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
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.
2022
Prime Advice was strengthened by a new partner: Pavel Kurosh joined the team. He headed the direction of the company's strategic development.
Ekaterina Mikhalskaya, Managing Partner of Prime Advice, was recommended in the category "Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions" according to the results of the individual rating of lawyers "Pravo.ru-300" in regional and federal rankings.
According to the results of a study by the Kommersant "Leaders of the Legal Services Market" in 2022 in the category "Best Legal Practices" among federal law firms, Prime Advice was recommended in 3 areas: "Bankruptcy of legal entities: mid-market", "Corporate law: Mergers and Acquisitions of Russian assets: mid-market", "Dispute resolution in courts of general jurisdiction: disputes from property relations".
Among regional firms, the Bureau was recommended in 7 areas: "Arbitration proceedings: resolution of commercial disputes: mid-market", "Arbitration proceedings: resolution of corporate disputes: mid-market", "Bankruptcy of legal entities: mid-market", "Bankruptcy of individuals", "Corporate Law: mergers and Acquisitions of Russian assets", "Tax Law: dispute Resolution with federal tax service, consulting on tax legislation", "Dispute resolution in courts of general jurisdiction: disputes from property relations, disputes on the protection of honor, dignity and business reputation".
In the category "Best Industry practices", the Bureau entered 4 industries: "Industry: resolution of key disputes in the industry", "Industry: consulting industry leaders", "Retail and Trade, FMCG: resolution of key disputes in the retail and FMCG industries", "Agriculture: resolution of key disputes in the industry".
In the "Individual Rating of Lawyers", Ekaterina Mikhalskaya, Managing Partner of Prime Advice, is recommended in 4 areas of law: "Bankruptcy", "Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions", "Commercial Dispute Resolution", "Dispute Resolution in courts of general jurisdiction". Anna Volynets, project manager of Prime Advice, is recommended in the field of "Agriculture".
Prime Advice based on the results of the publication's research "Pravo.ru-300" entered the second group of the federal bankruptcy rating (boutique practices), the first group of the rating of federal litigants with the number of cases from 30 and more and was noted in the study of the market of services for wealthy clients and business owners in the following areas: "Firms providing services in the top 5 popular jurisdictions", "Firms operating in jurisdictions gaining popularity in 2022", "Companies that work with private clients and have foreign offices".
According to the rating agency RAEX ("RAEX-Analytics"), Prime Advice as part of HLB Russian Group at the end of 2021 took 10th place in the Ranking of the largest audit groups, 3rd place in the list of Evaluation activities, 5th place in the list of Financial Consulting, 5th place in the list of Legal consulting.
According to the results of the "Pravo.ru-300" rating, Prime Advice was recommended in 6 areas of law among regional law firms: "Arbitration proceedings (major disputes – high market)", "Bankruptcy", "Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions", "Tax Consulting and Disputes", "Real Estate / Land / Construction", "Dispute resolution in courts of general jurisdiction".
Prime Advice also became one of the largest law firms, ranking 3rd in terms of the number of lawyers and 9th in terms of revenue in the Top 50 law firms.
Among the federal law firms, the Prime Advice Law Firm was noted in 6 categories: "Arbitration proceedings (medium and small commercial disputes – mid market)", "Bankruptcy (mid market disputes)", "Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions (mid market)", "Tax Consulting and Disputes (tax consulting)", "Dispute Resolution in courts of general jurisdiction", "Private Capital".
According to the results of the market research of Russian law firms practicing in the field of protecting the interests of wealthy clients, the Forbes Club Legal Ranking — 2022 Law Firm was noted in 7 categories. Recommended: "Conflicts and Crisis Management: Conflict Resolution", "Conflicts and Crisis Management: Criminal law Protection", "Asset transactions: Transactions with assets, Securities and investments", "Asset transactions: Real estate Transactions / Construction", "Taxation: Personal taxation and Planning". Recognized as a leader: "International projects: Structuring assets abroad / Protection of personal assets abroad", "International projects: Support of international disputes".
2021
According to the results of the individual ranking of lawyers "Pravo.ru-300", Ekaterina Mikhalskaya, managing partner of Prime Advice, was recommended in the first group in the categories "Bankruptcy (including Disputes)" and "Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions".
According to the results of the study "Leaders of the legal services market-2021" published by "Kommersant" in the "Individual rating of lawyers", Ekaterina Mikhalskaya, managing partner of "Prime Advice", is recommended in 4 areas of law: "Bankruptcy", "Corporate law / Mergers and acquisitions", "Commercial dispute resolution", "Dispute resolution in courts of general jurisdiction". Anna Volynets, project manager of "Prime Advice", recommended in the field of "Agriculture".
In the category of "Best legal practices" among federal law firms, the Bureau is recommended in the field of "Arbitration proceedings: commercial dispute resolution: mid-market". Among the regional firms, the Bureau is recommended in 4 areas: "Arbitration proceedings: resolution of commercial disputes: mid-market", "Bankruptcy of legal entities", "Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions of Russian assets", "Dispute resolution in courts of general jurisdiction: disputes from property relations".
In the category "Best industry practices", the Bureau entered 4 industries: "Industry: Resolving key disputes in the industry", "Industry: Advising industry leaders", "Retail and Trade, FMCG: Resolving key disputes in the Retail and FMCG industries", "Agriculture: Resolving key disputes in the industry".
Prime Advice is recommended for the 8th time by the Chambers Europe 2021 international rating for cooperation in the field of "Dispute Resolution".
Prime Advice Consulting Group is again recommended by the authoritative rating of legal companies The Legal 500 for cooperation in the field of "Corporate, commercial law, mergers and acquisitions".
According to the rating agency RAEX ("RAEX-Analytics"), "Prime Advice" as part of HLB Russian Group at the end of 2020 took 8th place in the Ranking of the largest audit groups and networks, 9th place in the list of International Audit Networks as part of HLB International, 2nd place in the list of Legal consulting, 4th place in the list of Financial consulting, 5th place in the list of Evaluation activities.
Best Lawyers International Legal Rating has been recommending Prime Advice lawyers for 8 years in a row. According to the results of this year, 16 lawyers of the law firm — Inna Vavilova, Ekaterina Mikhalskaya, Vadim Markatyuk, Anna Volynets, Oleg Ganyushin, Vladimir Amelchuk, Dana Medvedeva, Mikael Galstyan, Elena Golubeva, Vitaly Karpenko, Ksenia Komkova, Alexandra Khaustova, Alsu Mukhametdinova, Natalia Demidova, Dmitry Borisenko, Anastasia Ignatieva — were awarded in 7 areas of law: "Arbitration and Mediation", "Bankruptcy and Reorganization", "Corporate Law", "Tax Law", "Mergers and Acquisitions", "Litigation", "Finance and Banking Law".
Prime Advice Consulting Group is again recommended in the "Mergers and Acquisitions" and "Restructuring and Bankruptcy" categories according to the IFLR1000 rating.
According to the results of the Benchmark Litigation Europe study, Prime Advice was noted among the best law firms in Russia providing services in the field of "Dispute resolution".
According to the results of the rating "Pravo.ru-300", Prime Advice is recommended in 6 areas of law among regional law firms: "Corporate law/Mergers and Acquisitions", "Land Law/Commercial real estate/Construction", "Tax consulting and Disputes", "Dispute Resolution in courts of general jurisdiction", "Arbitration proceedings (major disputes – high market)", "Bankruptcy (including disputes)".
Prime Advice is also among the largest law firms, ranking 5th in terms of revenue and 5th in terms of the number of lawyers in the Top 50 law firms.