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09April2019
Legal aspects of IT startup activity
Every business starts with an idea. The more creative and unique the idea is, the more successful your business will be. Every stable business starts with the confidence that all your ideas bring the best value and are safeguarded from the risks that inevitably arise at every stage of a company’s development.
27March2019
Owing to the efforts of Pepeliaev Group's lawyers, the Russian Federal Customs Service has reimbursed to our client interest on excess customs payments recovered by it
The lawyers of Pepeliaev Group’s customs practice have successfully completed a project that involved protecting the interests of our client, a major Russian shipping company, before the Russian Supreme Court's Judicial Panel for Economic Disputes. A year after the court decided in favour of the client, owing to the efforts of our lawyers, the Federal Customs Service transferred to the client interest of almost RUB 50 million on excess customs payments it recovered.
18March2019
Elena Sokolovskaya spoke at the annual Antimonopoly Forum held by the Russian Corporate Counsel Association
On 15 March, the Non-profit Partnership Corporate Counsel Association held its annual Antimonopoly Forum supported by the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (“FAS”) and the Eurasian Economic Commission. Experts discussed the fifth antimonopoly package, the abolition of immunity for intellectual property, the draft clarifications of the Presidium of the FAS with regard to analysing competition on commodity markets, the implementation of the National Plan for Developing Competition, issues in the practice of the Eurasian Economic Commission and the Commission’s plans for the future.
11March2019
Chambers Europe 2019 recommends 11 legal practice groups and 13 lawyers from Pepeliaev Group
Pepeliaev Group has achieved exceptional results in the Chambers Europe 2019 ratings.
27February2019
Vladivostok hosted the official opening of Pepeliaev Group’s office and a business lunch dedicated to current legal trends
On 27 February, a business lunch: “Current trends and hot topics in legislation” was held in Vladivostok. During the event Pepeliaev Group’s experts shared their assessments of and recommendations for the most pressing topics today.
27February2019
We present a global review of international copyright law with a chapter on Russia prepared by Pepeliaev Group’s experts
The associates of the Intellectual Property and Trademarks Practice at Pepeliaev Group have prepared the Russian part of the TerraLex Cross-Border Guide to Copyright 2019, a global review of international copyright law.