Artur KuznetsovRussian Advocate
Area of practice

Russian-side counsel for U.S. attorneys

For a U.S. lawyer whose case has a Russian element: a child, a spouse, an estate, an asset, a witness or a document in Russia. We take the Russian law and the Russian proceeding; you keep the U.S. case.

A clean division of work

You address the law and procedure of your jurisdiction, protect the client's position in the U.S. case and decide how Russian facts are presented there. We address Russian jurisdiction and procedure, assess how U.S. documents can be used in Russia, run the Russian workstream and explain Russian-law issues to you in terms a U.S. court will follow. Neither side forwards documents and hopes.

What the Russian side actually delivers

Concrete work product, not opinions in the abstract: a source-law memorandum on the specific Russian rule your case turns on; a validity-and-effect note on a Russian document or judgment; a certified registry extract; a deadline memorandum for a Russian proceeding; a jurisdiction map when both countries are involved. Each has a defined scope, a delivery date and a fixed fee.

Boundaries we keep

The Russian lawyer is not admitted in any U.S. state or federal court and does not advise on U.S. law, admissibility, forum procedure, tax, sanctions compliance or professional responsibility. Where a Russian-law point has to reach a U.S. court, we prepare it so that your expert or declaration can carry it — we do not pretend to be that expert.

What the work involves

Acting as the Russian side for foreign counsel: reading a Russian judgment together with the foreign proceeding, preparing Russian documents for use abroad, and handling a Russian proceeding while the main case continues elsewhere. Every matter starts with a conflict check and a defined scope; no result is promised in advance.

When this applies

Your client's case turns on a point of Russian law you need stated reliably
You need a Russian document, judgment or registry record obtained and authenticated
A proceeding has to be started, defended or monitored in a Russian court
Opposing counsel is asserting something about Russian law that you need checked
You need to know what a U.S. order or agreement will do — or not do — in Russia

What the lawyer does

Conflict check before any facts are exchanged
Defines scope, deliverable, date and a fixed fee for each piece of work
Prepares source-law memoranda on specific Russian rules
Obtains and certifies Russian documents and registry extracts
Runs or coordinates Russian proceedings and reports on deadlines
Works from a shared chronology with U.S. counsel

What to have ready

A short, non-confidential description of the matter for the conflict check
The Russian-law question, as precisely as you can state it
Existing Russian documents, orders or correspondence, if any
The U.S. procedural posture and the next deadline that depends on the Russian side
Your preferred form of delivery: memorandum, declaration support, certified extract

Where it usually goes wrong

A Russian-law point reaches the U.S. court without a competent source behind it
A Russian deadline passes while the U.S. case takes priority
Documents arrive in a form the Russian court will not accept
Facts are shared before the conflict check is done
The Russian lawyer is asked, or presented, as if admitted in the U.S.

We practise Russian law and are not admitted in any U.S. state or federal court. Questions of U.S. law, admissibility and U.S. procedure belong to locally admitted counsel.

Next step

Review the documents, deadlines, jurisdiction and a realistic legal position

A consultation helps you see the structure of the dispute and the available steps — without promising an outcome.

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