Russia's market for mergers and acquisitions came into being in the early 1990s when mass privatization of state-owned property gained momentum. More specifically, it was not until after the Russian financial crisis of 1998 that mergers and friendly takeovers took place in Russia. Up until then...

Russia’s transition to market economy demanded new legal regulation of civil turnover and entrepreneurial activity. In 1994, the first part of Civil Code was adopted and it stipulated main provisions on legal entities as well as rules on limited liability companies adopted from Germany as...