Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) was declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organisation on 30 January 2020. It has required governments and healthcare systems to respond swiftly, and in a coordinated way, to ensure that they are properly mitigating and responding to the rapidly changing situation whilst maintaining the wellbeing of their citizens.
Our clients have been assessing, on a continuous basis, how to address the threat posed by Covid-19 on their workforce, customers, suppliers and wider stakeholders. We highlight some of the key issues that might affect your business in Russia, as well as possible solutions, in light of growing Covid-19 concerns and imposed governmental measures.
Our publications are relevant as of their dates. While we will endeavour to keep our publications as up to date as possible, we do draw your attention to the fact that the situation is changing rapidly – please speak to the contacts listed in the relevant publication or to your usual Linklaters contact to obtain the most up-to-date information.
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Although most Russian institutions and organisations have recently switched to remote working, businesses continue to make contracts. We have proposed practical solutions on how such contracts could be made.
We have prepared an overview on what impact the 2020 crisis has had on the current deals and will have on the new ones.
The season of annual general shareholders’ meetings is approaching. What are the regulations on such meetings?
Over the past few weeks, a wide range of support measures have been introduced by the Russian state authorities to help businesses prevent or mitigate the negative consequences of the Covid-19 outbreak.
The Russian Government has enacted a regime of moratorium on insolvency filings. We summarised the key provisions of the regime.
A new law on the extension of deadlines for holding annual general meetings and disclosure of statements in 2020 has been adopted in Russia.
Due to the Covid-19 outbreak and the restrictions imposed by governments around the world, it may be impossible to get POAs notarised and apostilled. We have gathered recommendations in this regard.
From 19 March 2020 to 30 April 2020 the operation of the Russian courts will be limited to emergency actions only. We have summarised the key provisions of this new regime.
Over the past few weeks, a wide range of regulatory measures has been introduced to manage employee exposure to Covid-19 in the workplace.
We have prepared a Q&A document, which provides answers to some of the key Covid-19-related issues affecting landlords and tenants.
With the spread of Covid-19, the Russian arbitration community has entered into a new era of handling disputes entirely online.
In light of the rapidly changing Covid-19 situation, we have collected principles of potential relevance to a variety of commercial contracts.
9th Июнь 2020
Должник, в отношении которого действует режим моратория на банкротство, сможет в некоторых случаях навязать кредиторам рассрочку выплаты своего долга.
11th Март 2020
In January, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The virus has triggered a range of interventions, some of which involve the use of data to track the virus, including intrusive disclosures about affected individuals.
27th Март 2020
UPDATED: As governments ramp up public safety measures to manage the Covid-19 pandemic, Linklaters is continuing to monitor the impact on process and timing for cross-border merger reviews. Authorities are still seeking to balance resources and minimize disruption, but the potential for delay is increasing. More jurisdictions are impacted, daily activities are becoming more restricted, and some deadlines have extended or suspended for a transitional period.
