Private Clients

For many years, the KIAP team has been providing clients with a full range of services, including projects focused on the management and protection of private assets. KIAP's Private Clients practice advises on structuring business ownership, cross-border capital movement, and the acquisition of luxury real estate, while providing legal support for a wide range of personal matters. Our team has significant expertise in designing and establishing trust structures, personal funds, and closed-end investment funds (CEIFs) to ensure our clients' interests. Furthermore, the practice’s expertise includes advising on compliance and sanctions regulation, as well as managing succession of assets.

In today's environment of increased volatility and structural economic shifts, advising high-net-worth individuals on private capital matters has become more relevant than ever. The key assumptions are large-scale asset restructurings, the need to relocate assets from "unfriendly" jurisdictions, and a growing demand for confidentiality. Against this backdrop, our clients face complex challenges ranging from asset protection and inheritance planning — using modern instruments such as inheritance funds — to optimizing ownership structures within a shifting legal environment. Our practice is dedicated to providing comprehensive solutions to these challenges, ensuring the security, continuity, and resilience of private capital in the new reality.

Key areas of expertise:

• Structuring asset ownership and management;
• Developing wealth succession planning;
• Protection of assets and reputation;
• Advising clients in complex situations requiring an integrated approach.

Our team has years of experience and the specialized competencies to serve HNWI and UHNWI clients, a fact consistently recognized by leading Russian legal rankings. In 2025-2026, KIAP, Attorneys at Law, was ranked among the top law firms in the Private Clients sector by the Kommersant Publishing House and the Pravo-300 (High Market) rankings.

The Private Clients practice advises clients on the following matters:

• Structuring asset ownership through various instruments, including cross-border structures;
• Structuring and supporting transactions for the acquisition of diverse assets, including businesses, real estate, and other property;
• Designing and implementing holding structures, personal funds, and trusts for asset ownership and management;
• Asset protection and dispute resolution related to asset rights, including pre-trial settlements and judicial representation;
• Protecting clients in crisis situations, including litigation, pre-trial settlements, pre-bankruptcy workouts, protection of personal and family assets during bankruptcy proceedings, and the filing of creditor claims;
• Advising on cross-border financial transactions;
• Arranging succession planning and the transfer of wealth;
• Assisting with compliance procedures when interacting with banks and regulators;
• Protection of personal and business reputation.