Stuarts Legal
Law firm

The law firm Stuarts Legal advises companies in the petrochemical and oil and gas industries, energy, industry, and mineral resource sectors in the implementation of turnkey construction projects using the EPC model and related forms.
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About us

The law firm Stuarts Legal advises companies in the petrochemical and oil and gas industries, energy, industry, and mineral resource sectors in the implementation of turnkey construction projects using the EPC model and related forms.

Stuarts Legal has experience not only in the legal support of EPC projects but also possesses competencies in project management according to the standards of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK), as well as strategic consulting in the implementation of EPC projects.

Our Advantages

  • A clear understanding of not only the legal but also the commercial, technical, and financial risks in construction projects; deep immersion in the project and active interaction with the project office
  • Focused collaboration in the project with technical and commercial specialists (designers, engineers, logisticians, project managers, financiers), which allows us to quickly establish common ground with the project team and delve into often routine issues that hold significant value for the final result
  • Work under both Russian and English law
  • Handling projects valued at over 11 billion euros

Practices

Team

Елена Стюарт
Elena Stuart
Managing Partner,
Head of the Industrial Construction Practice
Elena Stuart has over ten years of experience in consulting on the implementation of EPC projects in the field of petrochemicals, oil and gas processing, energy, and natural resources. The total value of the projects that Elena worked on is over 100 billion Euros. Elena consults with contractors, clients in EPC projects, as well as interact with licensors and project creditors, including international export credit agencies.

Elena specializes in preparing pre-FEED and FEED contracts, license agreements, EPC contracts and related forms under Russian and English law; issues of design and operation of facilities; strategic consulting in the field of EPC with a focus on commercial, technical, and financial risks.
Фотография Ирина Невская
Irina Nevskaya
Counsel in the Industrial Construction Practice
Irina worked as a lawyer for large metallurgical companies, including Mechel OJSC.

Irina specialises in commercial and contract law and foreign trade relations. Irina also has experience of participation in financial projects.
Фотография Павла Андреева
Pavel Andreyev
Counsel in the Industrial Construction Practice
Pavel worked as a senior associate for legal and advisory companies, both those with a wide range of activities and focusing on major infrastructure projects and public-private partnership projects.

Pavel specialises in due diligence, structuring and support for investment projects and real estate transactions, and support for the construction of major infrastructure facilities.
Фотография Алексей Салмин
Aleksei Salmin
Head of the Business Process Engineering Practice
Aleksei has more than nine years of experience in business process optimisation, including experience in business process engineering for EPC oil & gas projects.
Фотография Ирина Невская
Irina Nevskaya
Counsel in the Industrial Construction Practice
Irina worked as a lawyer for large metallurgical companies, including Mechel OJSC.

Irina specialises in commercial and contract law and foreign trade relations. Irina also has experience of participation in financial projects.
Фотография Павла Андреева
Pavel Andreyev
Counsel in the Industrial Construction Practice
Pavel worked as a senior associate for legal and advisory companies, both those with a wide range of activities and focusing on major infrastructure projects and public-private partnership projects.

Pavel specialises in due diligence, structuring and support for investment projects and real estate transactions, and support for the construction of major infrastructure facilities.
Фотография Алексей Салмин
Aleksei Salmin
Head of the Business Process Engineering Practice
Aleksei has more than nine years of experience in business process optimisation, including experience in business process engineering for EPC oil & gas projects.

Consulting the Metalloinvest group of companies on the design and construction of the complex for arc furnace No. 5.

Consulting ‘Baltic Chemical Complex‘ on legal and commercial matters in the EPC project for the construction of a polyethylene production complex with a projected capacity of up to 3 million tons per year in the Kingisepp District of Leningrad Region. The project’s cost exceeds 11 billion euros. This project of the Baltic Gas Chemical Complex (GCC) in Ust-Luga is a part of the ethane-containing gas processing complex (which includes, alongside the GCC, the Ust-Luga Gas Processing Complex) — a large-scale program for the deep monetization of ethane-containing (‘rich’) gas, carried out by PJSC Gazprom and AO RusGazDobycha in Ust-Luga. The project, implemented in two phases, will utilize the most advanced production technologies, including two ethane pyrolysis units with a capacity of 1.4 million tons of ethylene per year each, and six polyethylene production units with a total capacity of up to 3 million tons per year.

Consulting for the Russian-Korean contractor, “OMZ-Daelim,” within the scope of implementing an EPC project for the construction of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) production and transshipment terminal in the port of Vyssotsk, Leningrad Oblast, with a capacity of 660,000 tons of LNG per year. The “Cryogas-Vyssotsk” plant is the third major Russian enterprise for LNG production (the other two being the “Sakhalin-2” project plant and the “Yamal LNG” plant). The complex located within the Vyssotsk port area comprises three main components: an LNG production plant with a capacity of 660,000 tons per year, a gas pipeline connection from the main gas pipeline “Leningrad-Vyborg-Border” spanning 43 kilometers, and jetty structures for LNG loading.

Our clients

Логотип Belleli
Логотип Металлоинвест
Vladimir Smelov
Director of Oil & Gas Projects Department, JSC Gasprombank

Cryogas-Vysotsk, as the client of the LNG terminal project in the port of Vysotsk, worked with Stuarts Legal on this deal, but on the opposite side.

During our two and a half years working together, we watched Elena Stuart and her team doing a lot for the project general contractor, from both legal and commercial point of view, sharing and sometimes also successfully performing the project management function. The most business-oriented lawyers I’ve ever met.

Well done, in a nutshell, but still, you don’t have to take the client’s problems so personally. Distance yourself.)

Alexander Orlov
Deputy General Director for Legal, Corporate, and Property Affairs, LLC "Baltic Chemical Complex"

For several years, LLC "Stuarts Legal" has provided qualified advisory support to LLC "BHK" on legal and commercial matters arising during the implementation of the Gas Chemical Complex construction project, which is part of the Ethane-Containing Gas Processing Complex in the village of Ust-Luga, Leningrad Region.

During our collaboration, the company has proven itself as a professional consultant capable of delivering work within tight deadlines, providing prompt and qualified advice on the conclusion and execution of the EPC
contract.

Thanks to the professional legal consultations of Elena Stuart and her team, as well as their exceptional knowledge of Russian and English law, LLC "BHK" was able to minimize potential legal risks in the execution of the EPC contract.

Throughout the collaboration, the specialists and management of Stuarts Legal have demonstrated a responsible attitude and professionalism.
Accuracy, precision, professionalism, promptness, and reliability are the key qualities that define the work of Elena Stuart and her team.

Evgeny Yurov
Director of the Corporate and Legal Affairs Department, LLC "Intergeo Management Company"

As part of the implementation of the project to build a mining and processing plant based on the Ak-Sug copper-porphyry deposit, LLC "Intergeo Management Company" is engaging LLC "Stuarts Legal" to provide qualified legal support.
Under the leadership of Managing Partner Elena Stuart, the team takes a proactive, client-oriented approach, going beyond a professional legal perspective to advocate for the client's interests. They thoroughly understand the client's needs and commercial interests, applying valuable industry experience, including working with foreign contractors and suppliers. In negotiations with them, the team confidently represents the client and effectively defends their interests.
The approach of the LLC "Stuarts Legal" team to project support ensures that the client is aware of potential risks, equipped with all possible legal protections under both Russian and English law, and informed about best industry practices and market approaches. This allows the client to maintain a well-balanced negotiating position with their partners.

Andrey Sukhov
Deputy General Manager for Economics and Finance, OMZ-Daelim

Elena Stuart, Managing Partner, and her company, Stuarts Legal, always provide highly qualified legal services for our EPC business. The speed with which services are delivered is particularly noteworthy. All deadlines are always respected without compromising the quality of work.

A very client-oriented company that stands up for the client’s interests as its own. I would also like to point out that Elena perfectly builds personal relationships with the client company and the client company’s counterparties, which certainly helps in solving work issues.

Always a reasonable price/quality ratio of services. The scope of services covers not only Russian legal matters, but also English law issues and many international aspects. Elena does not just act as an advisor, but always strives to understand the commercial essence of the issue, which is the key to a quality product.

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