David
Lasfargue
Partner
David Lasfargue began his international career in Prague in 1995. He worked in Paris and then headed the Moscow office of Gide from 2001 to 2016. He has been head of Jeantet’s Moscow office since May 2016.
He has been advising a large number of international investors, in particular French investors, for 20 years in connection with their establishment and operations in Russia and in the CIS and Eastern European countries.
Skills
Lawyer since : 1995
Bar. : Paris
Language(s) : French - English - Russian
Training :
- DJCE (Diplôme de Juriste Conseil d’Entreprise)
- DESS of business law and taxation
- Master of Business Law
- DEA in History of Law and Institutions – University Lyon III
Member of :
- President of the Russian section of the French Foreign Trade Advisors (CCEF)
- Secretary of the Board of Directors of the French-Russian Chamber of Commerce (CCIFR)
- Representative of the French business community within the AEB (Association of European Business)
Publications
- Russian counter measures. Recent developments – 03/10/2022
- Sanctions against Russia: recent developments – 02/24/2022
- Moscow Newsletter – June 2021
- Russia : COVID-19 : Consequence of new russia measures for business
- La Russie est un pays d’opportunités
- Relation Chine-Russie : simple rééquilibrage ou alliance durable ?
- Relation Chine-Russie : simple rééquilibrage ou alliance durable ?
- Do svidania Linkedin ou comment le réseau social professionnel américain a été interdit en Russie
Russian counter measures : recent developments (update May 3, 2022)
Today, the President signed a new order introducing certain restrictions on transactions involving sanctioned persons. The order does not provide for a list of such targeted persons – the Government is to prepare a list within ten days. Moreover, Russia proposed several legal initiatives countering introduced sanctions. Such initiatives include criminal liability for compliance with […]
Paris, Moscow
Russian counter measures. Recent developments (13 April updates)
The initial legal initiative on external administration of the foreign companies (also known as the “nationalization draft law”) has been put on hold, according to an information published on 11 April 2022 by Izvestia. 1 Three sources in the Government confirmed that, “since most of the companies only made declarations of suspension or suspended their […]
Moscow
Russian counter measures. Recent developments (7 April updates)
Russia has adopted a number of measures in response to sanctions introduced by the US, EU and other states. The measures are mainly established in the presidential and governmental decrees, as well as certain legal initiatives (please refer to Legal Alerts dated 2 March and 11 March for more information on the previously introduced measures). […]
Moscow
Sanctions against Russia, recent developments (updated 22 march)
On 22 February 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed laws ratifying agreements with the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DNR and LNR) recognizing them as independent states. On 24 February 2022 President Putin announced a “special military operation” in Ukraine. Sanctions were adopted against Russia further to these actions of Russia (please see our legal […]
Moscow
Russian counter measures. Recent developments – 03/10/2022
Russia has adopted three rounds of measures in response to sanctions introduced by the US, EU and other states. The measures are mainly established in the presidential decrees, particularly, Decree No. 95 dated 5 March 2022 “On Temporary Procedure for the Discharge of Obligations Towards Certain Foreign Creditors” (please refer to Legal Alert dated 2 […]
Moscow
Sanctions against Russia: recent development (March 2nd updates)
On 22 February 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed laws ratifying agreements with the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DNR and LNR) recognizing them as independent states. On 24 February 2022 President Putin announced a “special military operation” in Ukraine. Sanctions were adopted against Russia further to these actions of Russia (please see our legal […]
Moscow
Sanctions against Russia: recent developments (Februrary 28th updates)
On 22 February 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed laws ratifying agreements with the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DNR and LNR) recognizing them as independent states. Sanctions were adopted against Russia further to these actions of Russian President (please see our legal alert on sanctions dated 24 February 2022). Sanctions described below are a […]
Moscow
Sanctions against Russia: recent developments – 02/24/2022
On 22 February 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed laws ratifying agreements with the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DNR and LNR) recognizing them as independent states. Sanctions below were adopted before President Putin announced a “special military operation” in Ukraine on 24 February 2022. We are actively following the developments related to those issues […]
Moscow
Moscow Newsletter – June 2021
1 – Fines for Breach of Laws on Personal Data and Sovereign RuNet to be Increased 2 – General Meetings of Shareholders by Absentee Voting Authorized through 2021 3 – New Rules for Highly Qualified Foreign Employees 4 – New Rules for Foreign Branches and Representative Offices 5 – New Rules for Online Meetings Proposed […]
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Moscow Newsletter – January 2021
Moscow
Moscow Newsletter – November 2020
COVID-19. New Developments: Measures Affecting Business
Moscow
Jeantet advises Kingfisher on sale of Castorama Rus to Maxidom
Paris, October 29th, 2020 – Jeantet Moscow has advised Kingfisher, international retail company, on sale of its entire Russian business (Castorama Rus) to Maxidom LLC, a leading home improvement company in Russia.
Moscow