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The Firm · Est. 2009

How We Hire

Vetrov & Partners does not recruit on a cycle. We do not post graduate trainee vacancies, and we do not retain headhunters. The firm has fifteen specialists — a number that reflects the number of matters we accept, not a target we are trying to exceed.

When we do hire, we look for practitioners who have already done the work — not candidates who are hoping to learn it. A lawyer joining our disputes practice will have managed their own cases from the first hearing to the final appeal. A lawyer joining our tax practice will have defended a field audit without a partner standing behind them. That is not arrogance; it is a practical consequence of the firm's structure. With one managing partner and three senior lawyers leading practices, there is no space for a prolonged training period — and no tolerance for the kind of work product that requires rewriting before it can be filed.

We recognise that this makes us an unusual firm to join. There is no path from trainee to partner, because we do not hire trainees. What we offer instead is immediate, substantive responsibility — the kind of work that takes three years to reach in a larger firm, from the first week. That trade-off is attractive to some practitioners and unattractive to others. We are candid about both sides.

The Profile

We have no standing vacancy template. When we do add to the team, the profile we seek is consistent:

The candidate has their own track record of matters — not a list of teams they worked in, but a list of matters they ran. The distinction matters to us.

Russian-qualified lawyer, three to eight years of post-qualification experience

Every member of the firm communicates with overseas clients, counterparties and counsel. Working English means the ability to draft a legal position paper, take a conference call with a London-based instructing solicitor, and write a status update that an in-house lawyer in Singapore can act on without follow-up questions.

Working English

We do not hire generalists. A candidate's practice must overlap with one of the firm's existing practices — disputes, insolvency, IP, tax, corporate governance, or business crime — and the candidate must bring expertise that the current team does not have, rather than duplicating it.

Practice-specific expertise in one of our core areas

At Vetrov & Partners, the lawyer assigned to a matter is the lawyer the client speaks to. There is no hierarchy of associates through which a client's question travels before it reaches someone who can answer it. That means the lawyer must be comfortable making decisions, escalating when appropriate, and communicating directly with clients — in writing and in person — at a professional standard.

Comfortable with direct client responsibility

The Practice

The practical offer is specific. A lawyer at Vetrov & Partners handles complex commercial matters from the first day. The partner is available — always — but the work is yours. You draft the submissions, you appear at the hearing, you call the client afterwards.

The firm's size means that specialisation does not become isolation. A disputes lawyer will work alongside the insolvency team on a creditor-side enforcement with an insolvency overlay. A tax lawyer will collaborate with the corporate governance practice when a field audit intersects with a shareholder dispute. The boundaries between practices are permeable, not decorative.

We operate from Novosibirsk, on UTC+7. The working hours are structured around the firm's international client base: we open when London does and we are at our desks when the Middle East is still in its working day. The firm's editorial publication programme — through the Insights section of this website — involves every member of the team. Writing is not a marketing exercise here; it is how we test whether we understand a subject well enough to explain it.

Open Positions

No current vacancies.

We do not have open positions at this time. We will update this section when a specific role becomes available.

If you are a senior practitioner with a practice that complements ours and you would like to be considered when a position does arise, we welcome speculative applications.

Speculative Enquiries

If your practice falls within our areas of work and you believe you would add something the current team does not have, we are interested in hearing from you — even when no position is advertised.

A speculative application should include a short covering note (no more than one page) explaining which of our practices your experience is relevant to, a CV, and — if you are comfortable sharing them — two or three examples of matters you have managed personally. We do not require references at the initial stage.

Email: info@vetrovpartners.com (subject: "Speculative Application — [Your Practice Area]")

All speculative applications are reviewed by the managing partner. We respond to every application within ten working days.

Contributing Analysts

Vetrov & Partners publishes legal analysis through the Insights section of this website. A number of our published articles are contributed by independent international analysts — practitioners based outside Russia who write on cross-border legal topics relevant to our client base.

Contributing analysts are not employees of the firm. They are independent practitioners who contribute analysis on a per-article basis. If you are an international legal practitioner with expertise in a subject that intersects with Russian law — international arbitration enforcement, EU regulatory developments, cross-border insolvency, sanctions compliance — and you are interested in contributing to our publication, we would welcome your enquiry.

Email: info@vetrovpartners.com (subject: "Contributing Analyst Enquiry")

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