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".
The Best Lawyers international legal rating recommends 11 lawyers of Prime Advice Law Offices — Ekaterina Mikhalskaya, Vadim Markatyuk, Anna Volynets, Vladimir Amelchuk, Vitalii Karpenko, Mikael Galstyan, Dana Medvedeva, Alsu Mukhametdinova, Dmitry Borisenko, Anastasia Ignatieva, Natalia Demidova — in 6 areas of law: Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation, Arbitration and Mediation, Tax Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law.
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.
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 (including disputes), 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 among the largest law firms, ranking 3th in terms of the number of lawyers and 9th in terms of revenue in the Top 50 law firms.
Among the federal law firms, Prime Advice was noted in 5 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.
Ekaterina Mikhalskaya, managing partner of Prime Advice Law Offices, is 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 the Prime Advice Consulting Group, is recommended in the category Tax consulting and disputes in the regional ranking.
Prime Advice Law Offices based on the results of the publication's research Pravo.ru-300 it entered the second group of the federal bankruptcy rating (boutique practices).
Prime Advice entered the first group of the rating of federal litigants with the number of cases from 30 and more.
Prime Advice was noted in the research 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 results of the study Leaders of the legal services market published by Kommersant in the Individual rating of lawyers, Ekaterina Mikhalskaya, managing partner of Prime Advice Law Offices, 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 Law Offices, recommended in the field of Agriculture.
In the category of Best legal practices among federal law firms, Prime Advice 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, Prime Advice 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.
Forbes Club Legal Ranking recommends Prime Advice Law Offices in 7 practices: Litigation, Criminal law defence of business, Asset transactions, securities and investments, Real estate transactions, Personal Taxation and Planning, Structuring Assets Abroad / Protection of Personal Assets Abroad, Support of international disputes.
According to the results of the Legal rating of the leading business newspaper of the North-West of Russia – Delovoy Peterburg – the practice of Prime Advice Law Offices was recognized as the best in the category Arbitration.-
According to the RAEX rating agency (RAEX-Analytics) Prime Advice Consulting Group as part of HLB Russian Group ranked 10th in the Ranking of the largest audit groups, 5th in the list of Legal Consulting, 3rd in the list of Evaluation Activity, 5th in the list of Financial Consulting. 
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.
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).