RUMYANTSEV & PARTNERS GR CONSULTANCY

An acknowledged GR industry leader representing business interests to the Russian Federation and a Member of AALEP starting from 2015

GR Services

• Designing and implementing corporate affairs and GR Strategies
• Representing clients’ interests with stakeholders and institutions
• Top level communication & meeting organizations
• GR support to legislative/regulatory solutions
• GR support to marketing of services and goods
• Market entry management of corporate behavior with stakeholders and vice-versa
• Monitoring and advice on regulatory issues
• Public policy and economic analysis advice
• Negotiations with federal and regional authorities
• Project consultancy
• Effective Interaction with Russian and international organizations
• Daily interaction with federal legislative and executive agencies
• Interaction with regional and local authorities
• Co-operation with industrial associations, professional and expert communities

Some Representative GR Projects

• Internet ‘Anti-Piracy & IPR Campaign: Development and Implementation of the Russian Anti-Piracy (IPR) Legislation- Protection of Copyright of audiovisual content for Russian and International right holders- Keeping the balance of interests between the Creative and Internet industries
• Electric Vehicles Promotion: Crafting the national policy in eco-friendly transport- Promotion and Implementation of the state support for eco-transport
• Representation of the Baltic NPP/Rosatom interests in the European Union.
• Representation of Tobacco Industry Interests: Providing GR advocacy for tobacco industry against extremely aggressive anti-tobacco attacks- Search for reasonable solutions within the Russian Federation.
• Parallel Imports for Automobile Spare Parts: Comprehensive GR and legislative support in transition to the International principle of trademark right exhaustion in Russia and the Eurasian Economic Union

Advancing the Profession

1. Setting up and keeping RF-EU GR Dialogue
2. Specialist professional standards
3. EU-RF GR-Round-table (Paris, 2010)
4. MoU between Russian GR-League and EU AALEP (signed 2013)
5. Panel Discussion on EU-RF GR-Dialogue planned at SPIEF-2017 in St Petersburg
6. Promotion on drafting and public-professional discussion of GR Specialist Professional
7. Continuous public and stakeholders support to GR profession
8. Elaboration of the University Course on “GR and International Lobbyism” (with MGIMO University, Moscow)
9. Co-operation with Youth GR-Clubs in Universities
10. Public debate on the draft of Law on Lobbyism
11. Taking lead in Professional Community on “Self-regulation Vs Regulation” Debate

Profile

Oleg Rumyantsev, Managing Partner

• 30 years of active scientific, public and political activity, corporate GR-practice; VP GR at MARS, Shell, TNK-BPPrinciple
• Co-drafter of the RF Constitution
• Member of the RF Parliament
• President, Association of Government Relations Specialists "GR-League
• Scientific Degree and Practice in Constitutional law and GR,
• Ph.D Member of several Expert Councils and WGs at RFG Agencies