Books

Magisters' library includes the following books:

The Dispute Resolution Review (2nd Edition)

In 2010, Law Business Research has published the second edition of The Dispute Resolution Review. The book aims to give readers a general feel and overview of some of the key substantive and procedural issues in different jurisdictions of the world.

All the contributors of the Review - who are distinguished legal practitioners in the respective jurisdictions - represented an immediate and accessible summary of the most important and relevant substantive and procedural issues across the countries covered.

This year Magisters has become the contributor of the Russian chapter for the second time. The chapter was co-authored by Dmitry Dyakin, Managing Partner in Moscow and Alexander Vaneev, Associate of Magisters. In their review the authors provided an update on the rapidly changing legal environment in the country, outline general dispute resolution framework and analyze the latest developments in this area in Russia.

The first edition of the book was published in 2009 with the Russian chapter authored exclusively by Alexander Vaneev.

The Russian chapter of the of the book is available here. Reproduced with permission from Law Business Research. This article was first published in The Dispute Resolution Review, (published in April 2009 – editor Richard Clark).For further information please email Adam.Sargent@lbresearch.com

 

Competition Law and Practice: A Review of Major Jurisdictions

Competition Law and Practice: A Review of Major Jurisdictions is a guide which compares the competition laws of long established regimes with those of emerging markets, such as China, Korea, India, Mexico, Brazil and Russia.

The book outlines each jurisdiction's view of price fixing along both horizontal and vertical lines, and some of the key exceptions which Governments allow. It documents the legislation out in place by emerging growth economies such as China, Korea, India, Mexico, Brazil and Russia, which have growing significance to companies trading internationally but have perhaps to date have been viewed as less transparent.

Magisters' expert lawyers including Andrew Mac and Tatyana Neveeva introduce the Russian Chapter of the guide.

The book is published by CMP Publishing International Law and Policy and is available to purchase from CMP Publishing.

Corporate Counsel's Guide to Doing Business in Russia, 2nd edition

Doing Business in Russia is a unique guide for lawyers, in-house lawyers and other practicing specialists in companies having interests in Russia. The manual contains information which serves as practical guidelines for legal regulation in Russia and reveals key legal aspects, which are necessary for conducting successful business in the country.

The 2d edition of the book was prepared with participation of Magisters’ Moscow-based lawyers Tatiana Neveeva and Alexander Vaneev who are the authors of three chapters included into the book.

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Effective Legal Department

The book "Effective Legal Department" contains a collection of articles that cover a range of topics on organizing and managing company's legal department and has absorbed the best Russian and foreign experience. The best legal departments' secrets of the leading Russian companies (TNK-BP, Norilsk Nickel, EuroChem, Basic Element, Wimm-Bill-Dann, VimpelCom, Renaissance Capital and many others) are shared by their heads as well as by legal counsels from US.

The book was prepared with the participation of Magisters and contains an interview with Dmitry Dyakin, Magisters' Managing Partner (Moscow).

More information (in Russian).

Working With Contracts: What Law School Doesn't Teach You

by Charles M. Fox

This book is devoted to the development of legal writing skills. It offers the reader the instruments required for contract drafting. The author introduces the basic elements of all contracts; describes the lawyer's role in the drafting and negotiation process; underlines the most important issues that may arise in reviewing contracts. The book is illustrated with plenty of examples demonstrating the outlined techniques.

The book was translated by Magisters and published in association with Alpina Business Books in 2007.

More information (in Russian).

Legal Opinions in Business Transactions

by Arthur Norman Field

This is the first practical guide in the Russian language for the preparation of legally correct, logically structured and, most important of all, understandable legal opinions. The book will help the reader to correctly draft various legal opinions, create an in-house standards system and an effective training program for the company`s staff. This work is certainly of interest to both the Russian Legal Association and companies which face the necessity of engaging advisers to provide legal support for their business.

The book was translated by Legas Legal Solutions (now Magisters) and published in association with Alpina Business Books in 2005.

Contents, reviews and order form are available here.

New Method of Privatizing and Selling Shares of Russian Companies and Banks Abroad: American and Global Depositary Receipts

The book provides deep analysis of the USA securities law. It summarizes key similarities and differences of the legal concepts relating to the US and Russian securities and describes the full range of legal documents regulating the issue, offering and redemption of securities in the USA and Western Europe. The author suggests using the US and Global Depositary Receipts in the process of privatization of Russian companies and banks.

For the first time ever in Russian legal literature, the book describes a step-by-step mechanism of ADR/GDR issue in the course of privatization (case study JSC “NK “LUKOIL”).

The book is authored by Kirill Ratnikov, Partner at Magisters.

The book review by Igor Kostikov, Chairman of the FCSM, is available here.

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