Tax Advisers - Deloitte

Russia
Sergey G Pepeliaev
Pepeliaev, Goltsblat & Partners
Krasnopresnenskaya nab. 12,
Entrance 7, World Trade Center-II
Moscow 123610
Russia
Tel: (7) 495 967 0007
Fax: (7) 495 967 0008
Email: info@pgplaw.ru
Website: www.pgplaw.ru
Sergey Pepeliaev, JD, is a managing partner of Pepeliaev, Goltsblat & Partners, the
biggest full-service law firm operating in Russia today. Sergey Pepeliaev specializes in tax
law, constitutional law and arbitration proceedings.
Sergey Pepeliaev has vast expertise of providing legal support for major projects, of
drafting legislation and handling tax disputes in arbitration courts, courts of general
jurisdiction, the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation.
He has, on numerous occasions, attended sessions of the Supreme Arbitration Court of
the Russian Federation dealing with taxation and financial issues and has been invited by
the Russian Constitutional Court as an expert on taxation.
Mr Pepeliaev acts as adviser to the State Duma Budget and Tax Committee, was actively
involved in debating and finalizing the draft Tax Code of the Russian Federation and in
projects aimed at improving Russian tax legislation, including those under the auspices
of TACIS.
Mr Pepeliaev is on the Panel of Experts of the Federation Council Committee for Legal
and Judicial Matters. He is a Themis Prize winner, a member of the Presidium of the
Russian Tax Law Association and a fellow of the International Fiscal Association (IFA).
He has written a number of training manuals, books and articles underlying current
Russian tax law.
Sergey Pepeliaev has frequently headed groups of lawyers involved in large-scale judicial
defence, auditing, management and legal consulting projects, both at the request of
major Russian and foreign companies across various sectors and as part of World Bank
programmes. His project work consists of drafting of litigation documents,
representation before courts, auditing procedures, appraisal of current and potential
liabilities of enterprises, development and improvement of cash flow controls, advice on
book-keeping and taxation, assessment of possibilities for debt restructuring and
reduction, and other assignments.
Sergey Pepeliaev serves as editor-in-chief of Nalogoved (Tax Expert), a new professional
magazine for tax practitioners, and as science editor of the book series Library of a Tax
Lawyer. He supervised five research students researching into tax law, all of whom have
been awarded JD degrees.
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