International law firm Salans has appointed a new real estate practice group co-head to its business in Moscow.

International law firm Salans has appointed a new real estate practice group co-head to its business in Moscow.

Sergey Trakhtenberg will lead the team alongside Anna McDonald.

Trakhtenberg joined Salans in 2005 after working for three years in the Moscow office of Norton Rose. Trakhtenberg is a graduate from the Moscow State University and he is fluent in Russian and English.

Salans is an international commercial law firm, with 930 fee earners and over 1,500 staff operating from 20 offices.

On 28 November 2012, the partners of Salans voted to combine with Canadian law firm Fraser Milner Casgrain (FMC) and global firm SNR Denton to create Dentons – a new Top 10 international law firm with more than 2,500 lawyers and professionals in 79 locations in 52 countries.