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The public policy exception to the enforcement of arbitral awards has traditionally been applied very narrowly, for example, where a failure to vacate the award would violate the due process rights of the participants. However a recent case illustrates the contrasting approaches of the Swedish and Russian courts in this regard. Mikhail Samoylov, Senior Associate at KIAP Attorneys a...
 6298 11 March 2015 LexisNexis
News agency Cbonds has designed Legal Adviser League Table for securitisation and mortgage bond transactions on Russian domestic market in 2014. KIAP becomes one of three leading legal advisers according to the League Table. The other rated legal advisers include: Baker & McKenzie, Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasiev & Pertners, Laseta Partners, Legal capital partners and Linklaters CIS. ...
 3296 27 February 2015
The law firm of KIAP has been nominated for a second time for one of the most prestigious international legal awards, Chambers Europe Awards for Excellence 2015, in the category “The Best Russian Law Firm of the Year”. The other Russian finalists are: Allen & Overy Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners Goltsblat BLP Herbert Smit...
 3373 25 February 2015
On 17 February 2015 Hotel Baltschug Kempinski Moscow hosted the 8th Annual Russia & CIS Trade & Export Finance Conference, organized by the world's leading international trade finance magazine GTR (Global Trade Review) based in the UK. Julia Osadchaya, Partner and Head of Banking and Finance practice, spoke at the legal section, which focused on sanctions and their impact on business...
 3246 18 February 2015
The Northern Sea Route (herein after referred to as “NSR”) is a strategic and important sea route. Its importance has been highlighted by many in the past and it still attracts the attention of both the shipowners and governments. There have been conducted a significant number of studies on the NSR, most of which highlight its utmost importance for commercial shipping and call for ...
 5258 18 February 2015 GREEN4SEA
Aybek Ahmedov, KIAP Partner and Head of Shipping and Transport 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 provide institutional support as a neutral an...
 2806 17 February 2015
KIAP Partner Konstantin Astafiev has started teaching an option course at Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MSIIR) titled “Anti-corruption legislation in Russia and foreign jurisdictions. Compliance and corruption control”. The option course is offered as part of master's programme for lawyers called “Corporate law and legal support for international projects” and cons...
 2778 12 February 2015
On 30 January 2015 at the Federal Chamber of Lawyers of the Russian Federation was held the seminar “Tools for Managing Arbitral Proceedings. Innovations and Advantages of the 2013 HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules”. Senior Associates of KIAP, Attorneys at Law, Irina Suspitcyna and Mikhail Samoylov attended the event.  It is a well known fact that to be successful a...
 3523 6 February 2015
4 February 2015 KIAP partners Andrey Korelskiy and Mikhail Uspenskiy held a masterclass titled “Modern legal advice: from trainee to partner” for law students of the Higher School of Economics. Their presentation described a success formula for novice lawyers joining a modern law firm, gave recommendations, outlined the skills a young lawyer must have at the beginning of t...
 2839 5 February 2015
Infographic: Substantial changes in Anti-Piracy Law
Infographic: Substantial changes in Anti-Piracy Law
3 February 2015
KIAP beefs up its team with a new partner: Anna Grishchenkova, one of the most prominent trial lawyers on the Russian legal scene, has joined the litigation section as a partner. Anna has been named among the best Russian lawyers in dispute resolution: “An extremely persistent lawyer who always stands her ground”, a professional with a “sound knowledge of law”, “tenacious and composed&...
 5147 2 February 2015
Background & court’s opinion: The claimant (Carpatsky Petroleum Corporation, USA) sought the recognition and enforcement the arbitral award rendered by the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC) against Ukranafta (Ukraine). The jurisdiction of a Russian court was based on the claimant’s allegation that the defendant has assets in Russia. On the contrar...
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 3573 23 December 2014
In June 2013, Russian President Vladimir Putin unexpectedly announced the creation of a new ’super’ Russian Supreme Court that would merge the Supreme Commercial (Arbitrazh) Court and the Supreme Court. In this article, Mikhail Samoylov, senior associate at KIAP Attorneys at Law, discusses some of the features of this notable development. Background to the reforms Desp...
 6841 22 December 2014 LexisNexis
The claimant challenged an arbitration clause alleging the following: the arbitration agreement (clause) is contrary to the concept of the impartiality and independence of arbitrators because the arbitration tribunal, which the parties had chosen as forum for dispute resolution arising from the contract, is affiliated with one of the parties of the contract. In Russian this concept is based on ...
Yesterday 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 nine legal specializations: Arbitration Corporate law/ M&A Commercial real estate  Tax law ...
 3353 4 December 2014
Background & court’s opinion: The claimant challenged a domestic arbitral award dated 21.12.2005. The claimant indicated the following arguments: 1) the arbitration agreement was not concluded; 2) the claimant was not notified of the arbitration; 3) He got both the information about the arbitration and the arbitral award only in 2008. The court dismissed the appeal on the rulin...
 5085 1 December 2014 Russian Arbitration Association
During 5-8 November 2014 Los Angeles hosted the 8th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference, organized by the ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law. Senior Associate of KIAP, Attorneys at Law, Julia Kirpikova attended the conference.  "Excellent organization of the conference, teamwork mentors, as well as warm and friendly atmosphere during the conference allowed partici...
 3470 11 November 2014
On 3-4 November in Stockholm was held the conference for Russian and CIS lawyers, co-organized by the Swedish Arbitration Association (SAA), Russian Arbitration Association (RAA) and SCC. Senior Associate of KIAP, Attorneys at Law, Irina Suspitcyna attended the conference. During the conference were discussed issues connected with resolution of the international commercial dispute...
 3159 7 November 2014
The Supreme Commercial (Arbitrazh) Court of Russia clarified recently whether or not a notification of arbitration is effective if it is received by a parent company rather than a subsidiary company who is the proper party to the arbitral proceedings. Mikhail Samoylov, Senior Associate at KIAP Attorneys at Law, discusses the case. Background and relevant facts Autorobo...
 7096 7 October 2014 LexisNexis