Yuri Ivanov

Yuri Ivanov, Counsel with the Employment Practice, mainly focuses on conducting and settling labour disputes.

Yuri has resolved a multitude of labour conflicts (in and out of court), including cases involving appeals against the legality of dismissal, claims for payment of compensations and “Golden Parachutes”, distribution of powers between company management bodies and officers, recovery of regional coefficients and more. Yuri regularly heads up hiring and firing projects, provides advice on HR work, including negotiations with employees, training and testing personnel, performing redundancies and job cuts, outstaffing, and protection of confidential information and personal data.

Yuri has also taken a direct part in a series of successful due diligence projects in relation to different companies, has developed optimal staff engagement schemes, proposed effective staff restructuring plans, elaborated on delegation and distribution of liability among the companies’ officers.

The Legal 500 2021:“Yuri Ivanov is just a star practitioner of the labour practice, a very charismatic and hardworking lawyer, who fights for every case to the last, even if the chances are minimal.”

Chambers Europe 2021:“Yuri Ivanov is a robust practitioner with solid experience in contentious employment law matters, having handled several cases in relation to contested dismissals and claims for compensation payments. He is highlighted by a client as a "good litigator" and a "very experienced lawyer.”

Yuri Ivanov graduated from Moscow State University. 

Expertise

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

Awards & Rankings

Best
Selected by peers as one of the best lawyers in Russia in the field of Labour and Employment Law (2021-2022), Product Liability Litigation (2020-2022), according to The Best Lawyers in Russia.