Labour and Employment

ALRUD is one of Russia’s premier employment and labour law practices. We provide proficient legal advice and expertise to our Russian and multinational clients that include, among others, financial and banking institutions, petroleum and investment companies, mass media, leading developers, etc. Our success stems from our accurate, practical and cost-effective advice on employment-related issues.

Our labour and employment services include:

• Legal advice on all aspects of regulation of employment relations
• Development of measures adapting employment and labour-related documentation to the existing labour and economic conditions
• Risk revelation and mitigation during hiring, transfer and dismissal of personnel of all levels, including senior and top-management
• Assisting in international mobility of executive personnel and compliance of the procedure with labour, corporate and tax laws
• Advising on expatriate employee issues
• Advising on secondment and outsourcing issues
• Advising on migration issues including work permits issues
• Advising on grounds and procedures of termination of employment and support in all stages of staff dismissals
• Representing interests of the clients in labour-related negotiations, collective bargaining and relations with trade-unions
• Labour and employment Due Diligence
• Adjusting international labour-related policies to Russian legal environment
• Establishment, review and standardization of employment documentation
• Development of internal labour acts, including labour rules, regulations on commercial secret, personal data protection regulations
• Advising on tax aspects of employment agreements
• Representing interests of the clients in the course of labour disputes

Incentive Programmes, Motivational Schemes, Employee Share Plans

ALRUD provides the Clients with comprehensive range of services on elaboration, development and implementation of incentive programmes, motivational schemes and employee share plans:

• Elaboration and implementation of incentive programmes and motivational schemes (i.e. employee share plans)
• Assessment of legal, financial and tax aspects of incentive plans and programs (including share option plans, phantom shares), development of mechanisms of implementation
• Preparing documentation introducing the incentive plans
• Assisting within the internal corporate coordination and administration of incentive programmes
• Representing interests of the clients in negotiations with the employees

ALRUD is a member of Ius Laboris – global alliance of leading advisors in employment area. Dealing with top law firms throughout the world we are capable of handling complex projects covering various jurisdictions and represent interests of our clients all over the globe.

ALRUD is a part of CAPITAL INGENIUM network of leading law firms with particular expertise in employee share schemes.

ALRUD is the sole country contributor to the Global Employment Law Blog. Please visit the Global Employment Law Blog Russia page to always be updated with recent legislative trends and court practice in Russian employment regulation.

The quality of ALRUD Law Firm’s stand-alone employment practice is well demonstrated by its position as the only Russian member of the Ius Laboris network.

(The Legal 500)

Peers praise the team’s work in employment compliance and litigation, while clients say the firm “finds answers to challenging questions to mitigate risk in the Russian business environment, rather than merely reporting on what’s not allowed”.

(Chambers Europe)

“ALRUD is particularly strong when grappling with the minute nuances of Russian labour law”.

(Chambers Europe)