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 (update June 1st, 2022)
- 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
Sanctions against russia. Recent revelopments (13 september update)
CONTROL OF TRANSACTIONS WITH SHARES IN AN LLC On 8 September 2022, Russian President issued Decree No. 618 “On Special Procedure for Execution of Certain Transactions (Operations)” (the “Decree”). The decree provides for new rules, specifically for transactions involving transfer of shares in Russian LLCs as well as transactions involving Russian banks under sanctions. We […]
Moscow Desk
Russian counter measures. Recent Developments (19 August 2022 update)
Russia has adopted a series of new measures. Namely, the President introduced new restrictions concerning transactions with shares in certain Russian companies. The Government added new jurisdictions to the list of unfriendly states. At the same time, the Russian Central Bank suspended some of its previously adopted restrictions. For more information on sanctions targeting Russia, […]
Moscow Desk
Sanctions against Russia. Recent Developments (9 August update)
On 21 July 2022, Council of the EU adopted a seventh package of sanctions targeting Russia. The new package establishes new bans and exemptions for sectoral sanctions. It also targets new persons and entities, including Sberbank. Additionally, the US expanded their individual sanctions. Below is an overview of the latest sanctions. For more information on […]
Moscow Desk
Russian counter measures : recent developments (update July 12, 2022)
Russia has adopted a series of new measures. Namely, the President and the Government introduced new measures that mainly facilitate operations involving foreign currency. Laws on legalization of parallel importation and on additional powers of the President became effective. Certain legal initiatives were rejected or put on hold. Specifically, the review of the draft law […]
Paris, Moscow Desk
Sanctions against Russia. Recent developments.
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 previous […]
Moscow Desk
Russian counter measures : recent developments (update June 1st, 2022)
Russia adopted a series of counter measures in May. The President issued a decree establishing a special procedure for performance of obligations towards foreign intellectual property owners. The decree targets a range of IP owners establishing that the payments are to be made in roubles to a special account in an authorized Russian bank. The […]
Moscow Desk, Paris
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 Desk
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 Desk
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 Desk
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 Desk
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 Desk
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 Desk