Tokyo Office — Russian Far East Practice

Orrick's Russian Far East practice is centered in our Tokyo office and is led by Mr. Sergey Milanov, a partner in Orrick's Global Finance Group.  With more than nine years of experience handling Russian Far East related legal matters, Mr. Milanov has assembled a team of lawyers with the specific skills and qualifications that are required to help clients successfully complete sophisticated transactions and resolve complex disputes in the Russian Far East region.  For information about the unique capabilities and track record of our Russian Far East team, please click on the respective links below.  

• Lawyer qualifications         
• Scope of legal services
• Representative matters

Legal Updates for Business

Orrick's Russian Far East lawyers assist local and global organizations with business interests in three primary regions: Primorski Krai, Sakhalin Oblast and Khabarovsk Krai.  To help companies with current and future opportunities in the Russian Far East, this website provides complimentary access to updates on legal developments in each region.  Please click on the region below to obtain news on the most recent business-related legislation adopted by the respective region. 

• Primorski Krai
• Sakhalin Oblast
• Khabarovsk Krai

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Lawyer Qualifications           

Orrick's Russian Far East team consists of lawyers with the proven skills and comprehensive qualifications that are critical to the successful representation of our clients' interests in the Russian Far East.  Our strategic capabilities include local language fluencies, local practice qualifications, local and international legal training, and cross-border experience.  Following is an outline of Orrick's strengths in each of these areas.

• Language Fluency:
  • Russian
  • Japanese
  • English
• Practice Admissions:
  • Russian Federation
  • Gaikokuho jimu bengoshi  (Authorized Consultant in Foreign Law in Japan for New York State and Russian law)
  • New York
• Bar Memberships:
  • Primorski Region Bar
  • Dai-Ni Tokyo Bar
  • New York State Bar
• Multi-Jurisdiction Knowledge:
  • Orrick's Russian Far East team includes lawyers who have practiced in Moscow, Tokyo, New York and Brussels. 
  • Our Russian Far East lawyers have received their law degrees (J.D., LL.M. and LL.B.) from Moscow State University, Moscow State Law Academy, Harvard Law School, Waseda University, Sofia University and the Academic Law University of the State and Law Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Russian Federation

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Scope of Legal Services

Orrick's Russian Far East team provides the following legal services to local and global organizations with business interests in the Russian Far East.:

• Trade finance transactions
• Secured bank and non-bank lending
• Structured finance and project finance
• Foreclosing on security collateral and in collecting overdue indebtedness from delinquent Russian borrowers through Russian and foreign courts, as well as through international arbitration proceedings
• M&A transactions involving equity stakes and assets of Russian companies
• Joint ventures with Russian entities
• Establishment of Russian subsidiaries of foreign companies
• Corporate law, compliance, permitting and license related matters
• General commercial transactions and contract negotiations
• Foreign currency, banking and other regulatory issues of Russian law
• Real estate related matters

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Representative Matters

Examples of Russian Far East matters handled by the lawyers of our Russian Far East Practice team include:

• Large PSA projects for the development of oil and gas deposits in the Russian Far East and Eastern Siberia, including export pipeline infrastructure, both on the lender and the sponsor side.
• Representation of construction companies and other contractors working on oil and gas development projects.
• Green-field projects for the establishment of Japanese distributor, dealer or manufacturing subsidiaries in the Russian Federation, including advice on land, construction, telecommunication and related administrative matters.
• Advising on labor law and on local Sakhalin legislation related to Sakhalin PSA projects.
• Advising on due diligence reviews of Russian target companies and their assets including land and other immovable property.

Contact Us

For additional information regarding Orrick’s Russian Far East Practice, please contact Sergey Milanov at +81 3 3224 2090 or smilanov@orrick.com.