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...
The Russian Supreme Court recently rendered a decision declaring disputes on challenging agreements with banks in a special financial situation, called by lawyers – “troubled” banks, as non-arbitrable [Bank Trust v. Fosint Ltd., decision dated 16 August 2016 number 305-ЭС16-4051] (“Trust case”).
In this case, a “troubled” bank, meaning a bank in which a temporary administratio...
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...
The second Russian Retail Week is taking place at the World Trade Center in Moscow on June 7-12, 2016.
Partners with KIAP Law Firm Ilya Ischuk and Konstantin Suvorov were among the speakers at the conference. Ilya Ischuk spoke at the expert analytical session Commerce Legislation. Updates, Practice and Regulation Trends with a report titled Current Anti-monopoly Practice and I...
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...
In April 2016, KIAP became a full member of The Harmonie Group. The Group’s members are independent law firms that are invitation-only, prequalified and vetted.
The Harmonie Group is a not-for-profit membership organization of independent law firms dedicated to serving the special needs of the risk industry. Founded in 1993 at the Harmonie Club in New York Cit...
The results of the annual international ranking The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa 2016 were announced today. The ranking highlights the successful work of the Firm: ‘The ‘team of trusted specialists’ at KIAP provides ‘an outstanding combination of business acumen and legal know-how’.
The report recommends the team in nine practice areas:
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For more than 15 years, Dr. Manfred Heider has been the Secretary General of the Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC), one of the most reputable and popular arbitral institutions in the world.
Partner of litigation and international arbitration practice of KIAP Anna Grishchenkova discussed with the Secretary General of VIAC the way to success in arbitration, ideal a...