About company

Introduction

Acquaintance

BKMP LEGAL is a Russian law firm operating according to international legal service principles and standards.

Our mission and main goal is to provide legal support to businesses and protect their interests. For over twelve years, we have been rendering comprehensive legal services and successfully helping top Russian and global corporations handle complex legal and commercial issues.
No matter how challenging the task at hand and despite the global turmoil, we are always able to come up with optimal solutions, help businesses adapt to changing legal requirements and offer the best possible terms for our clients’ prosperity and development.

We tailor our services to each client individually, taking into account their specific needs, the situation and the sector in which they operate.
Over years operating successfully in Russia, we have implemented many legal projects and earned a reputation as a reliable business partner that always strives for business excellence.

We earnestly believe in what we do, we are committed to continuous improvement and always seeking new solutions. Above all, we never forget the importance of what we do for our clients and the community in general.

Best regards,
Pavel Bulgakov
Managing Partner, BKMP LEGAL

About us

BKMP LEGAL is a leading Russian law firm that has been successfully operating according to international principles and standards of legal services for over ten years. We provide comprehensive legal services to international and Russian companies based on our many years of experience and legal expertise within the Russian market.

Our team brings together highly qualified lawyers with unique experience of cooperating with international and Russian corporations in the Oil&Gas, FMCG and Retail sectors, in real estate, IT and other spheres.

Following the highest international standards and principles in legal consulting, we work as an internal structure within our clients’ companies and always guarantee quality fulfilment of mandates. We always strive for and achieve the maximum result regardless of how complex the project is.

Our mission: to provide legal support to businesses and protect their interests

About company

>12 years

of successful operations in Russia

99%

of cases won

EUR 4.5 BILLION

TOTAL SUM OF CLIENTS’ ASSETS PROTECTED IN 2022–2023

Achievements

Our success is our clients’ victories

Our priority is that of building long-term partnerships and relationships. Our success is confirmed through the co-operation with major Russian and international corporations that are market leaders in their sectors, over many years.

Clients

reviews

Reviews

BKMP LEGAL always demonstrates profound knowledge of legal instruments and understanding of the specifics of our industry. The BKMP LEGAL team is excellent at integrating into the internal processes of the company and combining legal details with global commercial goals, offering the best practical solutions for our business.

Head of Legal Services
Inditex

A convenient and always predictable format of work, highly qualified professionals and reliable partners who have made a huge contribution to supporting business by implementing the most important strategic tasks.

Head of the Russian division of the legal service
Vanke Group

Lawyers from BKMP LEGAL are always responsive and attentive. I would like to emphasize the high level of service and exceptional customer care. This is a really strong team of professionals who work together effectively and are able to achieve truly outstanding results in the shortest possible time.

Head of the Legal Department
United Colors of Benetton

This is truly a team of professionals who are able to provide support in complex legal matters, excellently preserving the balance of legal risks and commercial interests.

CEO, Eastern Europe
Nextail

A highly qualified and experienced team that always responds promptly and gives clear and understandable advice. That is why every time we face a complex legal issue, we know who to address.

Head of Legal Services
Tendam Retail SA

BKMP LEGAL demonstrates impressive negotiation skills and always strives to achieve an optimal and confident result for its clients. For many years we have been involving BKMP LEGAL in resolving legal issues and complex commercial tasks of our company. They perfectly understand the peculiarities and driving forces of projects and always help us make the right legal and commercial decisions.

CEO
Engo Engineering

The BKMP LEGAL partners and team have an excellent understanding of our business needs and the commercial factors behind our choice. They are responsive and practical, immerse themselves as deeply as possible in the peculiarities of business processes and always take into account many aspects, going beyond the standard legal advice.

Head of Legal Services
Guess

BKMP LEGAL has profound knowledge of the industry specifics of the Retail and FMCG sectors. The technical depth of every detail, combined with intelligence, practicality and experience, makes it possible for the team to resolve the most complicated legal and commercial issues.

Chief Financial Officer
Unilever Tea

The BKMP LEGAL team always fulfills its obligations and arrangements with enthusiasm and involvement, makes every effort to resolve the tasks set and always achieves the goals.

CEO
WTS?!

The BKMP LEGAL team consistently demonstrates the profound legal knowledge combined with a unique branch-wise approach. Their understanding of the intricacies of legal issues and the peculiarities of the commercial real estate market always guarantees practical and up-to-date solutions in this field.

Business Development Director
Edizione Property SPA

I would like to emphasize the unique format of interaction — BKMP LEGAL lawyers always integrate as much as possible into the specifics of the business, becoming full-fledged members of the team. Lawyers from BKMP LEGAL assisted us in conducting a personnel audit of our company and flawlessly resolved a number of complicated employment-related issues.

Chief Financial Officer
Tom Tailor

BKMP LEGAL is exceptional legal support and 100% involvement. The team helped us resolve a number of complicated labour-related issues at the company's top management level. Their actions were accurate and timely, and their attention to detail and service were second to none.

CEO
TWINSET

Lawyers from BKMP LEGAL supported the key project of our company to create a model of the energy and oil complex of the Russian Federation — the leading oil companies of the Russian Federation (Lukoil, Gazprom, Surgutneftegaz, Rosneft, Tatneft, etc.) took part in the project. As part of the project, the BKMP LEGAL team ensured the most comfortable and well-coordinated interaction of all participants in the process and coordinated all necessary legal documents.

CFO
IEF Energy and Finance Fund

High evaluation of the firm’s expertise and results by leading legal ratings

Confession

The Pravo.ru-300 leading Russian law firm ratings and the Kommersant Publishing House recommend BKMP LEGAL in the categories of: Arbitration, Corporate Law, M&A, Real Estate and Construction, noting the firm’s particular achievements in Retail and Trade, FMCG and Real Estate.

BKMP LEGAL lawyers’ expertise has been recognised by The Best Lawyers international rating. In 2022, the firm was also nominated for the first time in the Chambers Europe international rating.