Business redomiciliation, the present and future of the Russian legal services market and work in consulting after being employed as in-house lawyer. These topics were discussed by Boris Boltyansky, Editor-in-Chief of Pravo.ru, and Konstantin Olefir, Partner at Orion.
The interview is available here.
00:00 – Introduction
00:20 – Why Konstantin Olefir returned to consulting after 20 years of corporate work
01:35 – A symbiosis of in-house and consulting experience
02:41 – Why all Partners of the firm originate from ILFs
03:40 – Why investors are favouring redomiciliation
07:13 – Three directions of capital flow
09:03 – Sanctions compliance in friendly countries
09:58 – New redomiciliation rules: how it will work
11:03 – “Redomiciliation is a terribly painful process”
14:17 – How quickly can the business return to Russia?
15:19 – Contraindications for redomiciliation
16:21 – Positive effect on the business from redomiciliation
18:10 – How in-house experience helps Konstantin Olefir
19:31 – Establishment of Orion
21:17 – The difference between RuLFs and NewLFs
24:20 – The market is expecting consolidation of law firms
26:30 – “The most important for us is the legacy we leave behind”