Consulting

Avant
Address: Pulkovskoe Shosse, build.
40, corpus 4D, office В6200, 196158, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Business Genre:
Business Phone Number: +7 (812) 331-63-59
Business Description:

Avant provides consulting and outsourcing services in the areas of finance, law, logistics, international trade, IT, as well as real estate management and HR support services.
Our goal is to allow our clients to concentrate on the main thing – the development of their business, instead of wasting time on non-core processes.
Using our many years of experience, we are ready to offer competent solutions in new, unconventional and challenging situations.
The company’s specialists are able to “”pick up”” the exact block of operational issues that requires immediate action, or gradually get involved in the workflow.
We are ready to work at the pace of your business. Learn more about Avant: http://www.aoavant.ru/

Activities: Business process outsourcing
Products/Services: Accounting service
Staff recruitment and outsourcing of HR recordkeeping
Legal services
IT outsourcing
Logistics Outsourcing
Property management”
Baker McKenzie
Address: BolloevCenter, 2nd Floor
4A Grivtsova Lane
St. Petersburg 190000
Russia
Business Genre:
Business Phone Number: +7 812 303 9000
Business Fax: +7 812 325 6013
Business Description:

Baker McKenzie’s St. Petersburg office is recognized as a market leader in the region. Our clients benefit from working with lawyers who possess a deep knowledge of local laws combined with a strong global outlook. For 25 years, our firm has helped clients navigate matters ranging from corporate registrations and maintenance to complex cross-border acquisitions, international financing transactions and dispute resolution cases. We work closely with our Moscow office and integrated network of 13 000 professionals across the world to provide clients with practical, innovative legal and business advice.

Products/Services: The company provides local and global advice in the following areas:

– Antitrust & Competition
– Banking & Finance
– Capital Markets
– Energy, Mining & Infrastructure
– Environmental
Healthcare
– Telecoms, Media and Technology
– Private Equity
BLCONS GROUP
Address: 15-17 Rubinshtein Str., office 103, St. Petersburg, Russia 191002
Business Genre:
Business Phone Number: +7 (812) 575-84-00, (01), (02); +7 (800) 550-29-66
Business Description:

A business advisory firm BLCONS GROUP is a team of professionals qualified in audit and financial accounting, tax advisory services and legal support. Since its foundation in 2001, BLCONS GROUP has been successfully implementing projects delivering exceptional client service.

Activities: The key expert areas of the BLCONS GROUP include audit, tax and law advisory services. The Company also operates a regional representative office of the “State Registration Bulletin” accepting obligatory companies’ announcements, Eastern-European Bureau of Credit History (vebki.ru), an online trade platform Kartoteka.ru and a certification center for qualified electronic digital signature.
Products/Services: Audit: statutory audit, initiative audit, reporting audit (IFRS), audit of accounting policies, tax audit, express audit.



Tax consulting: advisory services on tax issues, support of tax audits, tax audit, appeal against actions / omissions of the Federal Tax Service Inspectorate, transfer pricing.



Litigation: arbitration disputes, administrative cases, subsidiary liability, force majeure – case management in court.



Legal consulting.

https://blcons.ru/all-services/
Contacts: Maria Strigaleva – the Head of Audit and Tax Practice;
Ekaterina Nikitenko – assistant, manager@blcons.ru; assistant@blcons.ru
Capital Legal Services
Address: 1 Divenskaya street
St. Petersburg, 197101, Russia
Business Genre:
Website: www.cls.ru
Business Phone Number: +7 (812) 346-7990
Business Fax: +7 (812) 346-7991
Business Description:

Capital Legal Services is the leading Russian full-service law firm, it has been well known on the legal services market since 1999. The offices of Capital Legal Services are located in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Helsinki.
The areas of specialization include corporate law, real estate and construction, antitrust law, public-private partnership, litigation and alternative dispute resolution, labor law, intellectual property and tax law.
Attorneys of the firm have participated in drafting the Civil Code, Concession Law, laws related to transportation and public-private partnership.
Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 and Best Lawyers recommend firm as legal adviser for companies doing business in Russia and distinguish high expertise of the firm and lawyers.

CLS render services throughout all of Russia and provide support for its clients in CIS countries through network of partners. In cooperation with major international law firms CLS provides legal support in implementing comprehensive transnational projects of clients.

Activities: Legal Services
Products/Services: Corporate law / Mergers and Acquisitions;
Contract law;
Real Estate and Construction;
Antitrust Legislation;
Project financing / Public-Private Partnership;
Commercial arbitration and out-of-court dispute resolution;
Labor and migration legislation;
Intellectual Property (IP)/ IT;
Anti-Corruption Law / Compliance
Tax Law
Sanctions Compliance
Bankruptcy
Customs law;
Fintech;
Wealth management; Criminal/Administrative law/Decision execution.
Contacts: Vladislav Zabrodin, Managing Partner, tel: +7 (812) 346 79 90
Yana Chepovetskaya, HR manager, tel: +7 (812) 346 79 90
Elena Anisimova, Administrative Manager, tel: +7 (812) 346 79 90
Dentons
Address: Jensen House, Nevsky pr., 32-34, 5th floor, 191186 Saint-Petersburg
Business Genre:
Business Phone Number: +7 (812) 325-8444
Business Fax: +7 (812) 325-8454
Business Description:

Dentons is a global firm driven to provide a competitive edge in an increasingly complex and interconnected world. It was formed in March 2013 by the combination of international law firm Salans LLP, Canadian law firm Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (FMC) and international law firm SNR Denton. Dentons is built on the solid foundations of these three highly valued law firms. Each built an outstanding reputation and valued clientele by responding to the local, regional and national needs of a broad spectrum of clients of all sizes—individuals; entrepreneurs; small businesses and startups; local, regional and national governments and government agencies; and mid-sized and larger private and public corporations, including international and global entities. Dentons’ clients now benefit from approximately 2,600 lawyers and professionals in more than 75 locations spanning 50-plus countries across Africa, Asia Pacific, Canada, Central Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Russia and the CIS, the UK and the US who are committed to challenge the status quo and offer creative, dynamic business and legal solutions.

Products/Services: Legal services
Contacts: Victor Naumov, Office Managing Partner, Head of Russian IP/IT/Telecommunications Practice, tel:+7 (812) 325-8444
Karina Chichkanova, Partner, Head of Russian PPP and St. Petersburg Real Estate, tel:+7 (812) 325-8444
Denuo
Address: Singer House business centre, 28A Nevsky prospect, St Petersburg, 191186, Russia
Business Genre:
Business Phone Number: +7 812 448 7200
Business Fax: +7 812 448 7201
Business Description:

A fully integrated legal and tax consulting practice, our St Petersburg office is unique for its multidisciplinary approach to the provision of legal services. With over 30 lawyers, our St Petersburg practice constitutes the largest legal and tax services provider in Russia’s northwest.
Serving St Petersburg and northwest Russia, we have established a reputation for providing quality, client-driven services to top international and local businesses. We have in-depth knowledge and understanding of Russia and the northwest region’s commercial environment and the typical issues facing local companies.

Activities: Law Firm
Products/Services: Law Firm
Contacts: Head of Marketing and PR department Marina Piotrovksaya marina.piotrovskaya@denuo.ru
Emerging Markets Group
Address: Moskovsky 60/129B, office 605
Business Genre:
Business Phone Number: +7 812 336 43 86
Business Fax: +7 812 309 93 59
Business Description:

Emerging Markets Group, LLC (EMG) is a services company combining Western management and standards with extensive Russian experience. Since 1997 our outsourced accounting, tax and legal services have helped both large Fortune 500 and small companies in the St. Petersburg region to prosper in Russia’s changing business environment. We take pride in delivering quality service at a competitive cost. EMG is proud to serve some of St.Petersburg’s leading corporations – among them: Fortum, Opera Software, Ralmir, SCMI, Ashland, Keller, Saati, Hellenic Bank, Betts and many others..

Activities: Finance and legal outsourcing
Products/Services: Accounting, Legal, Audit, Tax
Contacts: Ekaterina Ena, Marketing Director, ekaterina.ena@emg.spb.ru
+79219977117
Forte Tax & Law
Address: 191014, ul. Mayakovskogo, 12 AP, office 211, St Petersburg, Russia
Business Genre:
Business Phone Number: +7 (812) 670 55 85
Business Description:

Forte Tax & Law is a law firm with focus on corporate, employment and tax law, providing legal services to international and local clients who invest and conduct business operations in Russia and the CIS. The company has presence in Moscow and St. Petersburg and employs 15 highly qualified lawyers with proven track records and extensive experience in corporate, tax and labor law.

Activities: Legal services
Contacts: Anton Kabakov, Partner, tel: +7 921 39 711 93, anton.kabakov@fortetaxandlaw.com;
Mika Kokkonen, General Director, tel: +7 921 948 4312, Mika.Kokkonen@fortetaxandlaw.com;
Daria Voskova, Marketing Specialist, тел.: +7 952 354 77 24, daria.voskova@fortetaxandlaw.com
MARILLION
Address: Saint-Petersburg, V.O., Maly prospect, 22, lit. A;
Moscow, Nizhniy Susalniy pereulok, 5/19, Business center “Arma”.
Business Genre:
Website: www.mazars.ru
Business Phone Number: +7 (495) 792 52 45
Business Description:

Marillion is a leading audit, tax and advisory firm. Leveraging international and local expertise, scale and cultural understanding, Marillion team of experts work to deliver exceptional and tailored services in audit and accounting, as well as tax, financial advisory, consulting and legal services.

Marillion is ranked as one of the leading market players in Russia. 27 years of stable and dynamic growth have turned the company into a distinctive actor on the market, with professional services meeting the highest standards of quality. Today, Marillion offices in Saint-Petersburg, Moscow and Togliatti employ over 400 highly qualified staff members.

According to the RAEX rating agency, Marillion is represented in the rating of the largest companies in the accounting outsourcing, the company is among the TOP 5 companies in Russia in the preparation of financial statements (IFRS and RAS reporting) as well as one of TOP 8 audit companies and TOP 8 audit groups in Russia. Marillion is recognised as one of the leading Tier 2 companies in the World Transfer Pricing Ranking and Tier 4 companies in the World Tax Ranking.

Activities: Marillion offers a complete and flexible range of services based on vast experience of an in-depth knowledge of international and Russian markets:
– Accounting outsourcing. Payroll processing & HR administration
– Tax services, including transfer pricing
– Legal services
– Audit
– Financial advisory
Contacts: Svetlana Gritsina
Marketing Manager
Tel: +7 (495) 792 5245
E-mail: svetlana.gritsina@marillion.ru
Maxima Legal
Address: 26, Liteyny Pr., St.Petersburg, 191028
Business Genre:
Business Phone Number: +7 (812) 454 22 14
Business Fax: +7 (812) 454 22 14
Business Description:

Maxima Legal LLC was established in 2001.

Our offices are located in St Petersburg (head office) and Moscow. We work in Russian and English.

Our key fields of expertise are commercial and international private law, dispute resolution, real estate and construction, public-private partnership (PPP), transactions and IP/ IT law as well as HNWI clients legal services.

Activities: Furthermore Maxima Legal is a member of the International Lawyers Network (ILN) – one of the biggest associations of law firms, uniting over 5,000 lawyers from 100 reputable companies and market leaders in over 70 countries. As a member of ILN our company represents Russia and its North-West region.

Participation in ILN, as well as a well-established professional network, which includes legal firms from England, Germany, France, Scandinavian and other Central and East European countries, USA, Canada, Australia, who provide us with a unique opportunity to succeed in using advanced foreign experience and the best global practices, as well as helping in rendering high-quality legal services with regard to both Russian and foreign law.
Products/Services: Maxima Legal provides high-quality legal services on Russian, international and foreign law:
Corporate law
General business
Dispute resolution
Insolvency (Bankruptcy)
Intellectual property & Information technologies
Tax law
Private Wealth
Real estate & construction
Public Private Partnership (PPP)
Energy & Resources
To provide the most efficient support for international projects in Russia and abroad we have formed a specialised Team for international investments and international projects.
Contacts: Maria Kryukova, Head of Marketing & Communications dpt, tel: +7 812 454 22 14 ext: 111
Nordic Star
Address: Malaya Konyushennaya Street 1/3A, B33, 191186 St. Petersburg, Russia
Business Genre:
Business Phone Number: +7 812 335 2220
Business Fax: +7 812 335 22 21
Business Description:

Nordic Star Law Offices is a legal services leader in Russia. We provide the full range of legal services for business to clients from any sector of the economy throughout Russia and in most of the former Soviet states.

 

We focus on M&A, Corporate Law and Commercial Contracts, Real Estate & Construction, Dispute Resolution, Competition and Antitrust, Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy, Intellectual Property, Information Technology, and Employment. This allows us to develop and implement effective solutions for clients tailored to the needs of a specific business.

 

Our team’s high professional standards, expertise and business thinking have been recognised by such leading international rankings as Chambers and Partners, Legal 500, IFLR 1000, The Best Lawyers, and Pravo.ru – 300.

We are committed to following principles of uncompromising social responsibility and strive to assist in developing society as much as possible.

 

Nordic Star Law Offices was established in 2022 by partners of Borenius’ Russian office (Borenius Attorneys Russia Ltd), whose head office is in Helsinki. We stay in touch with our international partners, which opens up access for our clients to the services of professionals from the EU, US and other regions and countries.

Contacts: Anastasia Marinenko, Business Development & Marketing Manager, Russia, tel:+7 812 335 22 20
Andrei Gusev, Managing Partner, Russia, tel: +7 812 335 2220
Pen and Paper Attorneys at Law
Address: Russia, St. Petersburg, Aptekarskaya Embankment Avenue Business Centre 20A
Business Genre:
Business Phone Number: 8-812-740-58-23 Spb +7 495 234 4959 Msc
Business Fax: 8-812-740-58-23 Spb +7 495 234 4959 Msc
Business Description:

With offices in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Pen & Paper is perhaps the only national law firm which successfully combines expertise in corporate conflicts, criminal law and white-collar crime with specialisation in dispute resolution, corporate law and M&A, insolvency, real estate, construction, investment, anti-monopoly legislation and international private law – areas in which it has had almost 15 years of experience.

The firm offers the highest level of professional knowledge and experience and provides legal assistance to Russian and international companies and private individuals who already operate in the Russian market or who are just starting operations in Russia.

Our lawyers are recognised legal experts who have drafted a considerable number of bills on the reform of criminal law and criminal proceedings. These include the federal law adopted into the Russian legal system in late 2015 which entitles detained persons to place telephone calls, or the Russian equivalent of one of the legal guarantees of the American Miranda rule.

Activities: Criminal Law Practice
Dispute Resolution
Corporate Law and M&A
International Practice and Private Client Services
Sanctions Law and Sanctions Compliance
Real Estate, Construction, Investment
Expert Legislative Activity
Pro Bono
Products/Services: – Criminal jurisprudence
– Corporate law and M & A
– Resolution of disputes
– Real estate, construction, investment
– International practice and private clients
– Expert and legislative activity
Contacts: Valentina Dobrynina

Advocate
Advisor to the Managing Partner
On Media Relations

20A Aptekarskaya Embankment
Avenue Business Centre
St. Petersburg, Russia 197022
Tel: +7 812 740 5823 | Mob: +7 921 328 1329

Pepeliaev Group
Address: Golden Shpalernaya Business Centre,
54 Shpalernaya St,
St Petersburg, 191015, Russia
Business Genre:
Website: www.pgplaw.ru
Business Phone Number: + 7 812 640 60 10
Business Description:

Pepeliaev Group is a leading Russian law firm offering the full range of legal services in all regions of Russia, in the CIS countries, and abroad.

Activities: Key practice areas:
• legal support for investment projects in Russia
• tax law & tax disputes
• foreign currency regulation and control
• administrative and criminal law defense of business
• corporate law / mergers and acquisitions
• antimonopoly regulation
• commercial practice
• banking and finance practice
• real estate and construction
• dispute resolution and mediation
• bankruptcy and anti-crisis protection of business
• intellectual property and trademarks
• customs law and foreign trade regulation
• employment and migration law
• legal protection of information
• professional translation
Products/Services: Our team possesses excellent knowledge of legislation and regulation and the demand on the market owing to the experience gained through implementing successful investment projects and handling noteworthy cases.
Contacts: Sergey Spasennov, Senior Partner, Head of the St. Petersburg office,
tel.: + 7 812 640 60 10, e-mail: s.spasennov@pgplaw.ru
Daria Zemskova, Lead Marketing manager,
tel.: + 7 812 640 60 10, e-mail: d.zemskova@pgplaw.ru
Pilz Rus
Address: Leninskiy prosp., bld. 160, office 702,
196247, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Business Genre: ,
Website: www.pilz.com
Business Phone Number: +7 812 677 72 19, +7 495 665 49 93
Business Fax: +7 812 677 72 19, +7 495 665 49 93
Business Description:

Pilz GmbH & Co. KG is a technology leader in safe automation technology. In this area, Pilz is consistently developing a role as a total solutions supplier with solutions for safety and automation technology.
The objective of Pilz is to automate machines and plants in such a way that the safety of man, machine and environment is always guaranteed.
In addition to the head office in Ostfildern near Stuttgart, the family business is represented by over 40 subsidiaries and branches on all continents.

Activities: • Design, manufacture and supply of innovative components and integrated solutions for safe industrial automation
• Expert services in the field of machinery safety: risk assessment, safety concept and implementation, international compliance, etc.
• Project Engineering
• Modernization of existing enterprise automation systems in compliance with all relevant applicable safety standards
• Machinery safety trainings
Products/Services: Excellent components:
• Mechanical, contactless, tactile and opto-electronic safety sensors
• Safety and control relays for any type of equipment
• Safety controllers – from compact to complete automation systems
• Control devices and signaling devices: emergency stop buttons, pull rope switches, two-hand control device, interlock switches, operating mode switches, muting lamps
• Drive technology – motion control systems, servo amplifiers, servo drives
• Industrial networks and systems based on Ethernet
• Operator panels and visualization devices
• Complex for measuring collision parameters in the interaction of man and robot
Expert services in the field of machinery safety:
• Risk assessment
• Safety concept
• Safety Design
• System implementation
• Safety Validation
• Lock Out Tag Out (LOTO) system
• Compliance with international standards
• Plant Assessment
• Inspection of safeguarding devices
Contacts: Roman Bogdanovskii, Business Development Manager, +7 (929) 524-68-56, r.bogdanovskii@pilzrussia.ru
PowerLexis
Address: Dostoyevskogo St. 44a, St. Petersburg, 191119
Business Phone Number: 88123341323, 88005507923
Business Description:

PowerLexis — communication company since 2005.
We accomplish offline and online projects in three areas: Facilitation centre, School of business communication, Presentation agency.
Our clients are leading Russian and international companies.
Our audience includes business owners, senior and middle managers, line managers.

Activities: Holding. Training. Supporting. Implementing.
Products/Services: • Facilitation centre
Strategic sessions, risk sessions, strategy and tactics adaptation sessions, foresights, retrospectives and other facilitation sessions. Corporate and open training on facilitation. Supporting events using facilitation techniques and tools. Implementing a facilitation culture and facilitation leadership in the companies. The facilitator team of PowerLexis is led by IAF Certified Professional Facilitator.

• School of business communication
Corporate and open training on public speaking, business communications, presentation development and visual communications. Supporting speakers for public speaking. Introducing a culture of effective business communication in the companies.

• Presentation agency
Developing and implementing a corporate presentation standard. Development of “live” business presentations for various types of international and Russian events (forums and conferences, meetings and briefings, sales and negotiations, webinars and trainings, company board and shareholders meetings). Subscription service (a set of presentation services under a single long-term contract). Introducing a culture of creating presentations in the company.
PwC
Address: Bolloev center, Grivtsova lane 4, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 190000
Business Genre:
Website: www.pwc.ru
Business Phone Number: 7 (812) 326 6969
Business Fax: 7 (812) 326 6699
Business Description:

PwC Russia (www.pwc.ru) provides industry-focused assurance, tax, legal and business consulting services. The global network ofPwC firms brings together more than 276,000 people in 157 countries.

Activities: PwC Russia (www.pwc.ru) provides industry-focused assurance, tax, legal and business consulting services. Over 3,000 professionals working in PwC offices inMoscow, St Petersburg, Ekaterinburg, Kazan, Novosibirsk, Rostov-on-Don, Krasnodar,Voronezh, Vladikavkaz, Perm, Nizhniy Novgorod and Ufa share their thinking, experience andsolutions to develop fresh perspectives and practical advice for our clients.
Products/Services: Audit services according to international and Russian standards, tax services, law services, business performance management, financial, economic and tax analysis of enterprises, as well as the implementation of the most advanced technological solutions for our customers.
Contacts: Yurilina Olga
Business development manager
+7 (812) 326 6969
olga.yurilina@pwc.com
Rumyantsev Legal, Attorneys at Law
Address: Office 515, Business Centre “Tempo”, 104 Nevsky Ave., 191025, Saint Petersburg
Business Genre:
Business Phone Number: +7 (812) 627-16-01
Business Description:

Rumyantsev Legal Law Office is a Russian law firm located in St. Petersburg. The attorneys and lawyers of the law office have over ten years’ experience of advising Russian and foreign companies on commercial law and rendering legal assistance by representing principals’ interests in state courts throughout Russia. According to the Delovoy Peterburg newspaper, the Bureau’s lawyers have been twice ranked as the best lawyers in the city.

Activities: Legal Services
Products/Services: Core legal practices of the Bureau:
– Commercial practice (Construction contracting; real estate contracting; sales; lease questions; damages, including lost profits);
– Corporate practice (Legal services on establishing companies with a vertical management system; legal services on liquidation of business; preparing corporate agreements of members of limited liability companies and shareholders of joint-stock companies; legal services on resolving disputes and deadlocks between multiple founders and shareholders);
– Legal support for investment transactions (due diligence on and structuring of investments in real estate and ongoing business);
– Settlement of commercial disputes (The Bureau’s lawyers handle cases in state courts throughout Russia. A decent grip of the civil process and the analytical way of presenting information to the court are among our pros.
The amount claimed in cases involving the Bureau’s lawyers totalled more than RUB 4 billion).
Contacts: Osip Rumyantsev, Managing Partner, attorney, head of dispute resolution practice
tel.: +7 (812) 627-16-01
email: rumyantsev@rbm.legal
SCHNEIDER GROUP SPb
Address: Business Centre Petrovskiy Fort, Office 801-803
Finlyandskiy Prospect 4 A
194044 St. Petersburg
Business Genre:
Business Phone Number: (812) 458-58-00
Business Fax: (812) 458-57-00
Business Description:

SCHNEIDER GROUP – 500 experts, offices in nine countries, your one-stop partner.

Activities: SCHNEIDER GROUP provides its international clients with the market entry, advisory, and back-office services they need to expand their business into or within Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
Products/Services: Our services include market entry support, accounting outsourcing, tax consulting, import, ERP systems (1C, SAP and Microsoft Dynamics NAV), and support in the settlement of disputes and advice on a broad range of legal issues with a focus on compliance, migration, labor, contract, and corporate law.
Contacts: Nadezhda Kharkovskaya
Team Leader Business Development
+7 / 812 / 458 58 00
spb@schneider-group.com
Stepachkov & Surchakov, Law firm
Address: Business Center “Mont blanc”, office 404, house 4-6, lit. A, B. Sampsonievsky prospekt, St. Petersburg 194044
Business Genre:
Business Phone Number: 8 (812) 600-7232
Business Description:

Stepachkov & Surchakov, Law Firm specializes on dispute resolution. Among the clients there are Russian and foreign IT, manufacture, retail and construction companies. A significant part of the firm’s practice is legal support and protection of the private clients’ rights where we propose our expertise in property dispute resolution.
Small organizational structure and specific specialization allow us to focus on each project to the maximum with our personal guarantee of the quality of legal expertise.

Activities: Legal services
Products/Services: Key practices of the Firm
– Commercial disputes resolution
– Corporate conflicts resolution
– Bankruptcy cases legal support
– Dispute resolution with state authorities
– Protection of private clients’ rights
Contacts: Dmitry Surchakov, partner
тел./tel. +7 (981) 843-5422, sda@snslaw.ru

Nikita Stepachkov, partner
тел./tel. +7 (921) 396-3322, snv@snslaw.ru