Leading international law firms including Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Linklaters and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom are re-shaping or re-positioning their Russian practices in the wake of the Ukraine crisis.

Firms are re-pivoting transactional teams towards Asia and downsizing or relocating junior lawyers to other offices since the US and EU began imposing sanctions on Russia this summer.