Firestone
Duncan is both a law firm and an audit firm and was established by American
attorneys in 1993 to service the specialized legal, tax, accounting, and
audit needs of foreign ventures doing business in Russia or with Russian
parties.
The firm now includes both Western and Russian partners and has expanded
its client base to includes a growing number of dynamic Russian firms.
Firestone Duncan is committed to providing high-quality, fully-integrated
legal and tax services to its clients. Because of our high level of legal
and tax integration, our firm is particularly well versed in due diligence
projects and matters involving the tax-efficient structuring of Russian
transactions or enterprises. We also have strong litigation teams in all
areas of Russian corporate and tax law and our attorneys and auditors
frequently serve as experts on Russian law in foreign arbitration proceedings.
Our firm works actively with US and European clients. Many of our clients
are well known western firms including many western law firms that do
not have a Russian presence. For this reason we are very experienced in
understanding the needs of western firms and we have structured our firm
so that we can efficiently and professionally service these needs. All
of Firestone Duncan's attorneys and auditors are fluent in English
and Russian and several of our attorneys speak additional languages. All
of the operations of the firm and its employees are governed by western
norms of professional responsibility, confidentiality, and ethical conduct.
As a result of our experience in working with foreign parties the firm
is often retained by Russian clients who are interested in negotiating
with western parties. Additionally the firm has seen a marked increase
in Russian clients who wish to undertake projects such as due diligence
reviews and restructuring to make their operations more transparent and
fianancable in the western markets.
Firestone Duncan is a mid-sized firm and is therefore able to be quite
responsive to our clients' needs. Although our rates are quite a bit less
that those of the large international firm the firms provides legal and
accounting services that are of the same quality as these larger firms.
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