Contractual forms of investment in the legislation and practice of the Russian Federation

Introduction: the paper deals with the analysis of contractual forms of investment activity. The research attention is paid to various theories related to the legal nature of an investment agreement, the issues of divergence of existing definitions of an investment agreement as a legal category. Special attention is paid to the structure of the investment agreement, as well as its place in the system of civil contracts. It is argued that the correct qualification of the investment agreement plays a key role in ensuring high quality and rational legal regulation of the relevant relations. In the process of researching the investment agreement, the author differentiates by types and parties. The details of contractual obligations are given, taking into account investment schemes and depending on the types of investment projects. The purpose of the paper is to study the agreement regulating the relations of subjects of investment activity, the legal nature of the investment agreement, its qualifying features, types and parties.