Purchase of the state and
municipal property by offshore
companies is prohibited in Russia

Purchase of the state and 
municipal property by offshore 
companies is prohibited in Russia

On 1 July 2017, amendments to the Federal Law 'On Privatisation of the State and Municipal Property' and the Federal Law 'On the Procedure for Foreign Investment in Business Entities of Strategic Importance for National Defense and State Security' became effective, according to which  offshore companies and legal entities controlled by an offshore company or a group of entities, which includes an offshore company are not permitted to purchase state and municipal property in Russia. 

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Contacts:              

Yana Dianova
Director of Corporate and Commercial Law Department
GRATA International (Moscow)
Tel: +7 (495) 660 11 84