Practices

Industries

Tax
and Customs

Stepan Guzey
Partner
Practice leader
Dmitry Kirillov
Counsel
Our skilled and deeply knowledgeable lawyers take an integrated approach to advising on a wide range of complex tax and customs matters
WE PROVIDE CLEAR ADVICE ON ISSUES BIG AND SMALL

What we do

Tax audit, legal due diligence of tax assets
Tax planning
Developing effective tax solutions in view of the client’s industrial and commercial focus
Legal regulation of tax aspects in mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures
Legal assistance in customs procedures
Court representation and legal defense in tax and customs disputes
HANDLE CHALLENGING AND COMPLEX MATTERS

Matters

Advising Japanese pharmaceutical company Santen on tax risks arising from its marketing agreements with pharmacy chains in Russia

Advising Vipservice, a large Russian consolidator of airline and railway ticket sales, travel and related services on taxation and contractual risks of their relations with a number of Russian airlines

Representing interests of a regional food retailer in a dispute with Russian tax authorities over a tax and VAT additionally charged on the profit of a foreign company operating in Russia

  • Tax and Customs

Representing major international seafood producer Vici in a dispute related to deprivation of its property based on unlawful decision by the Russian customs authorities; representing before the Court of the Eurasian Economic Community

Advising multinational IT services and consulting company in the light of the recently introduced taxation of foreign companies providing electronic services in Russia; revising the tax clauses in the cross-border local service agreement ensuring proper allocation of the client’s tax burden when providing services in Russia

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