Юридическая фирма VERBA LEGAL

All practices

Tax Advisory and Litigation

We specialize in international projects that demand innovative solutions.

Tax Consulting and Disputes

VERBA LEGAL provides legal and methodological support on all matters of personal and corporate taxation. We work with both small startups and large companies, including those with government participation.

Tax Structuring

VERBA LEGAL assists clients in structuring the ownership of Russian and foreign assets, taking into account possible tax benefits and preferences. In the first phase of the project implementation, we conduct a comprehensive analysis of the tax system of the client's country of interest. In the second phase, we develop a "roadmap" for our actions. In the third phase, we implement the strategy in practice.

Tax Due Diligence Assessments

VERBA LEGAL helps clients promptly identify and eliminate tax risks that arise during business operations, as well as identify and realize tax reserves. We conduct a comprehensive review of the accuracy and timeliness of tax (fee) payment obligations, including situations involving the acquisition of assets in the context of M&A transactions.

Transfer Pricing

VERBA LEGAL provides support to clients conducting transactions that meet the criteria of controlled transactions, including the preparation of notifications and transfer pricing documentation. Additionally, we offer methodological support on matters related to the conclusion of multilateral (bilateral) transfer pricing agreements and the preparation of country-by-country reports.

Investment Support

VERBA LEGAL provides tax support to clients making investments in the form of capital expenditures. We diagnose the client's activities to determine the applicability of tax benefits and preferences, calculate the potential benefits from using tax regimes for investors, and assist in the procedures for obtaining investor taxpayer status.

Resolution of Tax Disputes

VERBA LEGAL provides comprehensive support to clients during tax audits and in appealing the results of tax inspections at both the pre-trial and trial stages. We have extensive cross-sector expertise, enabling us to develop effective tax dispute strategies and deliver positive outcomes for our clients.

Specialized Projects Practice

VERBA LEGAL collaborates with non-profit associations representing the interests of entrepreneurs in various economic sectors. We conduct scientific and practical research on taxation issues to justify the need for changes to existing legislative regulations.

Currency Control

VERBA LEGAL provides clients with advisory support on interactions with currency control agents in relation to export-import operations and international settlements between residents and non-residents.

/ Project Experience

Tax Consulting

Tax advisory for Russia's sole optical fiber producer on the divestment of a complete share by an American vendor.

Consulting a Russian public investment enterprise on establishing and managing IT operations in the CIS region.

Tax consulting for the Russian associate of a leading Chinese conglomerate on the levy of a recycling fee and excise duty on imported electric cars, and on circumventing “grey” import schemes in the CIS.

Taxation consultancy for a Russian innovation company on the provision of international DNA genome sequencing services.

Advisory for Russia's principal leasing firms on finance lease accounting per the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) No. 25/2018.

Consulting Russia's major insurance provider on the retrospective applicability of par. 7 Art. 284.2 of the Russian Tax Code for entities under international sanctions.

Advising a sovereign investment fund on the remittance of an excess profits tax.

Providing tax advisory to several pharmaceutical companies on the implementation of bonus schemes.

Consulting for Russia's leading broker on NCD accounting during bond coupon payouts.

Tax consultancy for Russia's premier metallurgical firm on tax matters associated with an investment project in a Special Economic Zone (SEZ).

Advising Russia's foremost state corporation on the risks of designating certain EU-based firms as controlled foreign corporations.

Tax guidance for an investment firm on executing long-term incentive plans for prime employees (LTIP, ESOP).

Tax efficiency enhancement consulting for a top Russian real estate development conglomerate.

Tax Disputes

Representing a mining entity in a fiscal dispute concerning the incorporation of specific expenditure types into the assessable cost of mined minerals.

Assisting a construction company in a tax dispute over the procurement of an unjustified tax benefit in excess of 400 million RUB.

Assisting a transportation and logistics firm in a tax dispute concerning an unwarranted tax benefit in excess of 200 million RUB.

Representing in a tax dispute regarding the inclusion of accrued depreciation on a leased asset into expenses.

Facilitating tax control activities aimed at identifying and realizing tax reserves for agro-industrial companies.

Challenging the cadastral valuation of over 50 land parcels under the “double revision” method, recovering tax overpayments totaling more than 200 million RUB.

Supporting tax control initiatives and representing prominent Russian bloggers in criminal proceedings under Article 198 Part 2 of the Russian Criminal Code.

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