Foreign Policy‘s Robbie Gramer dropped some rain on Trump’s persecution parade today when he tweeted this:
Law firm overseeing Trump’s compliance w his business, Morgan Lewis, was named “Russia Law Firm of the Year” in 2016 https://www.morganlewis.com/news/chambers-partners-names-morgan-lewis-as-russia-law-firm-of-the-year …
Chambers & Partners Names Morgan Lewis as Russia Law Firm of the Year
The prestigious honor was announced at the publication’s recent annual awards dinner in London, where firms from 24 countries were recognized.
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That’s right. In a press release dating from May, Morgan Lewis brags they have been “recognized by Chambers & Partners’ 2016 Chambers Europe guide as Russia Law Firm of the Year.”
This is the latest honor for the high-profile work performed by the lawyers in Morgan Lewis’s Moscow office, which is ranked in Tier 1 by The Legal 500 EMEA for Corporate/M&A Law Firm, Russia and has a Band 1 ranking from Chambers Global for Energy & Natural Resources Law Firm, Russia.
Morgan Lewis’s Moscow office provides full-service business representation for clients, including advice on corporate and finance matters; mergers and acquisitions; transactional finance; litigation and international arbitration; energy and natural resources projects; real estate property transactions; labor and employment issues; immigration; and a wide range of regulatory matters. The Moscow team includes seasoned lawyers and specialists with experience throughout the region, including in Kazakhstan (working with Morgan Lewis colleagues in Almaty and Astana) and other countries of the former Soviet Union, including in the Central Asia and Caspian regions.