On 18 September 2025, Forbes Russia will host the annual Federal Legal Forum in Moscow, a central event for the Russian legal community focusing on current trends in law, business, and policy shaping Russia’s legal market. The forum will include discussions on landmark cases and high-profile court proceedings shaping Russia’s legal market, with Sergey Sokolov of Marks & Sokolov participating as a panelist and active contributor to key debates. Sergei Sokolov will speaks at the panel “Business in the Mirror of Sanctions: Where Are the Boundaries of Legal Personality?”. The session will address risks for international businesses operating in Russia, and tools available to protect Russian companies’ interests under sanctions pressure.
Sergey Sokolov is head of the Marks & Sokolov Moscow office, a firm known for handling major commercial litigations and arbitrations involving Western and CIS companies. With more than 30 years of experience, Sokolov regularly represents clients in complex disputes, cross-border asset recovery, and bankruptcy proceedings, and often serves as an expert on Russian law in foreign courts, including U.S. federal and bankruptcy cases.
