PRIVATE CLIENTS

PRIVATE CLIENTS


Private Clients practice focuses on providing comprehensive legal services to business beneficiaries, private investors and higher net worth individuals.
We have substantial experience in providing services to high net worth clients and demonstrate all the necessary practical skills and abilities for this purpose, as well as a special empathy for the personal problems of our clients.
Our team provides legal assistance in both business and personal matters for clients and their family members. We are well equipped with the necessary contacts across jurisdictions to ensure reliable protection of our clients' interests.

PRACTICE IS RECOGNIZED IN THE FOLLOWING RATINGS:

PRACTICE IS RECOGNIZED IN THE FOLLOWING RATINGS:

  • PRAVO-300 2023
    Band III "Private Capital"
    Personal rating: Sergey Kovalev (2022)
  • KOMMERSANT 2023
    Band II, "Private Capital"

OUR SERVICES:

OUR SERVICES:

1
Structuring and protecting personal assets, including the use of mutual funds.
2
Establishing legal entities, foundations, and trusts.
3
Determining the property relations of spouses by entering into a matrimonial agreement.
4
Regulating personal relationships between spouses, forming the terms of alimony agreements.
5
Realizing the solution to verify the history of capital's origin.
6
Establishing inheritance funds, preparation of wills, inheritance agreements, advance preparation for business transition to heirs.
7
Drafting reports on controlled foreign companies.
8
Tax returns preparation and filing.
9
Supporting clients' interests during capital amnesty.
10
Advising on the procedure for investing personal funds and withdrawal from investments, tax residency, through-taxation approach.
11
Representing clients before tax and other governmental authorities. Comprehensive defense of clients' interests in russian and foreign courts.

SELECTED EXPERIENCE:

SELECTED EXPERIENCE:

  • Drafting a legal opinion on a marital agreement under New York State law in order to further provide it to a court regarding joint property division claim. The Court issued a favorable decision for our client. The estimated value of jointly acquired property amounted to 300 million rubles.
  • Protecting a top manager of a large manufacturing company from the risk of subsidiary liability and defining the Client's property relations with his spouse. The amount of the Client's assets exceeded 2 billion rubles.
  • Retaining the Client's fullest possible control over the business after the divorce with his spouse and signing a marital agreement to ensure proper business functioning. The Client is a beneficiary of a professional restaurant and bar equipment supply business.
  • Representing an ex-shareholder of a major bank on debt restructuring, reorganization of companies in Russia and Cyprus, protection of personal assets and minimization of risks of subsidiary liability. The restructured debt of the group of companies amounts to RUB 90 bln.
  • Advising the beneficial owner of a major investment company on settling marital relations with his wife and transferring his business to his heirs. The amount is confidential.

KEY CONTACTS:

KEY CONTACTS:

  • Mr. Sergey Kovalev
    Managing partner, attorney-at-law, PHD
    s.kovalev@ktaplaw.ru
    CV
  • Ms. Ksenia Stepanishcheva
    Counsel, attorney-at-law
    bestlawyers@ktaplaw.ru
    CV