Roman Suslov

Roman Suslov

Senior Associate
Ph.D in Law
r.suslov@kiaplaw.ru
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Roman is specializing in M&A structuring and corporate consulting on every stage of business life cycle. He is experienced in banking and finance projects, including asset-backed securitization transactions and debt financing. Our clients highly rate Roman for insights in business process, consistent detail-oriented and balanced approach, skills in bringing comprehensible information. He has expertize and knowledge of industry specifics in IT, FinTech and e-commerce, retail and transportation.

Actively involved in educating and enlightening activities. Completed English and international business law training at London Metropolitan University.

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Achievements

Recommended by Russian and international legal ratings:

  • Pravo-300 in 2026 personally recommends Roman in the area: Corporate Law/Mergers and Acquisitions (Mid Market Advisory), as well as in TMT (Telecommunications, Media and Technology) in 2025.

  • In 2023, Kommersant noted Roman in the individual rating of lawyers in the rising stars nomination (Financial and banking sector).
  • Personally recommended by international ratings Best Lawyers 2022 (Banking and Finance, Information Technology) and Legal 500 EMEA 2021 (Taxes).

Projects
M&A SUPPORT
BUSINESS STRUCTURING AND RESTRUCTURING
CORPORATE FINANCE AND SECURITIES
CORPORATE CONSULTING AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
CORPORATE DISPUTES
Consulting in the field of commercial law
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News and Publications
Results of the "Best Legal Departments 2025" Award, as seen by the General Partner — KIAP Law Firm
Results of the "Best Legal Departments 2025" Award, as seen by the General Partner — KIAP Law Firm
On November 21, 2025, the Award Ceremony for the prizewinners of the 20th Anniversary Annual "Best Legal Departments" Award, organized by the "Corporate Lawyer" magazine, took place at the Marriott Imperial Plaza in Moscow. KIAP, Attorneys at Law, acted as the General Partner of the 2025 Award, as well as the partner of the "Industry" nomination. KIAP's support of the prem...
 105 16.12.2025 Andrey Korelskiy, Julia Paushkina, Dmitry Grigoriadi, Roman Suslov, Ekaterina Spakhova
Верховный суд объяснил, почему нельзя закрыть кредитный счет с долгом
Верховный суд объяснил, почему нельзя закрыть кредитный счет с долгом
Гражданский кодекс дает клиенту безусловное право в любой момент закрыть банковский счет. Но можно ли сдать кредитную карту, если на ней числится солидный долг? В разных регионах сложилась разная практика, а недавно в подобном деле разобрался Верховный суд. Его определение прокомментировали эксперты. Они рассказали о плюсах и минусах разъяснений кассации для банков и их клиентов. ...
 10675 22.03.2017 Roman Suslov, Право.Ru
Понедельник — день тяжелый для ВТБ24: карты клиентов дали сбой
Понедельник — день тяжелый для ВТБ24: карты клиентов дали сбой
Клиенты банка ВТБ24 в течение всего дня не могли снять деньги со своих карт. В финансовом учреждении объяснили, что проблема в сбое системы. Можно ли добиться компенсации за доставленные неудобства? Сбой в работе одного из самых крупных розничных банков страны. Клиенты ВТБ24 в понедельник не могли воспользоваться своими картами. Не получалось снять деньги в банкоматах и расплатиться карт...
 8331 13.02.2017 Roman Suslov, BFM.ru
Обзор "Право.ru": законодательные новеллы – что вступает в силу в феврале
Обзор "Право.ru": законодательные новеллы – что вступает в силу в феврале
1 февраля вступает в силу целый ряд изменений. Всех юристов должна заинтересовать возможность разрешать отдельные корпоративные споры в третейских судах. Вкладчикам и кредиторам будет полезно узнать, как на них отразится новый порядок определения размера резерва на возможные потери. Для предпринимателей важно своевременно и правильно установить кассовые аппараты с функцией автоматической п...
 8439 31.01.2017 Roman Suslov, Право.Ru
Success cases
KIAP Lawyers settled the dispute arising out of the vessel crane collapse considered in the HKIAC arbitration under English law
KIAP Lawyers settled the dispute arising out of the vessel crane collapse considered in the HKIAC arbitration under English law
KIAP’s client is a leading coal supplier. The client entered into a series of contracts for the sale of coal with an Asian counterparty. In 2018, in the course of the load of the coal on the vessel provided by the buyer the vessel crane collapsed, causing damage to the chartered vessel. Said incident resulted in a dispute between the buyer and the vessel owners in a London-seated ad hoc arbitr...
 580 12.02.2025 Anastasiya Ryabova, Rostislav Kats, Stepan Sultanov, Maria Krasnova, Roman Suslov
Corporate and M&A team of KIAP defended the interests of a shareholder in a corporate dispute over forming the company's governing bodies
Corporate and M&A team of KIAP defended the interests of a shareholder in a corporate dispute over forming the company's governing bodies
A corporate conflict regarding appointment of a new board of directors (“BoD”) caused by a death of an independent director was dragging on between the company's shareholders. The opponent tried to take advantage of counter-sanctions rules (provided for by Federal Law No. 292) in 2024. The opponent interpreted these norms in such a manner that only votes of the directors appointed to the BoD b...
 606 24.12.2024 Anton Samokhvalov, Roman Suslov, Alexander Varchuk
KIAP lawyers successfully supported the sale of an IT business against the background of the buyer's redomiciliation
KIAP lawyers successfully supported the sale of an IT business against the background of the buyer's redomiciliation
KIAP Attorneys at Law's Corporate Practice team keeps representing Kirill Larin, the founder and CEO of eCredit, the innovative car loan platform, in the transaction with Yandex. eCredit platform is a one-stop service for choosing the loan and insurance offers for car owners. Yandex has purchased the entire company from the founder and has plans to integrate the platform that showcased high pe...
 858 14.06.2024 Anton Samokhvalov, Roman Suslov, Ekaterina Spakhova