FBK Legal Business Breakfast ‘Strategic Focus 2026: Tax and Legal’

On 26 November 2025, the FBK Legal firm organised its business breakfast ‘Strategic Focus 2026: Tax and Legal’ at the Ararat Park Hyatt Hotel. The event brought together leading tax and legal advisers to discuss key issues such as tax enforcement, judicial practice, the upcoming 2026 tax reform, counterparty risks, and strategies to manage the liability risks of top management.

Discussion topics included:

• Tax risks related to counterparties. Court practice

• 2026 tax reform: expectations and reality

• Five-band personal income tax scale: a first-year review and lessons learned

• Case studies on managing the liability risks of executives and companies

• Contractual tools for protection against counterparty default

• Your debtor on the verge of bankruptcy: a step-by-step guide

• Sanctions and compliance risks in working with counterparties: strategies to protect business from third-party violations

Featured speakers:

• Alexey Nesterenko, Managing Partner

• Eduard Giulbasarov, Partner

• Ekaterina Golubeva, Head of Practice

• Liliya Yulgusheva, Head of Practice

• Victoria Arutyunyan, Partner

• Konstantin Fisunov, Head of Practice

• Vladislav Korneychuk, Head of Practice

• Anna Aktanaeva, Head of Practice

The ‘Strategic Focus 2026: Tax and Legal’ business breakfast reaffirmed its status as a platform for knowledge exchange and strategic planning, providing guidance for corporate tax and legal strategy in the year ahead.