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GOVERNMENT RELATIONS FOR LEGAL PROFESSIONALS
Course Objectives
This course is designed to introduce you to the skills and knowledge necessary to gain a basic understanding of GR and lobbying and to navigate the complex GR landscape in Russia. In addition to a general approach to GR activities, the course examines in detail the specifics of communications with government agencies in an industry context. The course also integrates such current topics as GR in EAEU.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Analyze the structure and decision-making processes in Russian government bodies to effectively plan GR strategies.
- Create key GR materials: analytical notes, positions, stakeholder maps.
- Develop basic GR communications plans, including stakeholder identification, goal setting, and selection of engagement tools.
- Understand the industry-specific features of communications with government agencies in certain sectors of the economy.
- Understand the specifics of GR practices in EAEU.
Readings
Reading materials will be made available via Moodle prior to each class.
All materials will be posted by the end of January.
No textbooks are required for purchase.
All materials will be posted by the end of January.
No textbooks are required for purchase.
Attendance and Course Completion
To pass the course, participants must attend at least 6 of the 7 classes. Excessive tardiness may be counted as an absence.
One excused absence may be granted with prior written permission from Evgeny Roshkov.
In such cases, participants may be required to complete an additional written or online assignment to make up for missed class content. The course may include short online quizzes or brief individual or group assignments.
Any such requirements will be communicated to participants in advance.
One excused absence may be granted with prior written permission from Evgeny Roshkov.
In such cases, participants may be required to complete an additional written or online assignment to make up for missed class content. The course may include short online quizzes or brief individual or group assignments.
Any such requirements will be communicated to participants in advance.
Course Length
14 clock hours (7 classes of 2 hours, one class per week).
Zoom Policy
Cameras should be on during class unless you are moving or otherwise in a distracting location. If your camera must be off due to your location or a likely poor connection, please try to inform in advance. If you are having trouble connecting, please inform the course group.
Approximate Schedule of Topics
The order of topics may be changed to fit the speakers’ availability
- A basic understanding of the key terms, purposes, and instruments of government relations.
- Where GR fits into the business, and why it is becoming ever more important for keeping and developing your assets.
- The Role and Importance of GR Skills for Lawyers
- Differences Between Legal and GR Perspectives
- Integration and Synergy Between GR and the Legal Function
- The role of the Government Commission on Legislative Activity in the legislative process
- The Government as the primary initiator of legislation: drafting bills and submitting them to the State Duma
- The Government's power to provide formal conclusions on bills affecting key state interests
- Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) as a mandatory procedure for government bills: goals, stages, and public consultation
- The role of RIA in identifying administrative burdens, costs for business, and assessing alternative regulatory solutions
- Institutional framework and challenges: the coordinating role of the Ministry of Economic Development and criticism regarding the formalism of assessments
- PPP in Russia: Strategic Role and Investor Relevance
- Core Features of SPIC, SZPK and PPP Mechanisms
- Regulatory Conditions, Constraints, and Due-Diligence Considerations
- Strategic Structuring and GR Justification of a Project
- The role of government agencies in promoting responsible business in Russia
- Convergence of GR and ESG functions
- Responsible Business as a New Standard of Doing Business in Russia
- Regulatory framework for responsible business in Russia
- Key supranational bodies of the EAEU
- How the EAEU works and how businesses can influence decision-making
- What EAEU bodies can do formally, what they do in reality, and how much attention you should pay to Eurasian regulations
- Why the BRICS format is becoming increasingly important for business
- How the BRICS Chairmanship agenda is formulated
- Why it is important for businesses to track the agenda
- Main working tracks, key events and entry points
- Decision-making process from working groups to final declaration
- How to engage effectively with the BRICS business agenda
- India’s 2026 Chairmanship priorities and the most impactful working groups for business
- Where government affairs is necessary in M&A process?
- Types of regulatory approvals for M&A transactions: antitrust, strategic investments and counter-sanctions approvals. Where government affairs is required?
- Approvals under the Presidential counter-sanctions decrees: the view of GR practitioners
- M&A and counter-sanctions regulation (the role of the Foreign Investment
- Review Subcommittee, special presidential permits, etc.)
- Key measures of price regulation (monitoring, directive regulation, quasi-voluntary regulation, supervision)
- Price Regulation in FMCG
- Price Regulation in the Pharmaceutical Sector
- Regulatory Context and Current Trends
- Legal Architecture and Conditions for Use
- Procedures and Institutional Practice of the Government Sub-Commission on Patent Use
- Regulatory Logic, Stakeholder Positions, and Sectoral Impact
- Trajectories of Russia’s Compulsory Licensing Model
- Types of crisis situations in GR practice targeting business ownership and management rights
- Regulatory framework: interim external management and transfer of assets to state property
- Key stakeholders: the architects, executors, and beneficiaries
- Role & intersection of legal, GR and PR functions in crisis situations
- Preventive GR strategy to avoid the crisis: key elements
- GR audit: identification of red flags and crisis triggers
- Strategic investments approval under the Law 57-FZ
- Real-life cases from GR practice
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