Korelskiy, Ischuk, Astafiev& Partners Acts as a Sponsor of the Contest Best Legal Departments of Russia 2011

Korelskiy, Ischuk, Astafiev & Partners, Attorneys at Law has become the sponsor of the professional contest “Best Legal Departments of Russia 2011” for the second time. This year the Law Firm will represent the “Mass retail trading” nomination.

The Contest is conducted annually since 2005 and is considered to be not only the main project of the year, but also one of the most significant events of the legal community in Russia. The organizers of the contest are magazine Legal Insight and Odgers Berndtson group. Auditing company Ernst & Young will act as an independent auditor of the contest.

‘Mass retail is crucial for the development of national economics and for us the choice of this nomination is not random: during several years we successfully represented the interests of the major Russian and international retailers and trading companies. Therefore, we are certainly happy to support the Contest in the nomination “Mass retail trading”. In addition, we consider social responsibility as one of the key principles of our activity and hope to contribute to the association of the professional community of lawyers and to increase the importance and status of the legal profession’, - said Andrey Korelskiy, managing partner.