By President Putin’s signature on 8 June 2020, Russia has enacted a jarring new Law by which, as written, in a significant range of circumstances Russian individuals and companies (and foreign companies) that have been...more
President Vladimir Putin signed a package of laws (informally referred to as the Investment Code) on 1 April to encourage further investment in Russia. The primary tool that the new legislation offers to investors is an...more
The Russian parliament urgently passed a new law on 14 March that amends the Federal Law on Joint Stock Companies (the JSC Law) to allow shareholder meetings in 2020 to be conducted by absentee voting if the agenda includes...more
3/17/2020
/ Absentee Voting ,
China ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Crisis Management ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Joint Stock Companies ,
Limited Liability Company (LLC) ,
New Legislation ,
Public Health ,
Russia ,
Shareholder Meetings ,
Shareholder Votes
A new law that comes into effect in Russia on March 12, 2020, introduces antitrust compliance into Russian law. Among other things, this new law could serve as a legitimate basis for Russian subsidiaries of multinational...more
3/12/2020
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Anti-Monopoly ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Competition ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Monopolization ,
New Legislation ,
Procurement Guidelines ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Russia ,
Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service