Reputation
Ratings
The most authoritative international professional guide Chambers Europe recommends Prime Advice Law Offices for cooperation in Dispute Resolution.
One source appreciates the lawyers' "quick response to emerging needs". Another source notes: "I liked the prompt and specific answers".
Prime Advice Law Offices is recommended by the authoritative international reference guide The Legal 500: Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) in Commercial, corporate and M&A: St Petersburg and elsewhere.
"We have been cooperating for several years, during which Prime Advice has repeatedly proved its professional competence. An amazing team of lawyers who offer flexible, practical and rational advice".
International Financial Law Review (IFLR) rating of law firms in the field of financial law recommends Prime Advice Law Offices for cooperation in the categories Mergers and Acquisitions and Restructuring and Insolvency.
"Quality of work, quick response to emerging needs and professional approach".
"The company's specialists provide competent advice, they are well versed both in Russian and international legislation and promptly solve complex tasks. I liked the prompt and specific answers, in-depth knowledge and attention to detail under the thorough guidance of Ekaterina Mikhalskaya".
The international guide of the world's leading law firms and lawyers specializing in dispute resolution Benchmark Litigation Europe recommends Prime Advice Law Offices for cooperation in Dispute Resolution.
The Best Lawyers international legal rating recommends 16 lawyers of Prime Advice Law Offices in 7 areas of law: Arbitration and Mediation, Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Corporate Law, Tax Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Litigation, Banking and Finance Law.
According to the results of the rating Pravo.ru-300, Prime Advice Law Offices is 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 is also one of the largest law firms, ranking 7th in terms of revenue and 8th in terms of the number of lawyers in the Top 50 law firms (regional ranking).
Among the federal law firms, Prime Advice was noted in 6 categories: Arbitration proceedings (medium and small commercial disputes: mid market), Bankruptcy (mid market disputes), Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions (transactions and M&A mid market), Tax consulting and disputes (high market consulting), Sanctions Law, Private Capital.
In the individual ranking, 11 lawyers from Prime Advice Law Offices are recommended in 4 areas of law: Ekaterina Mikhalskaya: Corporate Law / Mergers & Acquisitions; Real Estate, Land, Construction; Dispute Resolution in Courts of General Jurisdiction; Oleg Gladkikh: Tax Consulting and Disputes; Dmitriy Borisenko: Corporate Law / Mergers & Acquisitions; Vladimir Amelchuk: Tax Consulting and Disputes; Vitaliy Karpenko: Corporate Law / Mergers & Acquisitions; Irina Zimina: Real Estate, Land, Construction; Irina Salnaya: Corporate Law / Mergers & Acquisitions; Dana Medvedeva: Real Estate, Land, Construction; Yuliya Orlova: Dispute Resolution in Courts of General Jurisdiction; Alsu Mukhametdinova: Corporate Law / Mergers & Acquisitions; Valeriya Dementyevskaya: Tax Consulting and Disputes.
Prime Advice, based on Pravo.ru’s bankruptcy market research, was recognized among the leaders of regional law firms.
Prime Advice participated in the Pravo.ru market research on personal funds and was recognized in various categories: Companies providing services to high-net-worth clients for the establishment and management of personal funds; Companies by total asset value in personal funds registered over the last 2 years; Companies by the number of personal funds registered over the last 2 years.
Prime Advice is among the federal-level leaders according to Pravo.ru’s corporate research results: Top 50 companies in transactions; Leaders in corporate disputes; Top 30 companies in consulting; Leaders in restructuring.
Prime Advice was recognized in Pravo.ru’s international research across 12 jurisdictions: Asia-Pacific (China (including SAR), Singapore); Americas and the Caribbean (Belize); Europe (Germany, Cyprus, Finland, Switzerland); Offshore jurisdictions (British Virgin Islands (BVI), Cayman Islands, Seychelles, Mauritius); MENA region (UAE).
Prime Advice was noted in Pravo.ru’s regional litigation ranking.
Prime Advice was highlighted in Pravo.ru’s market research on services for high-net-worth clients and business owners in the following areas: Firms providing services in the top 5 most popular jurisdictions; Firms operating in jurisdictions gaining popularity; Companies working with private clients and having foreign offices.
According to the results of the Leaders of the Legal Services Market study by Kommersant, Prime Advice Law Offices is recommended in 19 areas of law.
In the Best Legal Practices: Federal Rating section: Arbitration proceedings: commercial dispute resolution, Corporate bankruptcy, International litigation.
In the Best Lawyers: Federal Rating section: Konstantin Ziyatdinov: International dispute resolution.
In the Best Legal Practices: Regional Rating section: Arbitration proceedings: commercial dispute resolution, Corporate bankruptcy, Personal bankruptcy, Corporate law: mergers and acquisitions of Russian assets, Tax law: tax legislation consulting, Dispute resolution in courts of general jurisdiction.
In the Individual Lawyer Ratings: Regions section: Ekaterina Mikhalskaya: Bankruptcy, Corporate law/M&A, Commercial dispute resolution; Oleg Gladkikh: Taxation: disputes, Taxation: consulting; Dmitry Borisenko: Corporate law/M&A.
In the Best Industry Practices: Regional Rating section: Manufacturing and industry: disputes, Retail and trade, FMCG: consulting, Construction and real estate: disputes.
A project by Prime Advice was included in the Deal of the Year ranking.
According to the results of the research of Russia's best legal companies practicing in the field of protecting the interests of high-net-worth clients — Forbes Club Legal Ranking — Prime Advice Law Offices has been recommended in 7 categories: Dispute resolution, Criminal defense, Asset, securities and investment transactions, Real estate/construction transactions, Personal taxation and planning, Offshore asset structuring / International asset protection, International dispute resolution.
A literary work created by lawyers of Prime Advice Law Offices has been nominated for the New Ostrovsky literary award.
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According to the results of the Wealth Navigator Legal research, Prime Advice Law Offices is recommended in 10 categories: Crisis Protection: Protection of personal and family assets in bankruptcy proceedings, Migration Law / Investment-Based Citizenship, Taxation: Business Tax Structuring, Inheritance Law: Inheritance Structuring / Succession Support, Asset Transactions: Real Estate Transactions / Construction, Asset Transactions: Structuring of Assets in the Russian Federation, Asset Transactions: Structuring of International Assets, Conflict Resolution: Dispute Resolution in the Russian Federation, Sanctions Compliance, Family Law: Family Disputes / Divorce Proceedings. -
According to the results of the PRObankruptcy Leaders study. Legal Firms Rating in the Legal Rating section Prime Advice Law Offices has been recognized in 6 categories: Comprehensive bankruptcy proceedings support, Subsidiary liability (defense and enforcement), Inclusion of claims in creditors' claims register, Transaction challenge/defense, Personal asset protection, Personal bankruptcy.
In the Industry Rating section, Prime Advice has been recommended in 2 categories: Bankruptcy of construction companies, Bankruptcy of pharmaceutical companies.
Ekaterina Mikhalskaya, Vadim Markatyuk, and Vitaly Karpenko have been included in the individual rating of lawyers specializing in bankruptcy law and bankruptcy dispute resolution.
According to the results of the Legal Experts. Best Legal Consultants study by Expert magazine, Prime Advice Law Offices has been recognized in the Regulatory Matters (antitrust law, sanctions law, and others) category.
According to the results of the M&A Advisors Ranking within the Mergers.ru / Mergers & Acquisitions in Russia project, Prime Advice Law Offices has been recommended in the GR Consultant category.
According to the results of the Russian Arbitration Association (RAA) RAA Legal Guide study, Prime Advice Law Offices has been recognized in 6 categories: Banking & Finance Law, Capital Markets, Bankruptcy & Restructuring, Real Estate, Land & Construction Law, Corporate Law / M&A, Dispute Resolution / Litigation (State Courts), Family & Inheritance Law.-
According to the results of the annual survey of the Rating of lawyers and their companies by Rossiyskaya Gazeta 10 specialists of Prime Advice — Ekaterina Mikhalskaya, Oleg Gladkikh, Vadim Markatyuk, Dmitry Borisenko, Natalia Dyatlova, Anna Volynets, Vitaly Karpenko, Irina Zimina, Tatyana Tereshchenko, Elena Volkova are recommended in 12 areas of law — Arbitration proceedings, Bankruptcy, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, International projects, Taxes, Dispute resolution (General jurisdiction), Family and Inheritance, Sanctions Law, Real Estate and Utilities, Legal Educators, Pro bono. 
According to the results of the YurTop-2024 ranking by the leading business publication of Northwest Russia — Delovoy Peterburg newspaper — the litigation practice of Prime Advice Law Offices won in the Court Proceedings category.
Based on the YurTop-2025 ranking results, Prime Advice's practice was recognized as one of the best in the Arbitration Proceedings category.
Prime Advice entered the top-10 of the YurTop: Team Ranking.
According to the results of the Legal Rating–2023 of the newspaper Evening St. Petersburg, Anna Volynets, project manager of Prime Advice, won in the nomination Business for Business, and Dmitry Borisenko, project manager of Prime Advice, won in the nomination Best Young Lawyer.
According to the results of the Legal Rating–2024, Managing partner Ekaterina Mikhalskaya took 3rd place in the Best Lawyer nomination, and Project Manager of Prime Advice Vitaly Karpenko took 2nd place in the Business for Business nomination.
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According to data from the rating agency RAEX (RAEX-Analytics), the Prime Advice Consulting Group as part of HLB Russian Group ranks: 15th in the Largest Audit Groups ranking, 12th in the Audit Groups Ranked by Audit Revenue ranking, 17th in the Tax Consulting ranking, 18th in the Valuation Services ranking, 8th in the Financial Consulting ranking, 5th in the Legal Consulting ranking.
According to the results of the Tax Masters Rating, Prime Advice Law Offices is recommended in the category Masters of Tax Structuring.
In the rating of appraisers conducted by the non-profit partnership Russian Board of Appraisers, Prime Advice takes the 12th place.
Prime Advice Consulting Group won the International Accounting Bulletin Awards in the category Advisory project of the year.
The Award was established to celebrate the achievements in the field of accounting of individual professionals and large companies.
HLB International, an international network of independent consulting and accounting firms, has received The International Accounting Forum & Awards in the category Network of the Year.
The award recognizes outstanding achievements in the field of accounting.
The international network of independent consulting and accounting firms HLB International ranks 10th in the Top 25 international networks 2022 according to the results of the rating of the Accounting Age publication.
The rating promotes professional development in the field of accounting worldwide, ranking accounting organizations by total annual income.
Accreditations
Prime Advice is included in the list of organizations accredited by the Self-Regulatory Organization of Arbitration Managers of the North-West.
Associations
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Tatiana Tereshchenko, the head of analytical direction of Prime Advice Law Offices, is member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb).The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) is a leading professional membership organisation representing the interests of alternative dispute practitioners worldwide.
Denis Marinich, senior appraiser of the Evaluation Department of Prime Advice Consulting Group, is a member of The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS).
Oleg Gladkikh, managing partner of Prime Advice Consulting Group, is a member of the Russian Union of Auditors.
Natalia Dyatlova, Director of the International Legal Department of Prime Advice Consulting Group, is a member of the Expert Council of the National Center for Public-Private Partnership.
Elina Andreeva, deputy head of the Evaluation Department of Prime Advice Consulting Group, is a member of the Expert Council of the National Board of Evaluators.
Ekaterina Mikhalskaya, managing partner of Prime Advice Law Offices, and Tatiana Tereshchenko, the head of analytical direction of Prime Advice Law Offices, are experts in the research of the World Bank Group: Doing Business, Employing Workers, Global Indicators.
Prime Advice Consulting Group is a part of HLB Russian Group, which unites Russian independent audit and consulting companies and groups.-
The Association of Russian Banks is a non-governmental non-profit organization expressing the interests of the Russian banking community.
For more than two decades of its work the Association has united the majority of Russian banking institutions: 80% of banks that accumulate more than 90% of the assets of the Russian banking system. 
The Association of Banks of the North-West, established in 1989, it is intended to implement a policy of protecting the interests of the banking community in the region, to help improve the legislative and regulatory framework necessary for the successful operation of banks, and to promptly and fully inform the public about the activities of banks-members of the Association.
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Prime Advice Consulting Group is a member of the Self-Regulatory Organization of Auditors Association «Sodruzhestvo» (SRO AAS) (ORNZ 11906110912). 
Prime Advice Law Offices is a member of the National Association of Bankruptcy and Distressed Asset Management Specialists «Bankruptcy Club».