Working to expand its customs practice, Korelskiy, Ischuk, Astafiev and Partners, Attorneys at Law is pleased to announce the appointment of Alexey Sizov as a senior attorney of the customs team.Alexey graduated from the Law Department of Russian Customs Academy, cum laude. For a period of two years Alexey served in the customs agencies as in-house legal adviser. Following that, during 6 years,...
In March 22, 2012 in Moscow, Ritz-Carlton, Vedomosti hosted the conference "Russian Energy: state regulation VS market freedom". Alexander Borouhin, head of "Energy and utilities practice” at Korelskiy, Ischuk, Astafiev and Partners, Attorneys at Law, took part in the event.The conference brought together leaders of the largest companies in the energy sector, representatives of law firms, investm...
James Friedlander, Partner and Head of Investment Practice at Korelskiy, Ischuk, Astafiev and Partners, Attorneys at Law, recently acted as a consultant to the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in a review of the investment climate of Ukraine and its investment legislation.He participated on a mission to Kiev from 12 March, during which they met with Government officials and private sector b...
Alexander Borouhin, a recognized expert in the field of energy and communal services, joined the team of Korelskiy, Ischuk, Astafiev and Partners, Attorneys at Law, as the head of the Energy and Utilities Practice.In his new role, Alexander will devote himself to further development of this practice area as well as providing consultations to the Russian and foreign owned companies and corporations...
Korelskiy, Ischuk, Astafiev and Partners, Attorneys at Law announce the establishment of a new area – Investment Practice.The new practice area will be headed by James Friedlander, a US lawyer with more than 45 years of international experience in advising on investment projects, on the investment climate for Governments and on financial transactions globally. Mr. Friedlander became a partner in 2...
Legal information portal Pravo.Ru, together with the newspaper "Vedomosti", presented their second annual ranking of Russian law firms on the "Pravo.Ru-300". Korelskiy, Ischuk, Astafiev & Partners, Attorneys at Law has been ranked high among the best Russian and foreign law firms providing professional legal services in the Russian Federation.
According to the ratings...
7 – 9 December 2011 IES-Holding hosted VII Annual Conference for its corporate counsels in Foresta Tropicana Hotel, Moscow region.Lawyers of Korelskiy, Ischuk, Astafiev and Partners, Attorneys at law spoke at the third day of the event – the presentation of Oleg Bazhenov, partner and head of tax practice, was dedicated to law practice on actual tax issues; Mikhail Samoylov, senior attorney of liti...
Korelskiy, Ischuk, Astafiev and Partners, Attorneys at Law, has been appointed the International Adviser for Russia for D Group, the leading UK business development network.
According to Ilya Ischuk, a partner of the Law Firm, this appointment is “an important step to promote the integration of our Russian clients’ businesses into international trade processes and business networking both wit...
On December 5, 2011, the scientific and research paper contest among the students of the students of the Institute of Law and Entrepreneurship of Northern (Arctic) Federal University (NArFU) wrapped up. Korelskiy, Ischuk, Astafiev and Partners, Attorneys at Law, for the second consecutive year acted as the organizer of the competition. Procedural legislation and its enforcement were chosen as the ...
1-2 December 2011 RIA Novosti and RAPSI/rapsinews.ru hosted the International Law Conference "Law and Modernization: Experience, Prospects, and Trends" at RIA Novosti's International Multimedia Press Center.Andrey Korelskiy, managing partner of Korelskiy, Ischuk, Astafiev and Partners, Attorneys at Law spoke at the Round table "Law and the information space: the media and publishing. The internet ...
On 24-25 November 2011 International Bar Association (IBA) and LegalStudies.RU hosted International Conference “Law Firm Management” in Radisson Royal Hotel, Moscow. The conference was supported by the Federal Chamber of Lawyers of Russia and the Moscow Chamber of Attorneys.A key topic of the anniversary conference this year was "A new era for the economy of Russia and the CIS: Challenges and oppo...
The sixth ceremony for announcing and awarding the winners of the annual professional competition “Best Legal Departments of Russia – 2011″ was held by Legal Insight magazine and Odgers Berndtson company on 18 November 2011 at the theater-restaurant “Yar” in Moscow.Andrey Korelskiy, managing partner of KIAP, took part in the award ceremony as a member of the Expert Council of the contest and prese...
This year the Annual IBA Conference took place on 30 October – 4 November 2011 in Dubai. Korelskiy, Ischuk, Astafiev and Partners, Attorneys at Law was represented by Konstantin Astafiev, partner.Approximately five thousand lawyers and attorneys from all over the world have attended this year’s IBA conference. The event was a perfect opportunity for them to establish new contacts and to learn abou...
On October 31 - November 1, 2011 in Moscow, Swissotel Krasnie Kholmy, there was held VI Annual Corporate Counsel Forum. Oleg Bazhenov, partner, head of tax practice, spoke on the first day of the forum. His presentation at the session "Tax control and tax risks" was dedicated to violations of the procedure of tax audits.For several years the forum organized by the event-agency Infor-Media, is an i...
On October 27, 2011 in Moscow, Marriott Royal Aurora Hotel, there was held the III Annual Conference “Antitrust in Russia”, organized by the newspaper Vedomosti. Ilya Ischuk, partner, head of anti-monopoly practice, took part in the event.The conference brought together representatives of FAS Russia and antitrust authorities of other countries, as well as leading lawyers and economists from Russia...
Anton Samokhvalov has joined the team of Korelskiy, Ischuk, Astafiev and Partners, Attorneys at Law as a Partner and Head of the firm's corporate practice.Anton will develop and expand the corporate practice of the firm, will consult Russian and international companies on corporate legal matters, including corporate restructuring support, investment projects and M&A transactions governed by Ru...
On October 3, 2011, a competition of scientific and research papers was held among the students of the Institute of Law and Entrepreneurship of Northern (Arctic) Federal University (NArFU). Korelskiy, Ischuk, Astafiev and Partners, Attorneys at Law, for the second consecutive year acted as the organizer of the competition. Procedural legislation and its enforcement were chosen as the subject area...
Korelskiy, Ischuk, Astafiev and Partners, Attorneys at Law, has announced the election of Oleg Bazhenov as a Partner in the firm, with responsibility for the firm's growing tax practice.As Partner, Oleg will continue to develop the firm's tax practice, representing clients at the arbitration courts as well as consulting for Russian and foreign companies and corporations on issues related to tax le...
On September 29, 2011 at InfoSecurity Russia 2011 in Moscow – the leading data security exhibition in Russia - the Zecurion DLP Forum 2011 was held, which was dedicated to presentations on Data Loss Prevention (DLP). Konstantin Suvorov, partner, head of the intellectual property practice, made a presentation on “DLP-systems in Terms of Legislation”.In his presentation, Konstantin spoke about the ...
Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI) presented its first media ratings for the 100 leading Russian law firms. Korelskiy, Ischuk, Astafiev & Partners, Attorneys at Law was rated 35th on this list.Current research conducted by RAPSI continues and complements a series of studies aimed at determining the degree of openness and accessibility of the leading law firms in the Russian market by pop...