News
29April2019
Pepeliaev Group has elected a new partner
Ksenia Litvinova, Head of a Tax Practice Group at Pepeliaev Group, has been elected as a partner in the firm.
19April2019
Natalia Prisekina is appointed Head of the Far Eastern Division of the Arbitration Centre at the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs
Natalia Prisekina, Partner, Head of Far East Office at Pepeliaev Group, is appointed head of the newly established Far Eastern Division of the Arbitration Centre at the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.
15April2019
Pepeliaev Group’s practice areas have achieved outstanding results in The Legal 500 – 2019
Several of Pepeliaev Group’s practice areas at once have demonstrated progress in the international legal rating The Legal 500. The Bankruptcy and Anti-Crisis Protection of Business Practice of Pepeliaev Group has been hailed by the rating for the first time, making it straight into Tier 3. The lawyers from this practice area support creditors through the process of recovering debts from subsidiaries and contractors, as well as representing clients in bankruptcy disputes and in managing insolvency risks. Moreover, the practice area headed by Yulia Litovtseva, Partner, has substantial expertise in the area of secondary liability.
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.