Kommersant, the leading Russian business media, held an award ceremony to celebrate the winners of its annual ranking of legal services market leaders.

Orion has became the only law firm recognised Band 1 in the following categories:

• Banking and Finance: Advising Leaders in the Financial and Banking Sector

• Corporate Law: Mergers and Acquisitions of Russian Assets: High-End

• Corporate Law: Mergers and Acquisitions of International Assets: High-End

• Capital Markets

• International Litigations

• International Commercial Arbitration

• Natural Resources: Advising Natural Resource Industry Leaders

• Private Wealth

• Production and Industry: Advising Industry Leaders

• Shipping

• TMT (Telecommunications, Media, Technology)

• Transport and Logistics: Advising industry leaders

In Private Wealth Orion became the absolute leader, ranked 1st place within Band 1.

Our team was also awarded in Band 2 in the category “Tax Law: Advising on tax legislation”.

In individual ranking 11 Orion lawyers, including all partners, have been acknowledged among the leading lawyers in Russia:

Roman Bakhanets, Partner, Advocate

• Private Wealth (Band 1)

• Tax Law: Advising on Tax Legislation (Band 1)

Grigory Gadzhiev, Partner

• Corporate Law: Mergers and Acquisitions of Russian Assets (Band 1)

• Natural Resources (Band 1)

• Production and Industry (Band 1)

Alexander Khretinin, Partner

• International Commercial Arbitration (Band 1)

Maxim Kraynov, Partner, Advocate

• Banking and Finance (Band 1)

• Production and Industry (Band 1)

Nikolay Kurmashev, Partner

• Banking and Finance (Band 1)

Vladimir Melnikov, Partner

• International Commercial Arbitration (Band 1)

• International Litigations (Band 1)

Konstantin Olefir, Partner

• Corporate Law: Mergers and Acquisitions of Russian Assets (Band 1)

• TMT (Telecommunications, Media, Technology) (Band 2)

Vadim Turtsev, Partner, Advocate

• Banking and Finance (Band 1)

• Shipping (Band 1)

• Transport and Logistics (Band 1)

Evgeny Zelensky, Partner

• Capital Markets (Band 1)

• Corporate Law: Mergers and Acquisitions of Russian Assets (Band 1)

• Corporate Law: Mergers and Acquisitions of International Assets (Band 1)

• TMT (Telecommunications, Media, Technology) (Band 1)

Maria Ziborova, Partner

• Corporate law: Mergers and Acquisitions of International Assets (Band 1)

• Natural Resources (Band 1)

• TMT (Telecommunications, Media, Technology) (Band 2)

Maria Dedova, Counsel, PhD in Law

• Shipping (Band 1)

We would like to thank our clients and peers for their trust and high appreciation of our work in the legal services market.