Retail and trade” and “Raw materials”. Three lawyers have been distinguished by the leading lawyers rating, including Nadezhda Orlova in the area of Tax consulting, Sergey Ermolenko in Anti-trust regulation and Alexander Ermolenko in “Land and Real property”, “Corporate law” and “Commercial disputes resolution”.

The Legal 500 EMEA 2017

The Legal 500: Europe, Middle East & Africa 2017 annual rating recommends FBK Legal among best law firms in:

• Tax (tier 1),
• Competition (tier 3),
• Energy and natural resources (tier 5),
• Dispute resolution (tier 3),
• Corporate and M&A, recommended (tier 1),
• Intellectual property (tier 3).

FBK legal partners recommended by the rating include Nadezhda Orlova and Galina Akchurina as Russia’s top-performing tax layers.

Sergey Еrmolenko, Head of Antitrust practice and Alexander Ermolenko, FBK Legal partner have made it into top lawyers in antitrust law. The team as well as individual lawyers have received highly appreciative recommendations as “bright and talented” lawyers who provide “strong and well-crafted legal opinions”.

The rating authors noted a group of FBK Legal lawyers in Energy and Natural Resource well-equipped with critical skills in this area, with personal recommendations going to Nadezhda Orlova, Galina Akchurina and Alexander Ermolenko.

Nadezhda Orlova and Alexander Ermolenko were noted as key and “true experts with a very diverse range of skills» in Dispute Resolution. Alexander Ermolenko, FBK Legal partner gained his nomination in Intellectual property.

International Tax Review

According to the 7th annual global rating “Tax Controversy Leaders – 2017” announced by International Tax Review, as many as three lawyers at FBK Legal have been selected to the Russia’s best tax litigators list.

Galina Akchurina, FBK Partner, Director at Tax litigation department, Tatiana Grigorieva, Deputy Director and Alexander Grigoriev, Project manager have been yet again endorsed by the rating authors as Russia’s best-in-class tax lawyers.

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FBK Legal has been named one of the best Russian firms in Tax Litigation by World Tax international rating published by International Tax Review.

Head of FBK Legal Nadezhda Orlova, Partner and Head of Tax Litigation Practice Galina Akchurina, Project Manager of Tax Litigation Practice Alexander Grigoriev and Lawyer of Tax Consulting Practice Dmitry Paramonov have received personal recommendations.

FBK consultants Vice-President Valeria Polyakova, Head of Financial Advisory Lioubov Staroverova and Head of Business Process Outsourcing Polina Sungurova have been also highly appreciated by World Transfer Pricing rating. FBK Consultants Zlata Marenkova and Anna Manasyan were mentioned personally.

Head of Tax Litigation Practice Galina Akchurina and Head of Tax Consulting Practice Tatiana Matveicheva have received personal recommendations in Transfer Pricing.

Best Lawyers 2016

Best Lawyers international rating endorses Galina Akchurina, Head of Tax Litigation Practice at FBK Legal, as one of Russia’s best tax lawyers.

The rating experts note that Galina Akchurina has been recognized among best tax lawyers for a number of years and highlight that, according to all major legal ratings, including Chambers Europe, Chambers Global и The Legal 500 EMEA, Akchurina-led team of lawyers is one of the top-performing in Russia.

According to Best Lawyers, during her leadership in tax litigation and transfer pricing in the FBK group, the amount of claims and taxes paid back to companies under successfully accomplished tax disputes has come close to USD 1,5 bln.

Chambers Europe 2016

Chambers Europe 2016 international rating recommends FBK Legal as a best “go-to” firm in the following areas of expertise:

• Tax

Personal recommendation as a best tax lawyer goes to Galina Akchurina

Our clients are satisfied with what we deliver, which is acknowledged by the clients' voices: 'FBK is one of the most recognisable tax advisory firms in Russia. It has a very good and steady reputation, and is comfortable to work with'.

• Dispute Resolution: Domestic

Our clients highlight our achievements. Here is what they say: 'We get answers to our problems; the firm responds very quickly'.

• Corporate/M&A

Our clients note that we 'are client-oriented, proactive and comprehensive in their approach'.

Chambers Global 2016

This year’s rating issued by Chambers Global 2016 endorses FBK Legal among few Russian legal firms as a best “go-to” firm.
Our lawyers are endorsed for:

• Dispute resolution

The Legal 500 EMEA 2016

The annual rating The Legal 500: Europe, Middle East & Africa recommends FBK Legal among best law firms in:

• Tax (top-tier recommendation)

The researchers note that the FBK Legal team ‘quickly gets to the root of the problem, helping the client understand any complex or unusual situations'.

FBK Legal Managing Partner Nadezhda Orlova and Head of tax litigation practice Galina Akchurina have received ‘Russia's leaders in tax’ endorsements.

• Corporate and M&A: Moscow (recommended): ranked tier 1
• Dispute resolution: Litigation
• Competition

Another few lawyers of the FBK legal arm, including Аlexander Ermolenko (Dispute resolution: Litigation), Sergey Ermolenko and Еugenia Yusipova (Competition), have received highly appreciative estimates from the Legal 500 EMEA rating researchers, Nadezhda Orlova (Energy and natural resources).

Pravo.Ru-300

This year’s Russian major legal rating Pravo.ru 300 has endorsed FBK Legal in a variety of sectors and given as many as three professional ranks to the FBK legal arm.

The firm has made it into top tier in Tax law category and received recommendations in all major practices: Arbitration, IP, Natural resources and energy, Corporate law, Antitrust law, Commercial property and construction, Employment. FBK Legal enjoys ranks in terms of revenues, revenue per lawyer and revenue by the number of lawyers.

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.

World Tax

International rating issued by World Tax 2017 put FBK Legal on the list of recommended law firms in Tax litigation. Galina Akchurina, Head of Tax litigation, and Tatiana Matveicheva, Head of Tax consulting practice, enjoy personal rating recommendations. 

The rating experts emphasized FBK Legal’s achievements in advancing the interests of major clients, including multi-national clients, in disputes with tax authorities.

World Tax published by International Tax Review, one of the most respected publications in tax, rates tax and financial advisers globally. The rating is annually assessed on the evidence of the recommendations of experts surveyed across 56 countries of the world.

World Transfer Pricing

• Transfer pricing

FBK Legal team is also endorsed by World Transfer Pricing 2017. FBK Legal is recommended as a go-to firm in Transfer pricing. Тatiana Matveicheva is recommended as one of the top-performing Russian lawyers in this area.

International Tax Review

According to International Tax Review 2015, Galina Аkchurina, Tatiana Grigorieva, Аlexander Grigoriev made it into the international rating in tax litigation.

Kommersant

At 2015 the Kommersant newspaper included FBK Legal into the rating of Russia's largest law firms as a top performer in «Tax consulting and Tax litigation support».

Our firm is endorsed for outstanding business engineering efficiency

FBK Legal ranks on the list of Top 15 law firms rated for business engineering efficiency and on the list of Top 50 law firms in terms of revenues.

Pravo.Ru-300 2015

According to independent analysts at Pravo.Ru-300, FBK Legal ranks 10th among law firms by the revenue earned in 2014, 8th by revenue per lawyer, and 17th by the number of lawyers.

Besides, FBK Legal ranks among the top law firms in such key areas of practice as Antitrust law, Dispute resolution, IP, Corporate law, Tax law and Natural resources / Energy.

This year Pravo.ru continued publishing the rating of company standings where preferences could be expressed on a general basis as well as for legal practices individually. FBK was praised by the colleagues in the tax area and was also noted in the general rating of preferences.

World Tax 2015

Independent international rating World Tax accomplished its survey of law firms in tax. Based on the survey findings FBK Legal has made it into the list of Russia's recommended law firms.

The rating endorsed the tax practice led by Nadezhda Orlova and Galina Аkchurina as one of the best performing practice in Russia.

The publication notes, “Over the past year, the firm has undertaken a number of high-profile projects, displaying their ability to assist clients from diverse industry backgrounds and specialisations in oil & gas, transport & aviation, pharmaceuticals, banking and financial services, and chemicals.”

World Tax published by International Tax Review, one of the most respected publications in tax, rates tax and financial advisers globally. The rating is annually assessed on the evidence of the recommendations of experts surveyed across 56 countries of the world.

World Transfer Pricing 2015

• Transfer pricing

FBK named a top Russian transfer pricing practice by World Transfer Pricing 2016. The publication noted a talented team with extensive experience in managing unique and complicated transfer pricing projects in oil & gas, banking, nuclear industry and chemicals.

Chambers Global 2015

This year’s rating issued by Chambers Global 2015 endorses FBK Legal among few Russian legal firms as a best “go-to” firm.
Our lawyers are endorsed for:

• Tax

Galina Аkchurina was personally recommended.
Her clients suggest that she is ‘very responsive and quick to answer our questions and solve our problems’.

• Dispute resolution

Chambers Europe 2015

International rating Chambers Europe 2015 recommends FBK Legal in the area of:

• Tax

Galina Аkchurina received a personal recommendation in tax

Our clients are satisfied with what we deliver, which is acknowledged by the clients' voices:
'The FBK lawyers are very approachable and you always get a fast response'; 'The team has lots of experience in front of court'.

• Dispute Resolution: Domestic

Our clients highlight our achievements. Here is what they say: 'They understand what i want and are always ready to discuss any problems, even over holidays'.

• Corporate/M&A

Our clients note that 'the team actively suggests solutions and helps us to negotiate'. Our clients also appreciate that we 'are quick to react'.

The Legal 500 EMEA 2015

The annual rating The Legal 500: Europe, Middle East & Africa recommends FBK Legal among best law firms in:

• Tax (top-tier recommendation)

The researchers note that the FBK Legal 'strong team of professionals can be entrusted with any task'. Managing partner Nadezhda Оrlova and  head of Tax consulting practice Tatiana Мatveicheva advised Yamaha Motor CIS on structuring the tax relations between the parent company and its subsidiary and also handled a number of transfer pricing matters for large international corporations.

Nadezhda Orlova and Galina Аkchurina received personal recommendations.

• Corporate and M&A: Moscow
• Dispute resolution: Litigation

The rating experts note that successes and expertise of the tax resolution practice at FBK Legal deserve every laurel. Аlexander Еrmolenko continues to successfully represent the Central Design Bureau Lazurit in a long-running dispute over unilateral contract termination dispute with a contractor.

International Tax Review 2015

According to International Tax Review, Galina Аkchurina, Tatiana Grigorieva, Аlexander Grigoriev made it into the international rating in tax litigation.

Kommersant 2015

The Kommersant newspaper included FBK Legal into the rating of Russia's largest law firms as a top performer in «Tax consulting and Tax litigation support».

Our firm is endorsed for outstanding business engineering efficiency

FBK Legal ranks on the list of Top 15 law firms rated for business engineering efficiency and on the list of Top 50 law firms in terms of revenues.

Chambers Europe 2014

International rating Chambers Europe 2014 recommends FBK Legal in:

• Tax

Our clients' comments: ‘It's on top of developments in the market’. ‘You feel that the team is really involved and doing all it can to win the litigation’.

Galina Akchurina received a personal recommendation (Up and Coming)

• Employment

Client voice/comments: ‘The lawyers always try to take into account the realities of business in Russia. The team is very flexible in terms of dealing with and resolving client queries’.

• Dispute Resolution: Domestic

Client voice/comments: ‘A highly motivated team that responds quickly’.

• Corporate/M&A

FBK Legal made it into Russia's top five leading law firms which are strengthening their transaction support practices and expanding its market share.

FBK Legal is on the list of law firms nominated for Chambers Europe Awards for Excellence 2014.

Best Lawyers International 2014

The annual rating Best Lawyers recommends FBK Legal as a 'go-to' firm in:

• Tax

Galina Akchurina, head of Tax litigation practice, received a personal recommendation.

The Legal 500 EMEA 2014

The annual rating Legal 500: Europe, Middle East & Africa 2014 recommends FBK Legal in the area of:

• Tax (top-tier recommendation)

FBK Legal is reported to rank among leading law firms in Tax.

Well regarded for its tax litigation expertise, FBK Legal achieved a notable success for Gazprom in a case on the obligations of tax authorities during tax audits.

Galina Аkchurina and Тatiana Grigorieva led in the $25m dispute. The tax team also handles a significant flow of non-contentious work, supporting the firm’s transactional activities.

• Corporate and M&A: Moscow

Andrew Shkadov and Аlexander Еrmolenko, according to Legal 500 EMEA, 'work well together» and form «a strong corporate team». They advised Russian Helicopters on setting up a joint venture in India, and acted for Actavis on its $28m divestment of healthcare product manufacturer Zio-Zdorovie'.

• Dispute resolution: Litigation

The rating experts note that FBK Legal attracts plaudits for its successes and expertise in tax litigation, with Galina Akchurina leading the tax resolution practice. This is complemented by the wide-ranging disputes practice

• Real estate

Pravo.Ru-300 2014

According to Pravo.Ru-300 2014, FBK Legal ranks among the top law firms in such key areas as

• Antitrust law
• Arbitration proceedings
• Intellectual property
• Corporate law / M&A
• Tax law (band 1)
• Natural resources / Energy

FBK Legal ranks 6th among top 50 law firms in terms of revenue, 8th by revenue per lawyer.
The company holds 12-13 rank in terms of in-house lawyers.

Besides, FBK Legal holds 19-22 rank in overall preferences ranking assigned by Russian legal services market players as part of a peer assessment, holding 2nd rank in sector preferences ranking in Tax law.

Chambers Europe 2013

Chambers Europe 2013 recommends FBK Legal in:

• Tax.

Client voice/comments: ‘High-quality services that create value for our company’.

• Employment.

Here is what clients say: ‘The advice is practical, well grounded and always on time.’

Andrew Shkadov received a personal recommendation (Band U). Chambers Europe distinguishes him as ‘amazing negotiator, who is able to find solutions to suit both sides’.

• Dispute Resolution: Domestic.

Client voice/comments: ‘We assign them the most difficult cases that require special expertise’.

FBK Legal is on the list of law firms nominated for Chambers Europe Awards for Excellence 2013.

The Legal 500 EMEA 2013

The annual rating Legal 500: Europe, Middle East & Africa 2013 recommends FBK Legal in:

• Tax (top-tier recommendation)

FBK Legal is reported to be able to handle any tax issue, no matter how sophisticated the problem’.

The rating experts comment that Galina Аkchurina is‘simply excellent’, and has a proven record of winning cases against the tax authorities'; Alexey Yakovlev is ‘one of the best tax lawyers in the market’; and Тatiana Мatveicheva is ‘one of the best tax methodologists’.

• Corporate and M&A: Moscow

The exceptional team of FBK Legal is reported to have expanded its widely known tax practice by way of providing сorporate services for top-level clients.

The Legal 500 EMEA reports that the practice leader Аlexander Еrmolenko attracts plenty of plaudits from his clients, specifically, for his 'knowledge of real estate regulations’ and for his‘ability to negotiate with Russian sellers’; Andrew Shkadov has ‘a deep understanding of corporate law’.

• Dispute resolution
• Energy and natural resources

Nadezhda Оrlova and Тatiana Маtveicheva received personal recommendations as 'go-to' lawyers in naturals resources and energy.

• Real estate and construction

The Legal 500 reports that Аlexander Еrmolenko ‘shows tremendous knowledge of real estate regulations’.

• Employment
• Shipping and transport
• Public private partnership

Pravo.Ru-300 2013

FBK Legal ranks among best performing law firms in:

• Arbitration proceedings
• Corporate law / M&A
• Commercial real estate / Construction
• Tax law (band 1)
• Intellectual property
• Antitrust law
• Natural resources/Energy (band 1)

FBK Legal ranks 7th among top 50 law firms in terms of revenue, 6th by revenue per lawyer.
The company made it into top ten in terms of number of in-house lawyers.

Besides, FBK Legal made it into an overall preferences ranking assigned by Russian legal services market players as part of a peer assessment, holding 2nd rank in sector preferences ranking in Tax law.