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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From 18 to 19 September, 2018 the online conference “Tax planning in a group of companies” will be held on the basis of educational platform Fast Salt Times. During two days leading experts in the field of law will tell participants how to act in conditions of tightening of tax rules.
Andrey Zuykov, Head of KIAP Tax practice, will speak on the first day of the conference with ...
On 6–7 September, 2018 the Swedish Arbitration Association hosted its international conference Swedish Arbitration Days. The biennial conference brings together some of the most renowned and prominent international arbitration practitioners, internationally reputed arbitrators, scientists and other experts.
The topic of the Swedish Arbitration Days 2018 was “Advocacy in Inte...
Elena Buranova, one of the most experienced and successful representatives of the professional IP community in the Russian legal market, joined the team of KIAP, Attorneys at Law, as the Head of the Intellectual Property practice.
Elena has over 13 years of working experience as an IP lawyer and specializes in protection and enforcement of IP rights, both contentious and non-contenti...
As of August 31 till September 2, 2018 the Masters’ school was held on the basis of the Faculty of Law of Lomonosov Moscow State University. As in past years this year the School has brought together law schools’ teachers and students, consultants and in-house lawyers, masters and trainees. KIAP, Attorneys at Law, became a partner of this event.
Masters’ school program was compri...
From 27 to 29 August, 2018 in Novosibirsk the “XII Siberian Venture Fair 2018” was held. This is the largest discussion and presentation platform, expanding opportunities for small innovative and scientific technological companies to access sources of direct and venture capital. The Fair was organized by the Government of the Novosibirsk Region, the Russian Venture Capital Association (R...
From 20 to 28 July 2018 "HSE Summer Law School-2018" is being held. This project is organized by HSE Law Faculty with the support of Directorate for work with talented students. Talented school students from 8-10 grades from Russia, CIS and other countries of near and far abroad gathered together for the fifth time at the Voronovo learning centre to spend unforgettable vacation: to gain new kno...
Andrey Korelskiy, KIAP Managing partner, was included into the unified recommended list of arbitrators and the corporate disputes panel of the Arbitration center at the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP).
The leading lawyers and attorneys at law, retired judges, well-known scientists, business society representatives and public activists are incl...
KIAP Partner and Head of Tax practice Andrey Zuykov was included into the Academic Council of the Higher School of Chief Financial Officer, which consists of the best specialists and lectors of the school.
Higher School of Chief Financial Officer is a new educational project of “Action-ICFED” holding company, which was created especially for financial practitioners. The School helps ...