Julia Paushkina

Partner

Attorney at law

Head of Commercial and Employment Practices of KIAP.

Julia has been a team-member in the Firm since its incorporation. She advises clients on the matters of doing business in Russia, including contractual links, internal policies, and personal data protection. Furthermore, she provides a full range of legal services regarding employment law, including facilitation in resolution of individual and collective employment disputes. Julia also provides advice on antitrust and corporate law, TMT and compliance issues.

Практики

Corporate and M&A

Sanction law and compliance Practice

Employment

Commercial Practice

Antitrust and Competition

Достижения и рекомендации

Personally recommended by Russian and international ratings:

In 2025, "Kommersant" ranked Julia in the federal rating of the best lawyers in Labor Law – Band 1; Antitrust Law – Band 2; Dispute Resolution in Courts of General Jurisdiction – Band 2.
Pravo-300 in 2024 personally recommends Julia in 4 areas: Dispute Resolution in Courts of General Jurisdiction, TMT (Telecommunications, Media and Technology), Employment and migration law, Antitrust Law; in 2023 marked by Pravo-300 in the areas of TMT (Telecommunications, Media and Technology), Employment and Migration Law, in 2022 in the areas of Compliance, Employment and migration law (including disputes)
Recommended by the international rankings Best Lawyers 2022 (Litigation, Privacy and Data Security Law) and Legal 500 EMEA 2021 (TMT, Antitrust law)

Ключевые проекты

CORPORATE CONSULTING AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Advising one of the largest air carrier on corporate matters of russian representation

CORPORATE DISPUTES

Supporting a series of corporate disputes initiated in russia and foreign jurisdictions

Representation the management of a russian company in a beneficiary conflict at the holding company level

Consulting in the field of antimonopoly legislation

Conducting an antimonopoly compliance audit and developing internal policies for the largest retail chain in Russia

Disputes with antimonopoly authorities

Representing the interests of a European retail chain in a series of proceedings with antimonopoly authorities (creating discriminatory conditions for suppliers)

Representing the interests of one of Europe's major manufacturers of cardboard and cellulose during the consideration of an antimonopoly case in the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (monopolistically high price)

Representing the interests of a European retail chain during proceedings before the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Republic of Tatarstan (price collusion)

Consulting in the field of commercial law

Advising one of the major international air carriers on a wide range of issues

Analysis of and amendments to the user agreement posted on the website of a European online game developer

Development of a draft supply agreement for an international manufacturer of compressors for refrigeration systems

Preparation of a legal opinion on the consequences of failure to fulfil obligations under contracts in time in the interests of an international logistics operator

Preparation of a legal opinion on liability for damage caused to consumers in the interests of an international distributor of electric scooters

Support

Negotiating with counterparties in the interests of a Japanese pharmaceutical company

Compliance check of one of the TOP 10 developers in Russia

Conducting a compliance audit and developing local regulations in the field of compliance in the interests of an international real estate operator

Interaction with the Federal Supervision Agency for Information Technologies and Communications on the issue of cross-border transfer of personal data, in the interests of an international consulting company in the mining industry

Consulting in the field of labour law

Advising one of the major international air carriers on a wide range of issues

Development of an employment contract for a top manager of an international consulting company

Preparation of a legal opinion on wage indexation for a European game developer

Unification of local regulations developed by the global leader in the field of cloud solutions for the Russian subsidiary

Checking and making changes to the bonus system of the global leader in retail marketing programs

Support of personnel procedures, inspections and investigations

Supporting the dismissal of a top manager of a European manufacturer of household appliances and the accompanying inspection by the State Labour Inspectorate

Supporting the procedure of the dismissal of a European corporation’s foreign employee for disclosing a trade secret

Conducting an internal investigation in the interests of a European watch manufacturer and supporting the subsequent dismissal procedure due to loss of trust

Conducting a legal review of HR documentation in the interests of the largest hotel complex in Russia

Labour disputes

Supporting the dismissal procedure for absenteeism and representing the a Russian retailer before court

Representing the interests of the largest retail chain in a dispute with a top manager dismissed due to staff cuts

Representing the interests of the major Russian supermarket chain in a dispute with an employee dismissed for repeated failure to fulfil job duties

Representing a European holding company in the field of business aviation in a dispute with the Head of the Russian division

Новости и публикации

Overview of key measures to respond to sanctions imposed by unfriendly countries

28.04.2022

Infographic: Making Staff Redundant

22.04.2020

Infographic: Personal data in Russia

26.09.2017

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