On 18-23 September 2016 the IBA Annual Conference was held in Washington, USA. This year KIAP, Attorneys at Law, was represented at the Conference by its Managing partner Andrey Korelskiy, partners Konstantin Astafiev and Anna Grishchenkova.
Anna Grishchenkova, partner of Litigation and International Commercial Arbitration practices, as well as the regional representative of Russia i...
ProjectMate and LawFirmManagement.Ru announced winners of a large scale competition titled The Best Law Firm Website 2016 among the Russian language websites of law firms and legal practices. The corporate website of KIAP law firm was named The Best Law Firm Website on the legal market, as well as The Most Efficient Law Firm Website and The Most Useful Law Firm Website. KIAP also took thi...
Anna Grishchenkova, partner of dispute resolution and international commercial arbitration practice, became a Regional Ambassador of Russia in HK45 – the Committee at Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC). HK45 is a group for professionals all over the world who are under 45 years old interested in sharing experience, using career opportunities and promoting internati...
Anna Grishchenkova, Partner at KIAP, was granted the status of Member of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb).
CIArb (The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators) is a not-for-profit, UK registered charity working in the public interest through an international network of branches. Was registered in 1915. It has a global membership of around 12,500 individuals who have pro...
Segregating the commercial direction into a separate practice has resulted from increased number of the clients' requests related to consulting in the sphere of doing business in Russia, rise in the quantity of legal inspections, need to develop the system of new contractual links and bringing the Company's internal regulations into correspondence with new realities of Russian economy...
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/A...
On 19 May 2016 the list of highly recommended trade mark practitioners and firm analyses for Managing IP – IP Stars (2016) have been published online. KIAP partner Konstantin Suvorov debuted in the ranking and was granted the status of IP Patent Star.
Founded in 1990, Managing Intellectual Property magazine is the leading source of news and analysis on all intellectual prope...
On 27-29 April 2016 the annual Litigation Forum was held in San Francisco, USA. Anna Grishchenkova, partner of dispute resolution and international commercial arbitration practices, attended the Forum.
It is Anna’s first IBA conference being an officer of the IBA Litigation Committee, which she became in February 2016.
During the conference the most...
Today Chambers & Partners has published a new edition of its authoritative international guide, Chambers Europe 2016. KIAP is listed among the best law firms of Russia and has been endorsed for its seven legal practices: Litigation, IP, Competition/Antitrust, Tax, Corporate/M&A, Restructuring/Insolvency and Transportation: Shipping. Singled out for endorsement in th...
In April 2016, KIAP became a full member of The Harmonie Group. The Group’s members are independent law firms that are invitation-only, prequalified and vetted.
The Harmonie Group is a not-for-profit membership organization of independent law firms dedicated to serving the special needs of the risk industry. Founded in 1993 at the Harmonie Club in New York Cit...
The results of the annual international ranking The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa 2016 were announced today. The ranking highlights the successful work of the Firm: ‘The ‘team of trusted specialists’ at KIAP provides ‘an outstanding combination of business acumen and legal know-how’.
The report recommends the team in nine practice areas:
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Kommersant and LegalPractice.Ru project have published the findings of their annual study of Russian law firms.
In this ranking of the best performing law firms in various areas of legal practice, KIAP stands third in the TOP-5 list under Commercial Disputes category, and fifth in Banking and Finance and Anti-monopoly Disputes and Consultations sectors.
According to this analysis,...
17 March 2016 Chambers and Partners published the Chambers Global 2016 guide, which unlike the regional directory of Chambers Europe, expected in the second half of April, ranks law firms based on their international projects involving global market leaders on a worldwide scale. This year KIAP has been recommended in Dispute Resolution (band 4) area.
Four par...
12th annual conference “New Customs Legislation: Theory and Practice” organized by the Transport and Customs Committee of the Association of European Businesses took place at Hilton Moscow Leningradskaya on March 10, 2016.
Alexey Sizov, Counsel and head of the customs law and external trade practice at KIAP, gave a speech on determination of jurisdiction when challenging resolutions ...
Alexey Sizov, head of Administrative practice and Customs & International Trade practice, has been promoted to a Counsel position at KIAP, Attorneys at Law.
Alexey joined KIAP in 2012 and since 2013 he has successfully leaded Customs & International Trade practice. Alexey advises Russian and Foreign clients, including INDITEX, METRO Group, Schindler, Pitney Bowes and represen...
Anna Grishchenkova, partner of dispute resolution and international commercial arbitration practice areas, became an officer of the IBA Litigation Committee. This Committee, being one of the largest and most influential in the International Bar Association, is a unifying forum for hundreds of litigators, including experts in cross-border disputes.
A prospective regional represe...
KIAP announces opening a new “Insurance” practice. The direction will be headed by a new partner Dmitry Shnaydman, a lawyer with 18 years’ experience in insurance business. During the last 8 years he headed the area of business of Rosgosstrakh, major Russian insurance company, dealing with legal support for the largest and most significant disputes on the whole territory of the Russian Fed...
The expansion into the new practice area is due to the increase in the number of projects involving clients representation in relations with the state and municipal authorities.
The new division offers to the clients protection in cases on administrative offences, resolution of disputes with the state and municipal authorities, advice on administrative law and procedure, support in inspec...
Today the Pravo.Ru legal rating has published a joint annual ranking of Russian and international law firms, Pravo.Ru-300. Based on the industry ranking, KIAP is the best choice for project support in thirteen legal specializations:
Arbitration
Commercial real estate
Tax law
Banking and Finance
Intellectual property
Antitrust law
Bankruptcy
International arbit...