Biography: Corporate Tax

Sergey Pepeliaev has over 20 years of hands-on experience of considering corporate and personal taxation issues and resolving challenging situations involving investments and court proceedings.

As a practitioner, he defended the rights and interests of companies before the state arbitration courts, the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation in large-scale and significant court disputes regarding the legality of the additional assessment of taxes and fines, the abolition of regulations of the Russian government, ministries and state authorities running counter to law, and the annulment of unconstitutional provisions of laws. He also advised on taxation of investments and day-to-day activities, organised and managed large-scale projects relating to the creation of enterprises and fund-raising for business, etc.

Over the past few years the legal team headed by Mr Pepeliaev has helped clients save over US$5 billion in connection with the out-of-court settlement of tax disputes and through litigation. The leading ratings agency Chambers Europe recognised Sergey Pepeliaev as 'Band Star', the best tax lawyer in Russia.

As an expert, Sergey Pepeliaev has been invited on numerous occasions to the Russian Constitutional Court to express his views on cases. He participates in conferences at the Russian Supreme Arbitration Court concerning taxation, finance and arbitration procedures. Sergey is an expert of the State Duma committee for the budget and taxes, a member of the expert panel of the committee for legal and judicial matters of the Federation Council and co-chairman of the expert council on taxes at the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Sergey has been invited on numerous occasions by the State Duma, Administration of the Russian President, Russian Ministry of Finance and other state authorities to take part in the drafting of legislation, in particular, the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, the Law on the Olympic Games and the Law on Transfer Pricing.

Sergey Pepeliaev is the author of over 200 articles, manuals and books on taxation, finance, budgeting, arbitration procedures, the use of natural resources and intellectual property.

Sergey holds a degree of candidate in legal sciences and teaches at Moscow State University and Moscow State University of International Relations. He is the editor-in-chief of Nalogoved, an academic and research journal.

Sergey Pepeliaev is a member of the board of the Moscow Region Chamber of Attorneys. He plays an active role in state and public projects relating to development of the legal profession, advocacy and the judicial system in Russia.

Sergey Pepeliaev is a member of the board of trustees of the fund assisting the Kremlin museums. Sergey is a winner of the prestigious legal award Femida. He was awarded a medal 'For the Protection of Rights and Freedoms of Citizens' by the Federal Chamber of Attorneys of the Russian Federation and the Fyodor Plevako silver medal.