About Us
Prime Advice Consulting Group is one of the leading providers of legal, auditing and consulting services in Russia with an established reputation of a reliable business partner.
Today our clients include international companies, Russian industrial holdings, investment and construction corporations, woodworking and timber companies, transport companies and banks, retail chains and food suppliers as well as energy corporations.
Our experts have a background of successful work with Russian and international government agencies including the Federal Tax Service of Russia, the Public Chamber and the Federal Agency for State Property Management of Russia among many others. Over the years, Prime Advice has developed close working relationships with Russian government authorities as well as with local administrations in Saint Petersburg and in the North West Region of Russia.
Beside its main office in Saint Petersburg, Prime Advice has offices in Moscow and Singapore.
Our Milestones
2025
In the individual Pravo-300 ranking, 6 lawyers from Prime Advice St. Petersburg Law Firm are recommended in 4 areas of law: Ekaterina Mikhalskaya: Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions, Real Estate, Land, Construction, Dispute Resolution in Courts of General Jurisdiction; Oleg Gladkikh: Tax Consulting and Disputes; Dmitry Borisenko: Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions; Vladimir Amelchuk: Tax Consulting and Disputes; Vitaly Karpenko: Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions; Irina Zimina: Real Estate, Land, Construction; Irina Salnaya: Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions; Dana Medvedeva: Real Estate, Land, Construction; Yulia Orlova: Dispute Resolution in Courts of General Jurisdiction; Alsou Mukhametdinova: Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions; Valeria Dementievskaya: Tax Consulting and Disputes.
According to the results of the M&A Consultants Ranking within the Mergers.ru / Mergers and Acquisitions in Russia project, Prime Advice St. Petersburg Law Firm is recommended in the GR Consultant category.
According to the results of the "Leaders PRObankruptcy. Law Firm Rating" research in the "Legal Rating" section, Prime Advice St. Petersburg Law Firm is noted in 6 categories: Comprehensive Bankruptcy Procedures Support, Subsidiary Liability (Defense and Enforcement), Inclusion of Claims in the Creditors' Claims Register, Challenging / Defending Transactions, Personal Asset Protection, Personal Bankruptcy. In the "Industry Rating" section, the Firm is recommended in 2 categories: Bankruptcy of Construction Companies, Bankruptcy of Pharmaceutical Companies. Ekaterina Mikhalskaya, Vadim Markatyuk and Vitaly Karpenko are included in the individual ranking of lawyers practicing in bankruptcy law and supporting disputes in the field of bankruptcy.
According to the results of the YurTop-2025 ranking, the practice of Prime Advice St. Petersburg Law Firm was recognized as one of the best in the "Arbitration Proceedings" nomination. The Firm entered the top-10 of the "YurTop: Team Ranking".
According to the results of the "Market Leaders of Legal Services" research by Kommersant publication in the Best Legal Practices: federal rating section: Arbitration Proceedings: Resolution of Commercial Disputes, Corporate Bankruptcy, International Litigation. In the Best Lawyers: federal rating section: Konstantin Ziyatdinov: Resolution of International Disputes. In the Best Legal Practices: regional rating section: Arbitration Proceedings: Resolution of Commercial Disputes, Corporate Bankruptcy, Personal Bankruptcy, Corporate Law: Mergers and Acquisitions of Russian Assets, Tax Law: Consulting on Tax Legislation, Dispute Resolution in Courts of General Jurisdiction. In the Individual Lawyer Ranking: regions section: Ekaterina Mikhalskaya: Bankruptcy, Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions, Resolution of Commercial Disputes. Oleg Gladkikh: Taxation: Disputes, Taxation: Consulting. Dmitry Borisenko: Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions. In the Best Industry Practices among regional firms section, the Firm is recommended in categories: Manufacturing and Industry: Disputes, Retail and Trade, FMCG: Consulting, Construction and Real Estate: Disputes.
2024
In the individual Pravo-300 ranking, 6 lawyers from Prime Advice St. Petersburg Law Firm are recommended in 4 areas of law: Ekaterina Mikhalskaya: Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions, Real Estate, Land, Construction, Dispute Resolution in Courts of General Jurisdiction; Oleg Gladkikh: Tax Consulting and Disputes; Dmitry Borisenko: Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions; Vladimir Amelchuk: Tax Consulting and Disputes; Vitaly Karpenko: Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions; Irina Zimina: Real Estate, Land, Construction; Irina Salnaya: Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions; Dana Medvedeva: Real Estate, Land, Construction; Yulia Orlova: Dispute Resolution in Courts of General Jurisdiction; Alsou Mukhametdinova: Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions; Valeria Dementievskaya: Tax Consulting and Disputes.
According to the results of the M&A Consultants Ranking within the Mergers.ru / Mergers and Acquisitions in Russia project, Prime Advice St. Petersburg Law Firm is recommended in the GR Consultant category.
According to the results of the "Leaders PRObankruptcy. Law Firm Rating" research in the "Legal Rating" section, Prime Advice St. Petersburg Law Firm is noted in 6 categories: Comprehensive Bankruptcy Procedures Support, Subsidiary Liability (Defense and Enforcement), Inclusion of Claims in the Creditors' Claims Register, Challenging / Defending Transactions, Personal Asset Protection, Personal Bankruptcy. In the "Industry Rating" section, the Firm is recommended in 2 categories: Bankruptcy of Construction Companies, Bankruptcy of Pharmaceutical Companies. Ekaterina Mikhalskaya, Vadim Markatyuk and Vitaly Karpenko are included in the individual ranking of lawyers practicing in bankruptcy law and supporting disputes in the field of bankruptcy.
According to the results of the YurTop-2025 ranking, the practice of Prime Advice St. Petersburg Law Firm was recognized as one of the best in the "Arbitration Proceedings" nomination. The Firm entered the top-10 of the "YurTop: Team Ranking".
According to the results of the "Market Leaders of Legal Services" research by Kommersant publication in the Best Legal Practices: federal rating section: Arbitration Proceedings: Resolution of Commercial Disputes, Corporate Bankruptcy, International Litigation. In the Best Lawyers: federal rating section: Konstantin Ziyatdinov: Resolution of International Disputes. In the Best Legal Practices: regional rating section: Arbitration Proceedings: Resolution of Commercial Disputes, Corporate Bankruptcy, Personal Bankruptcy, Corporate Law: Mergers and Acquisitions of Russian Assets, Tax Law: Consulting on Tax Legislation, Dispute Resolution in Courts of General Jurisdiction. In the Individual Lawyer Ranking: regions section: Ekaterina Mikhalskaya: Bankruptcy, Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions, Resolution of Commercial Disputes. Oleg Gladkikh: Taxation: Disputes, Taxation: Consulting. Dmitry Borisenko: Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions. In the Best Industry Practices among regional firms section, the Firm is recommended in categories: Manufacturing and Industry: Disputes, Retail and Trade, FMCG: Consulting, Construction and Real Estate: Disputes.
2023
According to the results of the individual rating of lawyers "Pravo.ru-300" Ekaterina Mikhalskaya, Managing partner of Prime Advice, was recommended in the categories "Arbitration proceedings (major disputes – high market)", "Bankruptcy", "Dispute resolution in courts of general jurisdiction" in the regional rating. Oleg Gladkikh, Managing Partner of Prime Advice, is recommended in the category "Tax consulting and disputes" in the regional ranking.