About us

Sirota & Mosgo is a Russian law firm specializing in legal and tax matters.

We provide services in English, German and Russian and follow international professional standards.

We provide legal and tax support for foreign companies doing business in Russia. And, thanks to our professional and personal contacts, we are able to provide similar services in Belarus as well.

Our partners have significant experience working with leading foreign law firms and especially strong ties with German law firms. We have experience cooperating with lawyers from Great Britain, France, the Netherlands and China.

These ties can benefit our Russian clients pursuing opportunities abroad.

Sirota & Mosgo is a member of Mackrell International, one of the world´s major networks of independent law firms. We are also a member of the Association of European Businesses, the Russian-German Chamber of Commerce, and the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia.

We know that security is a top concern for our clients. Accordingly, our firm has obtained a professional responsibility policy in the amount of over 1.000.000,-- Euro. As a further service for our clients, we can arrange separate insurance agreements for individual projects.

News

17.01.2012|The New Approach of Russian Courts towards “Thin Capitalization Rules”: the Possibility of an Additional Tax Assessment and the Likely Restructuring of Holding Company Capital Structures

The Supreme Commercial Court (hereinafter –“SCC”) recently made a precedent setting decision in the case of major Russian coal company “Severniy Kuzbass” (case No. А27-7455/2010). The decision can negatively impact Russian companies with certain foreign capital structures for the following reasons. Firstly, the decision changes the approach of Russian courts towards the “thin capitalization rules”, which regulate the financing of Russian companies via foreign loans from “parent companies”. Secondly, and most importantly, the decision’s precedent paves the way for massive additional tax assessments and thus will surely lead to a change in the typical financing structures of Russian holding companies.

21.12.2011|Some problems of seeking the compensation of damages caused by torfeasor whose liability was insured

The article of Sirota& Mosgo lawyer Anastasia Shishkina was published by Business and Law Journal (issue 12, 2011). The article discusses some problems of seeking the compensation of damages caused by torfeasor whose liability was insured.

29.10.2011|Best legal department 2011

Artem Sirota, Partner at “Sirota&Mosgo” law firm, was appointed member of the Expert board of the sixth annual international competition for “Best legal department”. The awards ceremony took place on the 28th of October 2011. “Corporate lawyer”, Russia’s monthly legal journal, and the international group Wolters Kluwer were the organizers of the event.

Publications

Principles of the Russian Immovable Property Law

Rules on immovable property possession have only recently been developed as a functional area of Russian civil law. This article is an overview of the key principles on immovable property possession in Russia.

Major problems of contribution of the rights to the knowhow (trade secret) as an investment in the charter (share) capital of a Russian company.

There is no generally accepted definition of the term “knowhow”. Few jurisdictions (for example Russia) have the statutory definition of the knowhow.