A new type of services - “Mock trials” (moot and improvised court proceedings) has been launched in view of an increasing demand, both from the corporate clients and from the law firms, to get a “second opinion” on the case. The clients seek to reveal strong and weak points of the argumentation strategy and evidence, to make a complete “stress test” of a litigation project before initiation...
Yesterday during the awarding ceremony of the legal market leaders were announced the results of the seventh annual ranking "Pravo.ru-300" 2016. Based on the industry ranking, KIAP is the best choice for project support in eleven areas of law:
Dispute resolution (1 band)
Antitrust law (2 band)
Commercial real estate (2 band)
Bankruptcy (2 b...
On 7 December 2016 the International Law Institute of Moscow State Law University named after O.E. Kutafin (MSAL) organized the roundtable discussion on intellectual property. Among the participants of the discussion there were the undergraduate and graduate students as well as professors of the International Private Law Department.
The external experts of the discussion were t...
Anna Grishchenkova, partner of litigation and international commercial arbitration practice, has been granted
an honorary status of arbitrator by the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC).
According to the Queen Mary, University of London and White & Case's 2015 International Arbitration Survey, HKIAC is the third most preferred and used arbitral institution...
Anna Grishchenkova, partner of litigation and international commercial arbitration practice, has been included into the arbitration list of the Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC).
Representing one of Europe’s leading arbitral institutions, the Vienna International Arbitral Centre (“VIAC”) serves as a focal point for the settlement of commercial disputes in the regional and i...
Anna Grishchenkova, partner of litigation and international commercial arbitration practice, has been granted an honorary status of arbitrator by the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA).
KLRCA is Asia's first regional centre for arbitration, established in 1978 under the auspices of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organisation (AALCO) to p...
Today the British analytical publication IFLR1000 has published the results of the World's Leading Financial Law Firms review. Based on performance in 2015 KIAP, Attorneys at Law, once again joined the list of recommended law firms in two practice areas: Banking & Finance and Capital Markets.
The British analytical publication IFLR...
On October 1, 2016, Moscow Radisson Royal Hotel hosted a business brunch and seminar “Hong Kong Arbitration Lifehacks” organized by KIAP, Attorneys at Law, in cooperation with Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC).
Prior to Hong Kong Arbitration Week 2016, which takes place in Hong Kong in October, the discussion participants got a unique opportunity to learn more about...
On 30 September 2016 in Radisson Royal Moscow the ABA’s eighth Annual Conference on the Resolution of CIS-related Business Disputes was held. KIAP, Attorneys at Law, was represented by Partner of Litigation and International Commercial Arbitration practices Anna Grishchenkova and Counselor, Head of Administrative and Customs and International Trade practice...
On 23 September 2016 the Eastern European Dispute Resolution Forum (EEDRF) was held in Minsk. More than 140 leading experts from various jurisdictions have met to discuss the most relevant issues of arbitration proceedings and practical aspects of dispute consideration in state courts of the CIS and Eastern Europe.
Senior Associate of KIAP, Attorneys at Law,&...
On 18-23 September 2016 the IBA Annual Conference was held in Washington, USA. This year KIAP, Attorneys at Law, was represented at the Conference by its Managing partner Andrey Korelskiy, partners Konstantin Astafiev and Anna Grishchenkova.
Anna Grishchenkova, partner of Litigation and International Commercial Arbitration practices, as well as the regional representative of Russia i...
ProjectMate and LawFirmManagement.Ru announced winners of a large scale competition titled The Best Law Firm Website 2016 among the Russian language websites of law firms and legal practices. The corporate website of KIAP law firm was named The Best Law Firm Website on the legal market, as well as The Most Efficient Law Firm Website and The Most Useful Law Firm Website. KIAP also took thi...
Anna Grishchenkova, partner of dispute resolution and international commercial arbitration practice, became a Regional Ambassador of Russia in HK45 – the Committee at Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC). HK45 is a group for professionals all over the world who are under 45 years old interested in sharing experience, using career opportunities and promoting internati...
Anna Grishchenkova, Partner at KIAP, was granted the status of Member of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb).
CIArb (The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators) is a not-for-profit, UK registered charity working in the public interest through an international network of branches. Was registered in 1915. It has a global membership of around 12,500 individuals who have pro...
Segregating the commercial direction into a separate practice has resulted from increased number of the clients' requests related to consulting in the sphere of doing business in Russia, rise in the quantity of legal inspections, need to develop the system of new contractual links and bringing the Company's internal regulations into correspondence with new realities of Russian economy...
On 20 June 2016 business newspaper Kommersant has published the results of the international legal rating Best Lawyers 2017. According to the rating results five partners of KIAP, Attorneys at law, were named the leading lawyers in five practice areas: Andrey Korelskiy (Litigation, Arbitration and Mediation), Konstantin Astafiev (Litigation, Labor and Employment Law), Ilya Ischuk (Competition/A...
On 19 May 2016 the list of highly recommended trade mark practitioners and firm analyses for Managing IP – IP Stars (2016) have been published online. KIAP partner Konstantin Suvorov debuted in the ranking and was granted the status of IP Patent Star.
Founded in 1990, Managing Intellectual Property magazine is the leading source of news and analysis on all intellectual prope...
On 27-29 April 2016 the annual Litigation Forum was held in San Francisco, USA. Anna Grishchenkova, partner of dispute resolution and international commercial arbitration practices, attended the Forum.
It is Anna’s first IBA conference being an officer of the IBA Litigation Committee, which she became in February 2016.
During the conference the most...
Today Chambers & Partners has published a new edition of its authoritative international guide, Chambers Europe 2016. KIAP is listed among the best law firms of Russia and has been endorsed for its seven legal practices: Litigation, IP, Competition/Antitrust, Tax, Corporate/M&A, Restructuring/Insolvency and Transportation: Shipping. Singled out for endorsement in th...