On 10 January, Ksenia Panteleeva took up the position of Counsel, Head of the Urals office of Alliance Legal Consulting Group. In Ekaterinburg, she has a well-deserved reputation as an outstanding specialist in tax, employment, corporate and liability law.>

The draft amendments to the Law on Enforcement Proceedings stipulate that the bailiff will have to issue the relevant order within three days.>

The deposit for the bankruptcy auction is transferred to a special account. But sometimes unscrupulous bankruptcy administrators give the wrong details. If the money is sent to a regular account, it will then be returned in the fifth turn, i.e. most often never. But there is a way out of this situation. Alina Manina, deputy managing partner and head of the bankruptcy practice at Alliance Legal CG, tells us in her column.>

In recent years, Russian companies have been actively seeking to scale into foreign markets. Young teams, observing the experience of the big players, dare to conquer such markets as the American one. Without considering the legal pitfalls, companies get "burned" on standard mistakes and, at best, lose time and money. Rod Tuvaev, head of Alliance Legal CG's sanctions law practice and adviser on export controls, sanctions and international trade rules, explains how a Russian company can legally prepare to enter the US market without consequences.>

From 13 January, lawyers, notaries and law firms will begin to monitor clients differently under the Anti-Money Laundering law. They will begin to assess the risks of their clients in more detail. The requirements for the internal paperwork have been raised: now the information should be sent to Rosfinmonitoring according to a specific plan. Experts predict that the new approach will increase paperwork for lawyers and further damage relations with clients.>