The Russian national rating “Experts on law. Top legal advisors”

On December 16, the results of the Russian national rating “Experts on law. Top legal advisors” for the year 2024, which was held for the second time, were announced.

This year total number of participants in the rating increased from 52 to 57 firms. The total number of the rating categories increased from 12 to 20.

Sanctions, Countersanctions, Antitrust law, Real estate and construction, Land and subsurface management were allocated to separate rating categories this year. New categories include Personal data protection, Capital markets, Criminal law protection of business, Digital law, Private capital, Pro-bono.

• ALRUD was rated in 15 categories (by comparison, last year the firm was rated in 10 categories).
• In the category Intellectual property ALRUD has moved up from Tier 2 to Tier 1.
• In three categories ALRUD has retained its last year’s positions.
• In 10 categories (allocated for the first time and new categories) ALRUD is in the spotlight and on the radars of the professional community.

ALRUD was rated in the following categories:

Group 1

• Corporate law and M&A transactions
• Insolvency (bankruptcy), restructuring
• Intellectual property and means of identification of legal entities, products, works, services, businesses
• Countersanctions

Group 2

• Land, subsurface management
• Sanctions law
• Antitrust law
• Dispute resolution
• Personal data protection
• International law

Group 3

• Financial law, banking law

Group 4

• Real estate and construction

Company worthy of attention

• Digital law
• Criminal law protection of business
• PRO BONO

The rating focuses on offering a comprehensive assessment of law firms rendering advisory services when supporting significant and major projects. The study analyzes the key projects of legal advisors, independent client feedback on the quality of the services rendered and the team expertise, and the support efficiency.

Expert RA is the nation's largest rating agency with over 25 years of history. The Expert RA credit rating agency was founded in 1997 and is currently the oldest and largest Russian credit rating agency, both in terms of its number of clients and number of employees. Expert Business Solutions is a new informational and analytical company within Expert RA rating agency, established in 2019 to offer support for analytical services and products outside the credit rating agency.