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On 2 February Beijing played host to a joint seminar of law firms Pepeliaev Group and the Beijing office of King and Wood Mallesons. The event was organised with the support of the Trade Representation of the Russian Federation in China, and representatives of more than 40 Chinese companies interested in cooperation with Russia took part. These companies are active in the areas of construction, telecommunications, petrochemical and timber industries, etc. 

The WTR 1000 individuals rating (prosecution and strategy) has awarded a Gold rating to Valentina Orlova Head of Pepeliaev Group's Intellectual Property and Trademarks Practice.

Pepeliaev Group’s lawyers have successfully defended a client in a dispute with a tax authority in which the company had allegedly committed an offence by booking, for profit tax purposes, expenses incurred in previous years. The taxpayer wrote off accounts receivable for which the limitation period had expired several years before. 

The IP and trademark experts at Pepeliaev Group took part in the publication, writing the Russian part of the TerraLex Cross-Border Guide to Copyright 2018. 

Pepeliaev Group has been ranked among the best employers, featuring in the Best employers for their target employees of the Future 2018 rating. To compile the rating, a poll is carried out among undergraduates in the final two years of their studies.

Olga Evseeva, an Associate in Pepeliaev Group’s Customs Law and Foreign Trade Regulation Practice, has joined an advisory working group at the Central Energy Customs of the Russian Federal Customs Service. The group’s task is to work with persons involved in foreign trade.