Andrey Shchukin Law Office

A small-sized firm of local lawyers established in 1997 and practising in close association with James Berry & Associates (based in Dubai, UAE) headed by a British barrister J Berry.

The firm has substantive expertise and extensive legal experience, which, coupled with reliable law education, enable it to practise competently in most areas of law and provide its clientele - foreign and local commercial companies carrying various kinds of business activities (oil/gas, aviation, banking, construction, trading, etc), non-profit organisations and individuals as well as some of government bodies and international institutions - with comprehensive range of legal services.

With a view to guarantee and protect clients' interests, to provide legal support to their business and other activities the firm:

• Acts as legal representative in courts, arbitration tribunals, government authorities and before any other third parties;
• Produces proposals and recommendations, provides legal expert opinions on juridical issues;
• Drafts legal acts, contracts and other juridical instruments/documents;
• Prepares analytical reviews of branches and institutions of law, provides interpretations and commentaries of legal rules;
• Renders other forms of legal services required by clients.

Statement of Practice

The firm provides services in the following main fields:

• Law of Property ;
• Law of Obligation and Contract ;
• Laws on Commercial Companies: Formation and Business Activities ;
• Antimonopoly and Competition Laws;
• Insolvency and Bankruptcy Laws;
• Laws on Investment Activities ;
• Laws on External Economic Activities and Foreign Trade ;
• Tax Law;
• Customs Law;
• Banking and Finance Laws;
• Laws on Securities, Commodity/Stock Exchanges and Currency Markets ;
• Insurance Laws;
• Land Law;
• Laws on Energy and Natural Resources ;
• Law of the Air and Laws on Civil Aviation Activities ;
• Shipping Law and Laws on Foreign Merchant Navigation ;
• Labour and Employment Laws;
• Family Law;
• Law of Succession / Inheritance ;
• Intellectual Property Law: Copyright , Patents and Trade Marks ;
• Private International Law and International Public Law .