The Forum of regional divisions of Association of lawyers of Russia devoted to “Mentorship in legal profession: traditions and innovations” was held in Tver on November 29, 2018. The key questions to discuss were: the meaning of mentorship in the epoch of changes, creation of digital environment in public authorities and law enforcement area, the role of the government in digital transformation...
KIAP, Attorneys at law’s conference “Tax audits 2018: how to effectively protect yourself from tax claims” was held on November 22, 2018 in Sheraton Palace hotel. The event was organized for KIAP clients with the purpose to raise the level of competence in the area of tax law.
As speakers of the conference acted: KIAP Tax practice partner Andrey Zuykov and deputy head of Depart...
This week the results of annual international ranking World Tax 2019 (Russia), issued by International Tax Review publication, became known. World Tax is a key source for tax specialists all around the world, in which the assessment of the expertise of leading tax lawyers from different countries is given.
In 2018 KIAP, Attorneys at law, appeared in the ranking for the first time an...
On November, 20th, 2019, Pravo.ru conference “Litigation skills” took place in Moscow. Anna Grishchenkova, KIAP Litigation and International Commercial Arbitration Partner, acted as a speaker within the session "Psychology in court".
During the session, the participants discussed the typical mistakes of litigators in their speeches, identified the psychological types of judges and ...
The scientific-practical conference “Actual issues and problems of antitrust regulation and application of law in practice of Russian courts” was held from 15 to 16 November 2018. The event was organized by the Russian State University of Justice jointly with the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.
KIAP Partner and Head of Antitrust and Competition practice Ilya Ischuk took par...
10th Annual IBA Mergers and Acquisitions in Russia and CIS Conference was held on November 16th in Hotel Baltschug Kempinski, Moscow, Russia. The conference was presented by the IBA Corporate and M&A Law Committee, supported by the Federal Chamber of Lawyers. For the tenth time, the event brought together leading world experts in the field of economics and law to discuss the latest trends ...
Ilya Ischuk spoke at the conference “Modern competition: condition, problems and development trends”
On November 15, 2018 Ufa State Petroleum Technological University together with Department of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Association of antitrust experts, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Bashkortostan held an international science-practical conference “Modern competition: condition, problems and development trends”.
KIAP Par...
“Russian Law Week 2018” took place from 12 to 14 November 2018 in London. The event was organized by The Bar Council with support of the Anglo-Russian Law Association, the Russian Federal Chamber of Lawyers, the Moscow Chamber of Advocates and other partners. The topic of this year’s conference was “Legal Dialogue without borders”.
The main purpose of the event is to strengthen busin...
From October 29 to November 2, 2018 the annual SibLegalWeek business forum was held in Novosibirsk on the topic: “Security of government and business: forms and boundaries”. Corporate practice partner Anton Samokhvalov spoke at a corporate session on the balance of parties interests in a corporate contract.
The forum was attended by business owners and business leaders, accountants, finan...
Today the British analytical publication IFLR1000 has published the results of the World's Leading Financial Law Firms review. Based on performance in 2018 KIAP, Attorneys at Law, once again joined the list of recommended law firms in three practice areas: Banking & Finance, M&A, Restructuring and insolvency.
The British analytical publica...
Conference “Antitrust Regulation in Russia” organized by “Vedomosti” magazine and Competition Experts Association, supported by FAS Russia, was held on October 26, 2018 in Lotte Hotel Moscow.
KIAP Antitrust practice partner Ilya Ischuk took part in the discussion devoted to “Antitrust regulation in retail” (Session 3.3.). Within the session he discussed t...
Within the framework of pro bono activity KIAP IP specialists helped the SUNFLOWER Charity foundation to register their logo as a trademark in Rospatent. Now the foundation owns exclusive rights for trademark “Sunflower” (logo), and logo/trademark of the foundation is under protection of the Russian legislation.
The Charity foundation’s core aim is to support children and adults with&nb...
From 18 to 20 October, 2018 the forth international Minsk Legal Forum 2018 (MLF) was held – an informal conference for lawyers. KIAP, Attorneys at Law, traditionally acted as MLF's co-authors and as Forum partner and Andrey Korelskiy, KIAP Managing Partner, moderated the session about Mission and Strategy “Partners role playing”.
It is already the forth t...
From 18 to 19 October 2018 the annual practical Workshop for PAO Sberbank lawyers, engaged in judicial work, took place in Moscow. Such internal workshops are held for the Bank’s employees annually. This year the topic of the workshop was defined as “Judicial work. Creative lesson”.
Anna Grishchenkova, KIAP Litigation and International Commercial Arbitration Partner, acted as ...
During October 7-12, 2018 the IBA Annual Conference 2018 was held in Rome, Italy. This year KIAP, Attorneys at law, was represented at the Conference by Anna Grishchenkova, KIAP Partner, Co-Chair of the Young Litigation Lawyers Forum of IBA and 2016-2018 representative of Russia in the IBA Litigation Committee.
Anna Grishchenkova said in Pravo.ru review dedicated to the...
The results of international ranking agency Who’s Who Legal research in the Corporate Tax area became known in October. According to 2018 ranking KIAP Tax practice partner Andrey Zuykov is included into the list of the Best lawyers in Russia in Advisory Corporate Tax and Controversy Corporate Tax nominations. It stands to mention that in Controversy Corporate Tax area Andrey appeared for the f...
A new division within Antitrust practice has been launched in view of an increasing demand from KIAP Principals to get the qualified assistance in government procurement area, especially in complex conflict situations.
In terms of “Government Procurement: legal support and disputes” division KIAP lawyers will advise Clients on procurement compliance and will represent their interests in...
On September 27, 2018 in Radisson Royal Hotel, Moscow, the ABA’s X Annual Moscow Conference on the Resolution of International Business Disputes, devoted to problems arising from resolution of commercial disputes involving parties from CIS countries, was held. The conference became a key event bringing together 150 participants, including judicial and corporate lawyers, experts in arbitration,...
On September 25, 2018 a workshop devoted to arbitration practices in Singapore and Russia was held in Moscow. The event was organized by Russian Arbitration Center (RAC) at the Russian Institute of Modern Arbitration together with the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC).
During the seminar various practical issues of alternative dispute resolution in Ru...
From 13 to 15 September, 2018 the 10th anniversary Chinese European Arbitration Centre (CEAC) conference is held in Hamburg, Germany. In 2018 the main topic of the occasion became the Chinese initiative “One belt one road”. The conference is to be attended by lawyers with an interest in China, leading arbitration practitioners, international lawyers and representatives of business community.
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