Kachkin & Partners, now a leading legal advice firm in the North-West of Russia, was established in St. Petersburg in 2001. Kachkin & Partners provides universal legal support for more than 500 public and private organizations. The firm regularly provides legal advice and support for small and medium business, as well as major holding groups and regional corporations. 
Making a good progress for many years, we have always aspired to be active in many fields, and so have obtained a deep understanding of all aspects of the business world and political life of St. Petersburg. Very soon we realized that our best bet was professionalism, and our premier asset were, and will always be, people – our friends and colleagues, all those who make up our great team. For our clients and partners, these are professional lawyers and experts to whom they can confidently entrust their business secrets and from whom they can always expect assistance and good advice.

Our team is a rigidly structured group of professionals, uniting some of the best experts. Staff recruitment is arguably the most challenging and important of our business processes. We take our time and make a painstaking effort to recruit the best people, people we cannot afford to lose, the people we are proud to call our best asset. Like any good capital, our human capital tends to increase in value over time. Our core team of lawyers has a long-term experience in law. All our lawyers have a good understanding of the intricacies of doing business in Russia, and well versed in regional law. The majority of our lawyers take part in mandatory, management-sponsored events aimed at promoting their continuous professional growth, most notably seminars and conferences. Many of our employees write articles for business-related and professional Mass Media, contribute to the drafting of new legislation, and participate in debating new normative acts.

After so many years in the law sphere, we are convinced that ad hoc legal advice is no longer sufficient for business, which have to deal with growing challenges on a daily basis. Instead of legal assistance in addressing a specific problem, which is often removed from its business context, companies are in instant need of all-round legal support on a regular basis. This naturally inspires us to move on in new directions and explore new areas of expertise, in order to render a more comprehensive service to our clients, and be prepared to meet their complex, fast-changing needs. We have already surpassed the boundaries of mere legal support, providing qualified advice in financial accounting, corporate budget and tax planning as well. In our day-to-day business, we rely on the assistance of our partners, with whom we have great, time-honored ties. Our partners are not just narrowly focused specialists, such as appraisers, auditors, or patent lawyers, from whom we seek services according to their area of practice. We cooperate with many government bodies, and this collaboration is formalized by agreements, powers of attorney, and other legal instruments. Our all-inclusive partnership policy enables us to overcome the numerous bureaucratic obstacles frequently encountered by our clients, and to do it more quickly and efficiently.

Although providing a broad spectrum of services overall, we have retained lawyers’ differentiation by their areas of practice within the company, most notably, by forming a system of specialized units as described below. This system is also maintained by each of our key employees having an individual work plan. Our professional opinion and advice is sought on a regular basis by major St. Petersburg law and business publishers, professional expert bodies and associations, non-governmental groups and government authorities. The Legislative Assembly, which is the law-making body in St. Petersburg, has repeatedly invited Denis Kachkin, Managing Partner, to speak on taxation and property investment in connection with the ongoing reform of St. Petersburg’s legal framework for investment. This and other examples from the day-to-day practice of Kachkin & Partners prove the company’s credentials. 
Kachkin & Partners currently has three offices in St. Petersburg, but plans to expand its presence in the region. Our firm has had a web-site since its second year and www.kachkin.ru always features the latest legal updates and news with our commentary.

A goal-oriented FIRM Kachkin & Partners leverages the experience and competencies of its staff consultants, cooperating with more narrowly specialized contractors, in order to solve both routine and unconventional problems for its clients quickly and successfully and reaching out to the public via the Mass Media. This way, Kachkin & Partners develops all-round support for the client, becoming its dependable legal partner for many years to come.