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.
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, lawyers of Prime Advice Law Offices are recommended in 4 areas of law: Ekaterina Mikhalskaya: Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions, Dispute Resolution in Courts of General Jurisdiction; Oleg Gladkikh: Tax Consulting and Disputes; Vladimir Amelchuk: Tax Consulting and Disputes; Irina Zimina: Real Estate, Land, Construction; Valeria Dementyevskaya: Tax Consulting and Disputes.
Prime Advice Law Offices among the leaders at the federal level according to the results of the corporate research by Pravo.ru: in the top 50 legal companies that handle M&A transactions.
Prime Advice Law Offices was noted among the leaders in Pravo.ru’s regional litigation ranking.
Prime Advice Law Offices was awarded according to the results of a study of the UAE legal market in the Corporate Law/M&A category.
Prime Advice Law Offices, based on Pravo.ru’s bankruptcy market research, was recognized among the leaders of regional law firms.
Prime Advice Law Offices 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 Law Offices 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 Law Offices 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 section Best legal practices: federal rating: Arbitration proceedings: commercial dispute resolution: mid-market, Tax law: tax legislation consulting: high-end.
In the section Best industry practices: federal rating: Retail and trade, FMCG: resolution of key disputes in the industry.
In the section Best lawyers: federal rating: Customs law: Konstantin Ziyatdinov, Tax law: tax legislation consulting: Oleg Gladkikh, Tax law: tax legislation consulting: Konstantin Ziyatdinov, Private capital: Konstantin Ziyatdinov.
In the section Best legal practices: regional rating: Arbitration proceedings: commercial dispute resolution: mid-market, Bankruptcy of legal entities, Bankruptcy of individuals, Corporate law: mergers and acquisitions of Russian assets, Tax law: tax legislation consulting, Dispute resolution in courts of general jurisdiction.
In the section Best industry practices: regional rating: Art: Dispute resolution and consulting, Manufacturing and industry: Dispute resolution and consulting, Retail and trade, FMCG: Dispute resolution and consulting, Construction and real estate: Dispute resolution and consulting, Financial and banking sector: Dispute resolution and consulting, Private capital, Energy: Dispute resolution and consulting.
In the Best Lawyers section: Regional rating: Bankruptcy: Vadim Markatyuk, Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions: Natalia Dyatlova, Konstantin Ziyatdinov, Taxation: tax consulting: Oleg Gladkikh, Industry: Natalia Dyatlova, Vadim Markatyuk, Commercial Dispute resolution: Ekaterina Mikhalskaya, Retail and Trade, FMCG: Oleg Gladkikh, Construction and Real Estate: Ekaterina Mikhalskaya, Financial and Banking Law: Oleg Gladkikh.
In the ranking of the best law firms and lawyers in the field of private wealth, Prime Advice in the section Private wealth: best law firms is recommended in the categories: Ownership structuring and capital protection, Family law, Taxes of private clients, Transactions and investments, Bankruptcy, subsidiary liability, anti-crisis protection. In the section Private wealth: best lawyers recommended: Ekaterina Mikhalskaya, Oleg Gladkikh, Vadim Markatyuk, Konstantin Ziyatdinov, Natalya Dyatlova, Anna Volynets, Irina Zimina, Yuliya Orlova.
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 study WEALTH Navigator: lawyers for private capital, Prime Advice Law Offices is recommended in 8 categories: Foreign economic activity / trade turnover, Crisis protection: protection of personal and family assets in bankruptcy proceedings, Tax law: personal taxation and planning, Tax law: tax structuring of business, Asset transactions: real estate transactions / construction, Asset transactions: transactions with assets, securities and investments, Sanctions law: 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 4 categories: Comprehensive Support of Bankruptcy Procedures, Subsidiary Liability (Defense and Pursuit), Inclusion of Claims in the Register of Creditors' Claims, Protection of Personal Assets.
In the Industry Rating section, Prime Advice has been recommended in 2 categories: Banking and Financial Activity, Bankruptcy of Pharmaceutical Companies.
Ekaterina Mikhalskaya included in the individual rating of lawyers specializing in bankruptcy law and bankruptcy dispute resolution.
According to the results of the study Legal experts. The Best Legal Consultants of the Expert magazine Prime Advice Law Offices were awarded in the following categories: Corporate Law and Transactions, Real Estate and Construction, International Law.
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 Legal Advisors 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 9 specialists of Prime Advice — Ekaterina Mikhalskaya, Oleg Gladkikh, Vadim Markatyuk, 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 rating, Prime Advice Law Offices won in the Deal/Project of the Year nomination. Prime Advice's practice was also recognized as one of the best in the Corporate Law category.
Prime Advice Law Offices entered the top-10 of the YurTop: Team Ranking.
According to the results of the Citywide Legal Ranking, Managing Partner Ekaterina Mikhalskaya became a laureate in the nomination Best Lawyer, and Project Manager Vitaly Karpenko and lawyer of Prime Advice Law Offices Victoria Rusanova — in the nominations Bankruptcy Case and Family Cases.
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According to the rating agency RAEX (RAEX-Analytics), Prime Advice Consulting Group as part of HLB Russian Group has entered the annual edition of the ranking of domestic audit groups and occupies: 13th place in the list of the Largest audit groups, 13th place in the list of Audit groups ranked by audit revenue, 23rd place in the list of Tax consulting, 10th place in the list of Valuation activity, 11th place in the list of Financial consulting, 5th place in the list of Legal consulting. 
According to the results of the Tax Masters Rating, Prime Advice Law Offices is recommended in the categories Masters of Personal Taxes / Private Assets, Masters of International Taxation.
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, Head of the Evaluation Practice 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, Head of International Law Practice of Prime Advice Law Offices, is a member of the Expert Council of the National Center for Public-Private Partnership.
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».