Russian Company Law: The Essentials

Russian Company Law: The Essentials provides an overview of the core issues relating to Russian corporate law. Serving to fill the English language knowledge gap of Russian law, this book was written by a team of professors, PhD students, and graduates of the Lomonosov Moscow State University Faculty of Law who provide a comprehensive overview of core areas of Russian business law, including:

• General provisions on commercial organizations
• Sphere of LLC and JSC (public/nonpublic) usage
• Establishment, reorganization, and liquidation of companies
• Legal regime of the charter capital of companies
• Legal regulation of the transfer a right to a share (participation interest)
• Rights and obligations of the participants of companies
• Corporate agreement
• Structure and authorities of management bodies
• Significant and interested-party transactions
• Liability issues
• Corporate governance
• Corporate control reallocation mechanisms

This title is valuable for practicing lawyers whose clients have legal relations in Russia, investors interested in doing business in Russia, professors or students studying comparative law, or anyone studying Russian law that regulates business relations and conditions of the market economy.