Nadezhda Ilyushina

Contacts

Telephone

+ 7 495 968 8 968

E-mail

nadezhda.ilyushina@alumnipartners.ru

Nadezhda Ilyushina has more than 18 years of extensive practical experience advising clients from various industries on labour and immigration law, and personal data protection.

Nadezhda successfully acts for employers in court and complex disputes with all type of staff; provides legal support during audits by and court disputes with government authorities; assists in mediating conflicts with employees; helps clients during investigations into industrial accidents and provides comprehensive legal support on other labour issues, including those relating to structuring employment of foreign citizens in Russia, regulation of and structuring labour relations with top managers, personnel restructuring, including staff redundancy, hiring and firing, disciplinary liability, bonus payments, short and long term incentive programmes, communications with trades unions, etc.

Nadezhda has handled a wide range of company due diligence projects with a view to identifying labour risks and providing recommendations on how to mitigate or avoid them.

Since 2018, Nadezhda Ilyushina has co-chaired the HR Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia (AmCham) and was honoured with the Co-Chair of the Year nomination in 2021 and 2024. In 2023, Nadezhda was also awarded for her contribution to the work of the committee and the American Chamber of Commerce.

Expertise

White Collar Criminal Defense

38

team members

are recommended by the leading Russian national legal directory Pravo-300 in 22 practice areas

Projects & Clients

Provided full complex support to Alticor, a major US corporation, in relation to the liquidation of its Russian subsidiary, AMWAY Russia, at all stages from planning and preparation up to successful termination of the Russian entity by way of liquidation.

Successfully represented the client in a series of litigations with former employees claiming unlawful dismissal and unpaid bonuses (six separate disputes with four employees). All the decisions were issued in favour of our client and were subsequently upheld by the court of appeal. We acted for the client in both instances.

South Stream Transport B.V.

Drafting a set of documents of varying complexity to regulate labour relations, as required for the employer’s communication with personnel. The set included employment contracts with top managers, regulations on business trips, internal labour regulations, job descriptions, complex personal data protection and labour protection regulations. In addition, we developed several personnel documentation templates.

Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK)

We assisted the client in developing and drafting a Code of Conduct. In particular, we helped formulate the company values and principles, responsibility to shareholders, employees and investors, good faith in business relations, as well as detailed rules on company employees needing to meet high ethical standards in their behaviour while working for the company and help the employer conduct its business.

Awards & Rankings

Lawyer

of the Year

Nadezhda was named 2016 Labour and Employment Law ‘Lawyer of the Year’ by Best Lawyers and was also selected by peers as one of the best lawyers in Russia in the field of Labour and Employment Law (2016-2022), Immigration Law (2021-2022) and Employee Benefits Law (2022), according to Best Lawyers in Russia.

1st

the recommended lawyer

For several years in a row, Nadezhda is recommended in the area of labour and employment law by the leading international legal directories, such as The Legal 500 EMEA and Chambers Europe.

News & Insights

ALUMNI Partners’ lawyers are individually recognised by Pravo-300 in 2023

ALUMNI Partners has advised Alticor on the process of liquidation of its Russian subsidiary

ALUMNI Partners advises Cherkizovo Group on acquiring Vishnevsky Selective Breeding and Genetics Centre in the Orenburg Region