Doing Business in Russia: The Legal Dimension

Level of study: Bachelor

This course aims to describe the main segments of Russian Business Law, namely: business vehicles – commercial entities through which the business can be carried on; legal framework of business transactions, the fundamentals of Russian contract law and specific rules with regard to business contracts; the general picture of the rules of the state regulation of business activities.

Students are expected to gain professional understanding of:
- the main sources and institutions of Russian business law;
- the main features the most popular commercial legal entities – limited liability societies and joint-stock societies, their legal status, structure, management, regulatory requirements;
- the main rules regulating business transactions;
- the main rules regarding settlement in the course of business;
- regulatory (registration, licensing, reporting, competition, etc.) rules and requirements with regard to business activities in Russia:
- the directions and forms of state control over the business activities;
- the dispute resolution rules in Russian judicial system, alternative dispute resolution possibilities in Russia.

Students should gain the following competences:
- working with the fundamental legal documents regulating Russian business environment;
- search, analyse, and work with legally relevant information by using the juridical, comparative and other methods;
- identify and present legal issues while advising on transactions where Russian business law is involved.

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