Magister & Partners, Attorneys-at-Law, was established in 1997 and initially specialised in trade law. Ten years later we are a full-service, international law firm, advising leading global and domestic organisations throughout the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Following our merger with Ukrainian litigation specialists Reznikov, Vlasenko and Partners in April 2006 and our merger with Russian dispute resolution specialists Legas eight months later, we now comprise 90+ internationally trained and locally experienced lawyers in our Moscow and Kiev offices.

We are consistently recognised by Chambers Global, the Legal 500 EMEA, PLC Which Lawyer?, the IFLR 1000 and others for the quality of our work in the banking and finance sectors, dispute resolution, corporate and commercial law, international trade and customs.

We assist numerous government and inter-governmental organisations including the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the International Court of Arbitration (ICC, Paris) and the World Bank. Magister & Partners advises its customers on cross-border transactions in collaboration with leading international law firms.

Our clients include: ABN AMRO, Alfa Group Consortium, Bank TuranAlem, Bonduelle, Centertelecom, Chernomorneftegaz, Citigroup, Credit Suisse First Boston, Deutsche Bank AG, Energoatom, EuroChem, EvrazHolding, Gazprombank, Glaxo Smithkline, Goldman Sachs, Ingosstrakh, Interpipe, JT International, Mechel Steel Group, Merrill Lynch, Mittal Steel, Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), Morgan Stanley, Naftogaz of Ukraine, Neusiedler, Novolipetsk Steel, Oriflame, Pernod Ricard, Renaissance, Renova Group, Shell, Sibirtelecom, Sistema, Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, TNK – BP, US Steel, Viacom, VimpelCom, Vnesheconombank, Yahoo! Inc, and Zarubezhneft.