The Global Law Firm's Survival Guide to Russia

It is difficult to believe that, in the not-so-
distant past, Russia was one of the hottest legal markets on the planet.

Throughout the mid-2000s, record oil prices drove Russia's energy-dependent economy to dizzying heights. Keen to tap into this veritable economic gusher, cross-border investors poured bucket loads of cash into the market, and law firms scrambled to keep pace with the glut of big-ticket transactional work.