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Sergey Pepeliaev has become a member of the Council for Advancing Arbitration Proceedings Sergey Pepeliaev, Managing Partner at Pepeliaev Group, has accepted an invitation to become a member of the Council for Advancing Arbitration Proceedings.The main task of the Council is to assist in creating a favourable environment for the development of the institution of independent and professional arbitration (arbitration proceedings) in Russia. 

Andrey Mikulin is appointed head of the office of the Far Eastern Division of the Arbitration Centre at the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs in Sakhalin Region Andrey Mikulin, Head of the Sakhalin Office of Pepeliaev Group, has been appointed head of the office of the Far Eastern Division of the Arbitration Centre at the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (“RUIE”) in Sakhalin Region. Natalia Prisekina, Head of the Far East Office of Pepeliaev Group and of the Far Eastern Division of the Arbitration Centre at the RUIE, has been included in the panel of arbitrators for international and investment disputes of the Arbitration Centre at the RUIE.

No to Price Parity Online trade is capturing ever more markets and industries. Although current legislation is not always ready for new models of commercial relationships, the antitrust authority is striving to detect and prevent offences in time, including those involving online sales. This is primarily true for digital aggregators and platforms which, in the absence of stringent restrictions, can create additional obstacles for businesses, impose conditions on contracting parties and exert pressure on consumers. Barriers are being put up, for instance, with the assistance of price parity. Let us examine what sort of legal assessment is given to these restrictive practices in Russia and the European Union.

Pepeliaev Group has confirmed its leadership in World Tax-World TP 2021 The tax practice of Pepeliaev Group has confirmed its leadership in two categories of independent international ranking World Tax-World TP 2021: General corporate tax (Tier 1) and Tax controversy (Tier 1). Thirteen tax experts from Pepeliaev Group, who have confirmed their last year’s positions, have been recognised in individual rankings for leader guides in a number of categories.

Pepeliaev Group and Kaspersky Laboratory have entered into an agreement to work together in the field of automating the prevention of compliance risks Law firm Pepeliaev Group and Kaspersky Laboratory have entered into a partnership agreement aimed at implementing information technologies in the field of compliance within legal departments, identifying the signs of a conflict of interests, monitoring contracting parties, and controlling compliance in commercial and state-funded organisations.

Natalia Prisekina has been appointed a special invited mediator for international commercial disputes at the Intermediate People's Court of Qingdao Municipality Natalia Prisekina, partner and head of Pepeliaev Group’s Far East Office has been appointed a special invited mediator for international commercial disputes at the Intermediate People's Court of Qingdao Municipality, Shandong Province, the People’s Republic of China.