Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works’ (MMK) legal team, led by Chief Legal Officer Sergey Shepilov, has been named among best corporate counsels by Legal 500, an authoritative international legal publication.

The Legal 500’s GC Powerlist: Russia Teams ranking includes Russia’s most influential and innovative corporate legal counsels. The ranking is made by leading market experts.

Experts note high professionalism, experience and talent of the MMK’s legal team. Deep understanding of business processes allows the legal team to provide services that correspond with MMK’s business specifics.

MMK-PRAVO oversees the legal matters of MMK. It was formed following the merger of PJSC MMK’s and MMK Group’s legal teams. It is the largest legal team in the Chelyabinsk Region comprising over 90 specialists with experience in civil, labour, tax, administrative, corporate and procedural legislation.

Founded in 1988, The Legal 500 is an authoritative international legal publication. Its evaluations and ratings are based on independent analysis, and surveys of law firms, their clients and partners. One of the main objectives of the study is to produce the most up-to-date vision of the global legal market, identifying leading players and key experts.

About MMK

MMK is one of the world's largest steel producers and a leading Russian metals company. The company's operations in Russia include a large steel-producing complex encompassing the entire production chain, from the preparation of iron ore to downstream processing of rolled steel. MMK turns out a broad range of steel products with a predominant share of high-value-added products. In 2017, the company produced 12.9 million tonnes of crude steel and 11.6 million tonnes of commercial steel products. MMK Group had sales in 2017 of USD 7,546 million and EBITDA of USD 2,032 million.

Investor contacts:
Andrey Serov
tel.: +7 (3519) 24-52-97
E-mail: serov.ae@mmk.ru

Media contacts:
Dmitry Kuchumov
tel.: +7 (499) 238-26-13
E-mail: kuchumov.do@mmk.ru
Dmitry Bulin
tel.: +7 (499) 238-26-13
E-mail: bulin.dn@mmk.ru