On August 27, 2017 Russian Arbitration Association (RAA) celebrated two meaningful events: presentation of the “Scientific practical article-by-article commentary on the arbitral tribunal legislation” book and the finals of the II RAA Competition on Arbitration Online.
The book represents the definitive commentary on the current legislation on the arbitration proceedings, inte...
This year the Masters’ school took place in Lomonosov Moscow State University from 25 to 27 August 2017. It is the tenth time for the Master’s school to bring together law schools’ teachers and students, consultants and in-house lawyers, masters and trainees. AB KIAP became a partner of this event.
Masters’ school program was comprised of two eventful days: the first day was he...
Sergey Ilin, Junior Associate of KIAP Litigation practice, became one of the HSE Summer Law School organizers this year. Furthermore, on July 24-25, 2017 the trainings on civil law and procedure were hold by Sergey: he made the talk on obligations and main contract types, named in the Part 2 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, with actual court practice analysis. &...
On June 29th, 2017, in Gdansk, Poland, the representatives of polish, chinese and Hong-Kong-incorporated companies met at the Conference “China – Hong Kong - Poland towards the initiative of the New Silk Road”. The conference was a step forward to further business cooperation between Poland, the People’s Republic of China and Hong Kong.
Anna Grischenkova, litigation and international...
On 14 June 2017 the results of the international legal rating Best Lawyers 2018 were published online. According to the rating results six partners and heads of practices of KIAP, Attorneys at law, were named the leading lawyers in six practice areas: Andrey Korelskiy (Arbitration and Mediation, Litigation), Konstantin Astafiev (Labor and Employment ...
On May 3-5, 2017 the IBA Litigation Committee hosted the Annual Conference in Zurich, Switzerland, in which more than 300 litigation lawyers from all over the world took part.
Anna Grischenkova, partner of Litigation and International Commercial Arbitration practices of KIAP as well as the regional representative of Russia in the IBA Litigation Committee, took an active part in ...
On April 24, 2017, Moscow, the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry hosted the conference "Recovery of litigation costs: practice and tendencies" organised by VETA expert group, Kutafin Moscow State Law University, as well as the Moscow Chamber of Commerce.
The Conference was devoted to crucial peculiarities arising out of recovery of litigation costs. During the Conference, the t...
On 20 April 2017 the Marriot Grand Hotel Moscow hosted the 4th Annual RAA Conference. This event is one of the leading forums for Russia-wide discussions, in which the key changes in the Russian arbitration and internal arbitration laws have always been the primary focus.
The recent arbitration reform, as well as progress of registration by the leading internatio...
The results of the annual international ranking The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa 2017 were announced today. The report recommends the team in eight practice areas:
Dispute Resolution
Competition
Employment
Intellectual Property
Real Estate
Tax
Corporate, commercial and M&A
Banking and finance
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Today Chambers & Partners has published a new edition of its authoritative international guide, Chambers Europe 2017. KIAP is listed among the best law firms of Russia and has been endorsed for its six legal practices:
Competition/Antitrust
Corporate/M&A
Litigation
IP
Restructuring/Insolvency
Tax
Singled out for endorsement in...
On March 30th, 2017, a training seminar on arbitration against Russian parties for Hong Kong lawyers was convened at HKIAC, Hong Kong.
Anna Grischenkova, partner of litigation and international arbitration practices of KIAP, HKIAC arbitrator and a Russia regional representative in HK45 committee, HKIAC, was the speaker on the seminar. Basing on a case-study, ...
On 23 March 2017 the rankings of the leading firms for trade mark and patent work in over 75 jurisdictions ‘Managing IP - IP Stars (2017)' have been published online. This time the rating revealed leading firms in patent contentious and patent prosecution areas. KIAP IP practice debuted in the ranking and was listed among the best law firms of Russia in Paten...
During 16-18 March 2017 the annual conference of an association of independent law firms LawExchange International was held in Dubai. KIAP, Attorneys at Law, was represented by Partners Konstantin Astafiev and Anton Samokhvalov.
Anton Samokhvalov spoke before colleagues giving the overview of the Russian legal market and sharing some insights about KIAP. The Forum participants found...
On March 20th, 2017 in Moscow, LF Academy and Arbitration Center at ANO “ISA” hosted a conference “International Arbitration in the Spotlight: from Tokyo to New York”. Anna Grischenkova, KIAP partner, was a moderator of the session “International Arbitration in the Eyes of Russia. Deoffshorization and Recent Arbitration Reform: Which Arbitration Institutions Do Parties Choose Now?...
16 March 2017 Chambers and Partners published the Chambers Global 2017 guide, which unlike the regional directory of Chambers Europe, expected in April, ranks law firms based on their international projects involving global market leaders on a worldwide scale. According to results of Chambers Global 2017 guide KIAP has been recommended in Dispute Resolution (band 4) area.
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On March 13 – 14th, 2017 a delegation from the Arbitration center at ANO “ISA” visited Singapore to strengthen cooperation between Russian and Asian parties. The delegation consisted of: Andrey Gorlenko (Executive administrator), Dmitry Stepanov (member of the Presidium, partner at EPAM), Anna Grischenkova (member of the presidium, partner at KIAP), Ilya Rachkov (arbitrator; ...
"Kommersant" and the Legal Practice project published the results of the market research of dispute resolution service providers. During six months the rating researchers have collected the data on precedent-setting cases, that turned to be the most important for the practice during 2015-2017, have determined the leading firms and leading lawyers in each of the categories represented. Therefor...
At the end of 2016 Pravo.ru announced the results of the annual ranking Pravo.ru-300, identifying the Russian legal market leaders. In addition to impartial assessments, there is a subjective one, the result of which is “The Sympathy Rating”, demonstrating the law firms recommended by their peers.
KIAP, Attorneys at Law, entered the top three leaders of the overall sympathy ranking,...
This week the 2017 rankings of the leading firms for trade mark work in over 75 jurisdictions ‘Managing IP - IP Stars (2017)' have been published online. KIAP IP practice debuted in the ranking and was listed among the best law firms of Russia in Trade mark contentious work.
Founded in 1990, Managing Intellectual Property magazine is the leading source of news and analysis on all intell...
Alexey Sizov, head of Administrative practice and Customs & International Trade practice, has been promoted to a Partner position at KIAP, Attorneys at Law.
Alexey joined KIAP in 2012 and since 2013 he has successfully leaded Customs & International Trade practice. At the end of 2015, Alexey became head of Administrative practice launched due to the increase in the numbe...