The CIS heavyweight has merged with 12-lawyer BelJurBureau, with all internal merger procedures expected to be finalised by January 2009.
BelJurBureau’s team advises on dispute resolution, real estate and construction, M&A and corporate, intellectual property (IP) and tax. It includes partners Anna Rusetskaya and Denis Turovets, who will lead the
The deal follows two previous mergers by Magisters in the
Magisters managing partner Oleg Riabokon said: “The merger will strengthen enormously our position as a leading law firm in the post-Soviet countries and responds to growing demand by Magisters’ clients for a CIS-wide presence.”
Turovets, BelJurBureau managing partner, added: “Today the
BelJurBureau was launched in 2003 as a spin-off from Vlasova and Partners. The firm’s clients include the World Bank, British American Tobacco, PharmaSwiss, Pernod Ricard and the French Embassy in
