Dear Friends,
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. May the peace and joy of the season be with you throughout the new year.
Warmest thoughts and best wishes for a wonderful holiday and a happy New Year!
From KIAP team
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On 18 December 2024, VEB Center hosted a ceremony to announce the Experts of Law Rating, the first national rating of legal advisors for development projects by Expert RA and Expert Business Solutions JSC with the support of the State Development Corporation VEB.RF and information support of Expert Magazine.
In 2024, the rating was held for the first time. It included 52 companies with m...
On 19 November 2024, during the Annual RAA Arbitration Conference, the Arbitration Association (RAA) General Meeting took place, whereby new RAA Board for 2024-2028 was elected. As a result, 11 members have formed the Board. Among others, head of KIAP’s international arbitration practice Stepan Sultanov has become a Board member.
Stepan Sultanov is a leading expert in the area of complex...
On 13 December 2024, Baltschug Kempinski Hotel hosted an awards ceremony of two main bankruptcy awards of the year, PRObankruptcy Leaders. Law Firm Rating 2024, and The Most Significant Bankruptcy Cases presented by PRObankruptcy and the Bankruptcy Club.
This year, PRObankruptcy Leaders had more than 120 entries in 11 legal nominations and 11 industries.
It was the first time...
The International Commercial Arbitration (ICA) team at KIAP took part in the development of the Arbitration Association (RAA) protocol on equal access to justice in the time of sanctions, provisionally titled ASAP.
KIAP invites anyone interested therein to participate in public discussion of the protocol as a means to preserve international arbitration in disputes with parties subject to...
On 2 December 2024, the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation held an official presentation of departmental awards for assistance in the Ministry's work.
Andrey Korelskiy, Managing partner, KIAP, Attorneys at Law, was awarded a Silver Medal For Assistance. The award was presented by Elena Sushchenko, Deputy Head of the General Department of the Ministry of Justice of Russia for ...
On 3 December 2024, Moscow hosted the XVI annual Arbitration Conference held by the Russian national committee of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC Russia).
KIAP sponsored the event which gathered leading experts in the area of international commercial arbitration coming from Russia, Asia, Middle East, and the United Kingdom.
The agenda covered the following three key sessi...
On 5 December 2024, Carlton Moscow Hotel hosted an awards ceremony for top companies in Pravo-300 Rating. This year, 573 law firms were rated; the jury assessed more than 24,000 projects worth more than 513 trillion RUB.
Based on the results, KIAP, Attorneys at Law, was recommended in 18 areas of law:
Antitrust and Competition
Arbitration: Commercial Disputes (High M...
On 3 December 2024, the 16th annual ICC Russia Arbitration Conference will be held to sum up the results of the year and analyze trends in international arbitration. KIAP, Attorneys at Law, is a partner of the Conference.
At the event, leading experts will discuss key changes in dispute resolution and industry development trends for the next year.
It will be focused on:
Results ...
On 14 November 2024, Ararat Park Hyatt Moscow Hotel will host Mergers and Acquisitions in Russia 2024. The key topic of the Conference will be a discussion of the latest M&A market trends in Russia by leading experts.
Participants will discuss the merger and acquisition market and its developments in 2023–2024, share expert opinions on current issues, including M&A market trends,...
KIAP, Attorneys at Law, has signed a sponsorship contract with the family of nine-year-old chess prodigy Roman Shogdzhiev.
The contract, announced 5 November 2024, will help to finance Roman’s education, coaching and participation in international tournaments, enabling him to make the most of a remarkable chess talent.
At an age still short of double figures, Roman Shogdzhiev is alr...
Already this Thursday, 24 October, Cyberdom of Moscow will host a far-reaching legal event – PravoTech Forum.
PravoTech Forum is among the biggest venues for lawyers to be engaged in a dialogue about themselves, their profession and future of the industry, the platform to debate on the role of a contemporary lawyer, to discuss the opportunities for unlocking the personal potential in the...
On 4-12 October 2024, Moscow hosted Stage 4 of the International Chess Champions League Ivi Grand Prix. KIAP Law Firm acted as one of the tournament organisers.
Backed by IVI online movie theatre, the Title Partner of the tournament, the organisers managed to bring together the roster that is worth the main tournament of the Moscow Open forum. The tournament started off with 46 chess pla...
22 October 2024 is the date of the 13th Legal Forum for Practitioners to be held in the Kremlin and organised by the Lawyer System.
Traditionally, legal highlights of the year is the main topic of the legal forum. Heads of legal departments from majors, judges, officials from state authorities and consulting experts will together discuss the changes to the laws and practices this year, w...
On 10-11 October 2024, the Hilton Podgorica Crna Gora will host the Balkan Arbitration Conference, supported by law firms LK Law (UK), BlankRome (USA), international litigation funder Nivalion, and the Vienna International Arbitration Centre (VIAC).
Anastasiya Ryabova, an associate in international commercial arbitration, will participate in a panel on third-party funding in arbitration i...
The 3rd Kazan International Legal Forum - 2024 (KILF) closed in the capital of Tatarstan last week. It became a venue for lawyers, lawmakers and law enforcers from 27 countries and 5 cities of Russia.
KIAP Law Firm acted as the Forum partner and coorganised the session "Insurance Law: New Trends and Problems".
Andrey Korelskiy, Managing Partner of KIAP Law Firm, was the panel moderat...
For the past three years, KIAP’s international arbitration practice has been actively involved in cases related to the application of Articles 248.1 and 248.2 of the Russian Arbitrazh (Commercial) Procedure Code (also known as Lugovoy Law). Our team has been diligently tracking all the cases where these provisions have been applied.
We are pleased to share the updated Alert
with st...
Oral hearings at the 9th RAA contest took place on 23-25 August. Based on the outcome of online rounds, the Contest oral hearings drew together 24 best teams out of 56 teams from across Russia and the CIS.
As usual, the Contest has two stages. In stage 1, which takes place from March to June, the teams are submitting into the organising committee statements of claim and statements ...
Stepan Sultanov has been appointed Head of KIAP's International Commercial Arbitration Practice since September 9, 2024.
He represents clients in complex cross-border disputes in litigation and in international arbitration under auspices of LCIA, ICC, VIAC, SCC, ICAC, RAC and other arbitral institutions.
Stepan is engaged in resolution of disputes in construction, com...
Bloomsbury (Hart Publishing) has published the book “Private International Law in BRICS” under the editing of Stellina Jolly and Saloni Khanderia. The book, written by the leading experts in the relevant jurisdictions, reflects various aspects of international private law in the BRICS states (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa), their convergences and divergences.
Stepan Sult...