The infrastructure and PPP practice has held top positions in Russia’s annual rating Pravo.Ru-300 for many years in a row, while the practice leader, Denis Kachkin, consistently ranks among the best PPP experts according to this rating.

The «Leaders of the Legal Services Market» rating by Kommersant Publishing House also regularly includes Kachkin and Partners AB in the top 5 leading Russian consultants in public-private partnerships, with Denis Kachkin confidently occupying leading positions in the individual experts list for PPP according to this rating’s assessment for several years.

The level of legal expertise of Kachkin and Partners AB has been repeatedly recognized as one of the highest by leading international professional rating agencies (Chambers & Partners Europe; The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa; Best Lawyers; IFLR1000). In 2019, the firm was included in the shortlist of the prestigious Chambers Russia Awards 2019 for lawyers in the category «Law Firm of the Year in PPP».

Our expertise includes:

• the development of legal framework to introduce PPP principles upon request of public institutions and governmental bodies
• advising public institutions and governmental bodies on developing the regional PPP policy and forming the institutional framework for the implementation of PPP projects
• preparation of the legal basis for optimum infrastructural projects implementation model using PPP models
• tender documentation preparation, support of contractor selection process
• legal assessment of project risks and preparation of recommendations on optimum stratification of risks among project participants
• advising on material law issues arising from infrastructural project implementation
• advising on legal and land rights in immovable property
• drafting concession agreements and related contracts, mediating the implementation of PPP projects (including project agreements, construction agreements, construction management and financing agreements)
• advising on and preparation of documentation for corporate and tax structuring, incl. SPV and consortium operations
• advising on corporate and project financing, drafting relevant documentation, including security instruments
• support of construction activity, including assistance in obtaining relevant permits and accessing utility services
• advising on regulatory issues involving the use of natural resources, subsurface use, monument protection and other special legal structures