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/Antitrust Law), Anna Grishchenkova (Litigation) and Julia Osadchaya (Trade Law).
Best Lawyers is one of the most influential publications in the global legal community. It publishes the ratings of outstanding lawyers put together based on the expert assessment of a lawyer’s professional level by fellow lawyers. The research is performed in 70 countries around the world. The Best Lawyer’s methods, developed by a cognominal company, have been practiced for more than 30 years.