Lidings' Sino-Russian Expertise

1. ADVISING
CHINESE
COMPANIES
INDUSTRYEXPERTISE

2. ADVISING CHINESE COMPANIES
COLLABORATION WITH
CHINESE LAW FIRMS
Lidings has established strong and successful collaboration
with China’s leading legal advisors. Such partner relations
enable us to represent clients from PRC in their investment
projects in Russia and ensure highest quality of legal support
on Russian law matters combined with possibility of direct
access to Chinese law experts.
Advising on a joint venture
project to establish commercial
automobiles’ production line
in the Ulyanovsk region
BAIC Group
Advising major Chinese
investment company on
contemplated acquisition by its
client of indirect control over
the Russian telecommunication
company intending to offer
McWiLL 4G-technology in Russia
CITIC Capital
Advising on corporate
restructuring of the company’s
business in Russia
Huawei Technologies
Advising on setting up
automobiles production site
in Russia
Geely International
Corporation
Lidings advises market leaders, international investors, representatives of
medium and large global enterprises actively doing business or planning
to establish legal presence in Russia, as well as state-owned companies.
Over 30% of our clients come from Asia-Pacific region, over 80% of which
constitute Chinese companies, prominent market leaders in their respective
fields: automotive, IT and electronics, pharmaceuticals and healthcare,
FMCG, real estate and construction/logistics services/investment companies,
manufacturing, and financial institutions.

3. Labour and
migration law
LEGAL EXPERTISE
Our approach in providing full-service legal advice on Russian law matters
and experience in carrying out joint projects with Chinese law firms make Lidings
the effective adviser of first choice for clients, requiring legal consultations on
the following issues of the Russian law:
Advising Chinese
companies on entering
the Russian market,
as well as Russian
companies on entering
the Chinese market
Court
representation Banking and finance
regulation Protection of IP
assets
Corporate and
commercial matters
Tax and customs
regulation
Sale and purchase
of land plots and real
estate objects
Antitrust regulation
issues
Compliance issues
and consultations
on best practices of
doing business in
Russia
Advising on restructuring
client’s IP assets for the
purposes of charter capital
increase in the Russian legal
entities
ZTE Corporation
Advising Australian branch
of the bank in the process
of granting a USD 35 mln loan
to a Russian subsidiary
Industrial and Commercial
Bank of China
Advising on granting a special
purpose loan to a Russian
state investment bank for
financing construction of
a large multifunctional complex
in Moscow
China Development Bank
Advising on entering the Russian
market, admission to par cipate
in self-regulatory organiza on
(SRO) in construc on industry, and
obtaining work permits for foreign
employees in Russia
China CAMC Engineering

4. ABOUT US
www.lidings.com
KEY CONTACTS
ANDREY ZELENIN
Partner, Dispute Resolution practice,
Intellectual Property practice
azelenin@lidings.com
STEPAN GUZEY
Partner, Tax and Customs practice,
Banking and Finance practice
sguzey@lidings.com
SERGEY PATRAKEEV
Partner, Corporate and M&A practice,
Real Estate and Construction practice,
Employment practice, Antitrust and
Competition practice
spatrakeev@lidings.com
OFFICES
MOSCOW
Capital City Complex
Presnenskaya nab. 8 bld. 1
Moscow, 123317, Russia
Phone: +7 495 989 4410
Fax: +7 495 989 4420
moscow@lidings.com
ST. PETERSBURG
55, Nevsky prospect,
St.Petersburg, 191025, Russia
Nevsky Plaza Business Center
Tel./Fax: +7 812 448 0860
spb@lidings.com
CLIENTS
3M
A1
AAA Auto
Accor
Actelion
AGC Flat Glass
Alfa Bank Belarus
ASUSTeK Computer
BAIC Group
Bal kums Bank
Belorusne
Billa
BNP Paribas Group
Boydak Holding
Boehringer Ingelheim
Brenntag Group
Chery Automobile
China Development Bank
DeLonghi
DuPont Corpora on
Emerson
Exxon Mobil
Flydubai
Foxconn Technology
Geely
Hines
Huawei Technologies
Hyundai MOBIS
ICBC
Imperial Tobacco Group
Inchcape
INEOS
Ingosstrakh ONDD
Ipsen Pharma
iRobot Corpora on
Japan Tobacco Interna onal
Kia Motors
Korea Development Bank
Kyocera Group
Leo Burne
Lifan Motors
McDonald’s
MEDA Pharmaceu cals
Merck
Mizuho
Mul vac
Nokia Solu ons & Networks
Petromarket
Pioneer Corpora on
Publicis Group
Radio France
RBC
Reader’s Digest
Rietumu Banka
Royal Dutch Shell
Russian Helicopters
Ryanair
Sanofi Aven s
Seiko Holdings
Servier
Stadler
Telegraph Media Group
TeliaSonera
Tetra Pak
The Interna onal Bank of Azerbaijan
Turkish Airlines
Veolia Water
Viciunai Group
Xinwei
Yokogawa Electric
Zeppelin
ZTE Corpora on
Lidings is a leading independent national law firm with a broad base of clientele
in Russia and the CIS. Since its launch in the mid-2000s, the firm has achieved impressive
growth and built a noteworthy reputation. The firm advises its predominantly
international clients from its two offices in Moscow and St. Petersburg.