Ermolina & Partners is a Russian law firm with recognized international expertise. We provide legal support for complex projects across key economic sectors, including IT/TMT, pharmaceuticals, and healthcare. Our lawyers have been advising clients in Russia and abroad for over 20 years.
Founded by former team members of Baker McKenzie, DLA Piper, Gowling WLG and BEITEN BURKHARDT in Russia, our professionals are recognized by leading legal directories, such as Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, Managing IP, IAM 1000 Patent, Kommersant, and Pravo-300. Quality is always our priority at Ermolina & Partners, and we achieve it by investing in our team and our clients.
20+
years of experience
7
Practice Groups
7+
Partners
20+
Lawyers
Сapabilities
We offer a full range of legal services, enabling us to provide efficient support for the most complex issues across various sectors of the economy, with a particular focus on IT, TMT, pharmaceuticals, and healthcare.
Dispute resolution
We handle strategically significant litigation in courts at all levels. We also ensure effective resolution of the most complex disputes, employing different strategies tailored to the circumstances of each individual case, ranging from conducting negotiations and drafting out-of-court settlements to providing comprehensive legal representation in court.
M&A
Comprehensive legal advice on corporate law matters, including support for mergers and acquisitions, company reorganizations, and due diligence.
Commercial
Drafting and negotiating contracts, partnerships, and commercial agreements to safeguard your business transactions.
Intellectual Property and Technology
We protect innovations, trademarks, and digital assets, ensuring legal compliance in tech-driven markets. From the registration of intellectual property assets to software licensing, we always strive to secure a competitive advantage for our clients. Furthermore, we provide legal support for large-scale litigation regarding intellectual property and technology, including complex patent disputes.
Tax Law
We offer comprehensive tax advisory services and identify the most effective solutions in taxation aimed at minimizing risks and optimizing costs while implementing projects.
Regulatory & TMT
Advising on licensing, compliance, and emerging regulations to minimize risks and anticipate change.
Sanctions
Guidance on navigating international sanctions, risk assessment, and crisis management to keep your operations uninterrupted.
White-Collar Crime
Representation of companies and their stakeholders in sensitive criminal proceedings; internal and tax investigations.
Services
Our team provides legal counsel across a broad range of matters, combining in-depth knowledge of rapidly evolving legislation with practical experience across diverse areas of law.
Clients value our integrated approach: we represent clients in complex litigation and transactions, and advise on corporate law, tax law, and personal data protection.
Clients value our integrated approach: we represent clients in complex litigation and transactions, and advise on corporate law, tax law, and personal data protection.
Our extensive track record of successful litigation enables us to handle the most complex disputes effectively and to protect our clients’ interests before courts at all levels.
Our team’s achievements in litigation are recognized by leading legal directories. In addition, several of our attorneys are licensed to practice in foreign jurisdictions, enabling us to handle cross-border projects.
Our team’s achievements in litigation are recognized by leading legal directories. In addition, several of our attorneys are licensed to practice in foreign jurisdictions, enabling us to handle cross-border projects.
Our team has many years of experience advising on transactions involving both emerging companies and multinational corporations, including mergers and acquisitions. We assist in establishing joint ventures as well as providing services in reorganizations and corporate governance.
Our team consists of experienced associates, attorneys, and patent attorneys specializing in various areas of law. This comprehensive approach enables us to successfully advise clients on all practical issues related to intellectual property from the launch of new tech and products to the development of strategies for protecting rights to existing products.
Our team has significant experience managing complex projects involving personal data matters, including data localization, data processing arrangements, and cross-border transfers. Whether a client requires a cookie-banner solution or a group-wide data processing audit, we are ready to implement projects of any complexity.
Regulatory compliance impacts nearly every business. We provide a full range of services - from aligning business processes and drafting internal policies to engaging with regulators and obtaining industry-specific licenses.
We offer a full spectrum of services for registering all types of intellectual property rights in Russia and abroad. Our patent attorneys hold specialized degrees in IT, telecommunications, and higher mathematics, enabling us to provide the most reliable protection for technological solutions. We also work in cooperation with leading local firms across most jurisdictions worldwide, enabling us to manage international projects of any scale.
Artificial intelligence and related information technologies are rapidly evolving. We already have experience in creating legal solutions that both protect our clients’ interests and help shape market trends.
We have extensive experience drafting, negotiating, and supporting a wide range of industry-specific agreements, from service level agreements (SLAs) to complex B2B software license arrangements.
We have extensive experience drafting, negotiating, and supporting a wide range of industry-specific agreements, from service level agreements (SLAs) to complex B2B software license arrangements.
We provide comprehensive legal support for projects in advertising and media, including interactions with regulators, courts, and counterparties.
Our team has many years of extensive experience advising companies on a wide range of accounting matters under Russian Accounting Standards (RAS) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), offering the most effective solutions in the areas of taxation and tax planning.
Our white-collar crime attorneys are among the most respected in Russia, and for many years have successfully represented both Russian and international companies and their management in various criminal proceedings. We also advise clients on conducting internal investigations and navigating tax audits.
News
Intellectual Property:
2025 Pravo-300
2025 Pravo-300
Data Protection:
2025 Pravo-300
2025 Pravo-300
Intellectual Property / Litigation:
Chambers & Partners
Chambers & Partners
TMT: 2025 Pravo-300
Nominee of the Christine Lagarde
award "Women in Law"
award "Women in Law"
Recognized in the
Acritas Stars
Acritas Stars
Patent litigation / Patent prosecution:
IAM Patent
IAM Patent
World Trademark
Review 1000
Review 1000
Intellectual Property:
2025 Kommersant
2025 Kommersant
Intellectual Property /
Litigation: Legal500
Litigation: Legal500
Awards
Our team of experts, who have worked at the world's leading law firms, such as Baker McKenzie, DLA Piper, and Gowling WLG provides a tailored approach for every single project. We remain committed to the highest standards of quality of these powerhouses and continue to invest in our people, hiring the best legal minds on the market.
Our entire team, both collectively and individually, is highly ranked by leading legal directories, such as Chambers & Partners, Legal500, Managing IP, IAM 1000 Patent, and Best Lawyers. We also hold the top positions in the most reputable domestic ratings, such as Pravo-300, Rossiyskaya Gazeta and Kommersant.
Our team
Darya Ermolina
Managing Partner, PhD
Darya Ermolina focuses on resolving complex litigation disputes. She represents leading international and Russian companies in the information technology, healthcare, oil and gas, chemicals, and automotive sectors. Darya also advises on general issues of intellectual property rights, the protection of intellectual property rights, as well as the regulation of Internet companies, digital platforms, and information technology.
For many years, Darya has been recognized in the area of intellectual property and technology by IP Stars from Managing IP, Legal500, Pravo-300, Acritas Stars, Kommersant, Rossiyskaya Gazeta and World Trademark Review 1000. Nominee of the Christine Lagarde award “Women in Law”.
Languages: English, German, Russian.
For many years, Darya has been recognized in the area of intellectual property and technology by IP Stars from Managing IP, Legal500, Pravo-300, Acritas Stars, Kommersant, Rossiyskaya Gazeta and World Trademark Review 1000. Nominee of the Christine Lagarde award “Women in Law”.
Languages: English, German, Russian.
Partner
Vasiliy Ermolin
Vasiliy Ermolin heads the Corporate / M&A practice group at Ermolina & Partners. His key areas of expertise include consulting on M&A transactions, the structuring and establishment of joint ventures in the Russian Federation, and provides comprehensive support on corporate and labor law projects. Vasiliy was admitted to the German Bar in 2002.
With more than 20 years of experience at Haarmann, Hemmelrath & Partner, CMS International BV, and Beiten Burkhardt, Vasiliy has been recognized by Best Lawyers in various fields, including Corporate Law and Insolvency and Reorganization Law. Vasiliy is an active participant in events organized by the legal community locally and abroad, has authored numerous publications on contentious legal issues and is a regular speaker at conferences.
Languages: English, German, Russian.
With more than 20 years of experience at Haarmann, Hemmelrath & Partner, CMS International BV, and Beiten Burkhardt, Vasiliy has been recognized by Best Lawyers in various fields, including Corporate Law and Insolvency and Reorganization Law. Vasiliy is an active participant in events organized by the legal community locally and abroad, has authored numerous publications on contentious legal issues and is a regular speaker at conferences.
Languages: English, German, Russian.
Partner
Mikhail Sholokhov
Mikhail Sholokhov focuses on intellectual property and technology law matters, personal data protection, and commercial contracts. Mikhail’s scope of experience includes a broad range of local and cross-border matters in intellectual property and technology law, M&A transactions involving intellectual property issues and personal data protection. He also advises on various regulatory matters in the TMT sector. Mikhail has significant experience in supporting various types of contracts in the IT sector, including complex B2B IT services and licensing agreements.
With more than 14 years of experience at Noerr, and DLA Piper, Mikhail is also an alumnus of the Moscow State Law Academy. Mikhail has been recognized for his work in data protection, intellectual property, technology, media, and telecommunications by Pravo-300.
Languages: English, Russian.
With more than 14 years of experience at Noerr, and DLA Piper, Mikhail is also an alumnus of the Moscow State Law Academy. Mikhail has been recognized for his work in data protection, intellectual property, technology, media, and telecommunications by Pravo-300.
Languages: English, Russian.
Partner, Ph.D., LL.M
Dmitry Grachyov
Dmitry Grachyov focuses on contentious and non-contentious intellectual property and information technology matters, including representing clients before courts, antitrust, internal affairs, and other state authorities.
A Duke University School of Law and Moscow State University alumnus, Dmitry has more than 13 years of experience working at Baker McKenzie and leading Russian law firms. Dmitry has been recognized in the area of intellectual property by Acritas Stars, Managing IP, and Pravo-300.
Languages: English, Russian.
A Duke University School of Law and Moscow State University alumnus, Dmitry has more than 13 years of experience working at Baker McKenzie and leading Russian law firms. Dmitry has been recognized in the area of intellectual property by Acritas Stars, Managing IP, and Pravo-300.
Languages: English, Russian.
Patent Attorney
Vitaliy Lebedev
Vitaliy Lebedev represents leading international and Russian companies before the Federal Service for Intellectual Property of the Russian Federation (Rospatent) and the Eurasian Patent Organisation (EAPO) on matters relating to intellectual property protection. Vitaliy has extensive experience in drafting applications for inventions and utility models, prosecuting Russian and foreign applications, conducting prior art searches to assess the patentability of technical solutions, preparing expert opinions, and delivering freedom-to-operate analyses.
Before joining the team, Vitaliy formerly worked as a patent attorney at the Moscow office of Gowling WLG.
Languages: English, Russian.
Before joining the team, Vitaliy formerly worked as a patent attorney at the Moscow office of Gowling WLG.
Languages: English, Russian.
Patent & Trademark Attorney
Alexander Lebedev
Alexander Lebedev handles contentious and non-contentious matters, focusing on the prosecution and enforcement of trademarks and industrial designs before Rospatent and Russian courts.
With over 25 years of extensive experience in all areas of intellectual property, prior to joining the team, Alexander worked at PETOŠEVIĆ, several other law firms and at Federal Service for Intellectual Property of the Russian Federation (Rospatent).
Languages: English, Russian.
With over 25 years of extensive experience in all areas of intellectual property, prior to joining the team, Alexander worked at PETOŠEVIĆ, several other law firms and at Federal Service for Intellectual Property of the Russian Federation (Rospatent).
Languages: English, Russian.
Associate
Andrey Chervyakov
Andrey Chervyakov specializes in disputes involving IP and IT law. He has experience participating in complex litigation cases involving top-tier multinational and domestic companies. He also advises digital platforms regarding local regulatory requirements and industry standards.
A Russian School of Private Law alumnus, Andrey previously worked at Nevsky IP Law, and BGP Litigation, assisting with contentious and non-contentious IP-related matters.
Languages: English, Russian.
A Russian School of Private Law alumnus, Andrey previously worked at Nevsky IP Law, and BGP Litigation, assisting with contentious and non-contentious IP-related matters.
Languages: English, Russian.
Associate
Valerya Yunusova
Valerya Yunusova specializes in intellectual property and IT law disputes.
She holds a bachelor's degree from the Ural State Law University named after V.F. Yakovlev and a master's degree from the Russian School of Private Law (the Private Law Research Centre under the President of the Russian Federation named after S.S. Alexeev). She previously worked at the Mikhailovich and Partners Law Office and interned at the Intellectual Property Rights Court.
Languages: English, Russian.
She holds a bachelor's degree from the Ural State Law University named after V.F. Yakovlev and a master's degree from the Russian School of Private Law (the Private Law Research Centre under the President of the Russian Federation named after S.S. Alexeev). She previously worked at the Mikhailovich and Partners Law Office and interned at the Intellectual Property Rights Court.
Languages: English, Russian.
Counsel
Elena Khatetovskaya
Elena Khatetovskaya advises clients on a broad range of matters relating to accounting under Russian Accounting Standards (RAS) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), as well as on taxation and tax planning.
Elena graduated from Orel Commercial Institute with a degree in economics and has more than 28 years of professional experience in tax advisory and accounting for international law firms and corporate groups in the oil & gas sector and the chemical industry.
Languages: English, German, Russian
Elena graduated from Orel Commercial Institute with a degree in economics and has more than 28 years of professional experience in tax advisory and accounting for international law firms and corporate groups in the oil & gas sector and the chemical industry.
Languages: English, German, Russian
Associate
Alsu
Gasymova
Gasymova
Alsu Gasymova focuses on intellectual property and IT law matters, including personal data protection and TMT.
Alsu holds a bachelor's degree from the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) and is currently completing her master's degree at HSE in the "Digital Law" program.
She has experience working at an international IT company, as well as in Russian legal consulting practice.
Languages: Russian, English, Azerbaijani, Turkish.
Alsu holds a bachelor's degree from the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) and is currently completing her master's degree at HSE in the "Digital Law" program.
She has experience working at an international IT company, as well as in Russian legal consulting practice.
Languages: Russian, English, Azerbaijani, Turkish.
Contacts
Address
Khilkov pereulok, 6, 119034, Moscow, Russia
Phone
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