During November 30 – December 2 the British Embassy in Moscow hosted the English Law Week. KIAP Partner of International Commercial Arbitration practice Anna Grishchenkova moderated the session “Enforcing debts through the English Courts”.
The conference was centered on key trends in legal services in Russia, England and Wales: the relevance of English law to Russian business...
On 29-31 October 2015 the annual German-Russian Young Leaders Conference was held in Kazan. The capital of Tatarstan hosted more than 250 participants, among them members of parliaments, businessmen, scientists, journalists and artists from Russia and Germany at the age of 25 to 40 years. KIAP’s partner Anna Grishchenkova attended the Conference.
At the opening ceremony the Russian and ...
KIAP, Attorneys at Law, has once again been recognized by the global community as Russia’s leading legal consultant. For the first time ever, the Law Firm has been included in the International Financial Law Review (IFLR1000) rankings based on performance in 2014 and joined the list of recommended law firms in the following practice areas: Banking & Finance and Capital Markets.
The ...
Two years ago – on September 26th, 2013, the same day when UN celebrates the International Day of Sea, we have launched the Shippinglaw.Ru website, a bilingual hub for maritime and shipping lawyers worldwide.
Since then the site has acquired the reputation of a sole source of shipping and maritime law in Russia, which provides open access to many legal publications, book review...
Aybek Ahmedov, partner and head of shipping and transport law practice at KIAP, has been invited to join an International Working Group of the Comité Maritime International on the Reformulation of the Lex Maritima at a recent meeting of CMI General Assembly in Istanbul.
Comité Maritime International (CMI) is an international non-governmental organization. It was founde...
In August 2015, KIAP became a full member of the Association of European Businesses (AEB). The Firm's partners have been coopted onto specialist committees, including the Legal Committee, Finance and Investment, Customs and Transport, Taxes, and IP Committee as well as Working Groups on Data Protection, Modernisation & Innovations, Parallel Imports.
The Association of European Bu...
27 July 2015 the Izmaylovo Alfa congress hotel in Moscow hosted a workshop called “Non-compliance risks of corporate crisis management”, organized by the Institute for the Development of Modern Educational Technology (IRSOT).
Lawyer Julia Kirpikova, senior counsel at the KIAP law firm, served as a moderator for a panel called “Staff management in times of crisis: the thi...
Senior associate for dispute resolution, Attorney at law, Ilya Dedkovskiy and IP associate Anastasia Pichugina taught a course on IP Case Engineering for third-year students at Higher School of Economics.
The course took two months to complete and had two parts. The first, called “Procedural framework”, dealt with aspects such as arbitrazh (commercial) litigation in the...
Today Chambers & Partners has published a new edition of its authoritative international guide, Chambers Europe 2015. KIAP is listed among the best law firms of Russia and has been endorsed for its four legal practices: litigation, IP, tax and corporate/M&A. Singled out for endorsement in their fields were six partners: Andrey Korelskiy, Ilya Ischuk, Konstantin Suvorov, Anton Samokhvalov...
23 April 2015 Ararat Park Hyatt Moscow hosted the 2nd International Conference of the Russian Arbitration Association called “The future of arbitration in Russia. Focus on Asia”.
Aybek Ahmedov, KIAP Partner, addressed a panel of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) and read a report entitled “Application of the principle of justice ...
Today was published the international legal rating Best Lawyers 2015. 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/Antitrust Law), Anna Grishchenkova (Litigation) and Julia...
Focus on Asia: the battle cry of Russia's business world in response to the sanctions. But the business world is a world of disputes. And some of these will have to be resolved at new arbitration venues – in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Japan. But the Orient is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma… Are we ready to embrace the new rules of the game? To learn some of...
The results of the annual international ranking The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa 2015 were announced today. The ranking highlights the successful work of the Firm: ‘KIAP is a standout firm for litigation providing high-quality expertise at reasonable prices’.
The report recommends the team in six practice areas:
Dispute Resolution
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On 19-20 March 2015 Grand Hotel Kempinski Geneva hosted the 28th Forum on Fraud, Asset Tracing and Recovery, organized by C5 group. KIAP Partner Anna Grishchenkova spoke at the section “Get the Handcuffs on Quick – or Lock Down the Funds? Managing Parallel Civil and Criminal Proceedings – the Dos and Don’ts”.
Anna outlined the main types of commercial fraud...
12 March 2015 Chambers and Partners published the Chambers Global 2015 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 listed as a company for the first time in two rankings: Dispute Resolution (band 4) and Tax (b...
News agency Cbonds has designed Legal Adviser League Table for securitisation and mortgage bond transactions on Russian domestic market in 2014. KIAP becomes one of three leading legal advisers according to the League Table. The other rated legal advisers include: Baker & McKenzie, Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasiev & Pertners, Laseta Partners, Legal capital partners and Linklaters CIS.
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The law firm of KIAP has been nominated for a second time for one of the most prestigious international legal awards, Chambers Europe Awards for Excellence 2015, in the category “The Best Russian Law Firm of the Year”. The other Russian finalists are:
Allen & Overy
Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners
Goltsblat BLP
Herbert Smit...
On 17 February 2015 Hotel Baltschug Kempinski Moscow hosted the 8th Annual Russia & CIS Trade & Export Finance Conference, organized by the world's leading international trade finance magazine GTR (Global Trade Review) based in the UK.
Julia Osadchaya, Partner and Head of Banking and Finance practice, spoke at the legal section, which focused on sanctions and their impact on business...
Aybek Ahmedov, KIAP Partner and Head of Shipping and Transport practice, has been granted an honorary status of arbitrator by the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA).
KLRCA is Asia's first regional centre for arbitration, established in 1978 under the auspices of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organisation (AALCO) to provide institutional support as a neutral an...
KIAP Partner Konstantin Astafiev has started teaching an option course at Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MSIIR) titled “Anti-corruption legislation in Russia and foreign jurisdictions. Compliance and corruption control”. The option course is offered as part of master's programme for lawyers called “Corporate law and legal support for international projects” and cons...