Kommersant and LegalPractice.Ru project have published the findings of their annual study of Russian law firms.
In this ranking of the best performing law firms in various areas of legal practice, KIAP stands third in the TOP-5 list under Commercial Disputes category, and fifth in Banking and Finance and Anti-monopoly Disputes and Consultations sectors.
According to this analysis,...
17 March 2016 Chambers and Partners published the Chambers Global 2016 guide, which unlike the regional directory of Chambers Europe, expected in the second half of April, ranks law firms based on their international projects involving global market leaders on a worldwide scale. This year KIAP has been recommended in Dispute Resolution (band 4) area.
Four par...
12th annual conference “New Customs Legislation: Theory and Practice” organized by the Transport and Customs Committee of the Association of European Businesses took place at Hilton Moscow Leningradskaya on March 10, 2016.
Alexey Sizov, Counsel and head of the customs law and external trade practice at KIAP, gave a speech on determination of jurisdiction when challenging resolutions ...
First published on Lexis®PSL Arbitration on 08/02/2016.
Arbitration analysis: On 1 September 2016, laws 382-FZ and 409-FZ (the new arbitration laws) dated 29 December 2015, will enter into force and mark the culmination of years of reform in the Russian Federation. Anna V Grishchenkova, partner with KIAP attorneys in law, discusses changes to the Russian arbitration landscape.
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Alexey Sizov, head of Administrative practice and Customs & International Trade practice, has been promoted to a Counsel position at KIAP, Attorneys at Law.
Alexey joined KIAP in 2012 and since 2013 he has successfully leaded Customs & International Trade practice. Alexey advises Russian and Foreign clients, including INDITEX, METRO Group, Schindler, Pitney Bowes and represen...
Anna Grishchenkova, partner of dispute resolution and international commercial arbitration practice areas, became an officer of the IBA Litigation Committee. This Committee, being one of the largest and most influential in the International Bar Association, is a unifying forum for hundreds of litigators, including experts in cross-border disputes.
A prospective regional represe...
KIAP announces opening a new “Insurance” practice. The direction will be headed by a new partner Dmitry Shnaydman, a lawyer with 18 years’ experience in insurance business. During the last 8 years he headed the area of business of Rosgosstrakh, major Russian insurance company, dealing with legal support for the largest and most significant disputes on the whole territory of the Russian Fed...
The expansion into the new practice area is due to the increase in the number of projects involving clients representation in relations with the state and municipal authorities.
The new division offers to the clients protection in cases on administrative offences, resolution of disputes with the state and municipal authorities, advice on administrative law and procedure, support in inspec...
Today the Pravo.Ru legal rating has published a joint annual ranking of Russian and international law firms, Pravo.Ru-300. Based on the industry ranking, KIAP is the best choice for project support in thirteen legal specializations:
Arbitration
Commercial real estate
Tax law
Banking and Finance
Intellectual property
Antitrust law
Bankruptcy
International arbit...
During November 30 – December 2 the British Embassy in Moscow hosted the English Law Week. KIAP Partner of International Commercial Arbitration practice Anna Grishchenkova moderated the session “Enforcing debts through the English Courts”.
The conference was centered on key trends in legal services in Russia, England and Wales: the relevance of English law to Russian business...
In October 2014, KIAP partner Anna Grishchenkova spoke at the IBA Annual Conference at the Litigation Committee session in Tokyo. The session attracted great interest among the audience, this why its team decided to collect all the reports and materials of the experts from 50 countries and to publish a collection named “Multi-Tiered Dispute Resolution Clauses”. Anna became an editor of the sec...
On 29-31 October 2015 the annual German-Russian Young Leaders Conference was held in Kazan. The capital of Tatarstan hosted more than 250 participants, among them members of parliaments, businessmen, scientists, journalists and artists from Russia and Germany at the age of 25 to 40 years. KIAP’s partner Anna Grishchenkova attended the Conference.
At the opening ceremony the Russian and ...
Infographic: Doing Business in Russia
KIAP, Attorneys at Law, has once again been recognized by the global community as Russia’s leading legal consultant. For the first time ever, the Law Firm has been included in the International Financial Law Review (IFLR1000) rankings based on performance in 2014 and joined the list of recommended law firms in the following practice areas: Banking & Finance and Capital Markets.
The ...