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A presentation of the book “Ancient manuscripts. The first Russian legal documents” was given at the law faculty of Lomonosov Moscow State University. The book, which is based on artefacts displayed at the Russian State Historical Museum, was published by Pepeliaev Group with the support of the law faculty of the Moscow State University. The presentation was a part of the opening ceremony for the National Law History Museum. 

The Managing Partner of Pepeliaev Group, Sergey Pepeliaev, has been welcomed as a member of the Board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. He was elected based on the results of the Congress of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs which was held on 9 February 2018.

At the recent ordinary meeting of Pepeliaev Group's partners, two newcomers were elected to the ranks of the partnership. Making the step up are Yulia Litovtseva, the Head of Bankruptcy and Anti-Crisis Protection of Business Practice, and Sergey Klimenko, the Head of Commercial Practice/Healthcare. 

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.