WEALTH Navigator Legal 2025: Andrey Gorodissky & Partners Law Firm (AGP) has been named in 13 nominations of a new ranking of law firms rendering services to high net worth individuals

On August 25, 2025 results of the first large-scale ranking of law firms providing services to high net worth and ultra high net worth individuals were published.

Various AGP’s practices have been named in all three ranking groups:

“Leaders” – law firms that have scored the most points according to evaluation indicators used in the research for the uniqueness, extraordinary matter complexity and effectiveness of the project work, that have in their portfolios the largest projects as judged by deals, disputes or regulatory authorities’ claims amounts, that service well known clients, including high net worth individuals who are on the Russian Forbes list;

“Top-tier firms” – successful law firms that have got high scores, fully meet ranking’s criteria concerning uniqueness of the project work, have in their portfolios large projects and well-known clients, strong positions and solid reputation in the legal services market and an extensive high net worth individuals servicing practice), and

“Recommended firms” – law firms that show high performance in their project work and have in their portfolios well-known clients, meet high client servicing and legal services standards.

• Focus area leader:
  • Protection in a crisis situation: protection against imposition of secondary liability
• Top-tier firm in the nominations:
  • Intellectual property: legal protection and defense of IP-assets
  • Assets transactions: assets structuring in the RF
  • Assets transactions: luxury objects and pieces of art transactions
  • Sanctions legislation: unblocking of assets
  • Family law: structuring of family assets / premarital agreement
  • Employment and migration law: Employment law/ top managers’ contracts
• Recommended firm by areas of concentration:
  • Tax law: personal taxation and planning
  • Tax law: business taxation structuring
  • Assets transactions: transactions involving assets, securities and investments
  • Assets transaction: structuring of international assets
  • Sanctions legislation: sanctions compliance
  • Family law: family disputes / divorce proceedings

Family and sanctions legislation should be specially mentioned among relatively new but rapidly developing areas of our firm’s focus. This year we managed to submit sizeable projects of those practices, which were noted by ranking’s researchers.

WEALTH Navigator Legal is the first Russian annual ranking of law firms that provide services to high net worth individuals, which was launched in 2025 thanks to the WEALTH Navigator magazine being the direct successor of the SPEAR’S Russia which had been published in Russia for nearly 14 years. Its experience laid the foundation for the new periodical.

The magazine is intended for two basic readers groups: high and ultra high net worth individuals in Russia and professionals engaging in private banking & wealth management.

For the purpose of making the ranking within the scope of this research the WEALTH Navigator conducts thorough analysis of law firms servicing high net worth individuals, top managers, investors, and wealthy persons with an objective to identify the most efficient and reliable suppliers of legal services, whose experience is evidenced by successfully implemented projects and who strive to develop private clients support practices and offer innovative high-quality legal services.