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01
November 2013
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Andrey Sychev,
managing
partner, took
part in the V
International
Bar Association
“Mergers and
Acquisitions in
Russia and CIS”
Conference (31st
of October 31,
2013, Moscow) by
the IBA’s
Corporate and
M&A Law
Committee
supported by the
IBA European
Regional Forum.
Now in its 5th
year, world
leading experts
in law and
economics
discussed the
latest emerging
developments and
trends in
Russian and CIS
M&A market as
well as
commented on
prospects. The
event was
supported by
Moscow City Bar
Association,
Federal Chamber
of Lawyers of
the Russian
Federation and
Russian
Corporate
Counsel
Association
(RCCA).
Among the
delegates of the
Conference were
renowned M&A
experts, to wit,
partners of
international
law firms,
public
officials,
directors of
legal
departments.
In the course of
the sessions
speakers managed
to discuss
peculiar state
of the M&A
market in Russia
and CIS,
addressed the
main trends in
investments and
legal
developments
that had impact
on M&A processes
and stimulated
deal flow, as
well as analysed
the
“Russian-style
M&A”.
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26
October 2013
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Managing partner
Andrey Sychev
and Alexander
Solodovnikov,
administrative
lawyer of the
firm, took part
in the V Annual
Conference
“Antitrust
Regulation in
Russia”
(25th
of October,
2013, Moscow)
organized by
Vedomosti (the
Russian business
daily newspaper,
supported by the
Federal
Antimonopoly
Service of
Russia (FAS).
The Conference
addressed issues
of the FAS
activities to
ensure the
effective
functioning of
commodity
markets, the
prevention,
control and
suppression of
monopolistic
activity and
unfair
competition.
The members of
the Conference
also discussed
the plans of
improvements to
the antimonopoly
legislation and
the practice of
application of
its provisions
for protection
and development
of competition
in Russia.
Certain sessions
were dedicated
to the
discussion of
the matters of
development of
the competition
in various
economy branches
as well as
antitrust
regulation
issues,
intellectual
property
protection and
antitrust policy
of the
consumers’
rights
protection.
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06
October
2013
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Andrey Sychev,
managing
partner, spoke
at the VII
Southern Russia
Legal Forum
(3-5th of
October, 2013,
Gelendzhik). His
speech was about
the role of
corporate
control for the
other branches
of law. The
event was
arranged by
Advocates Bureau
“Yug” through
business daily “Vedomosti”
as the title
media sponsor
and
international
law firm "Dentons".
In recent years
the Forum has
become the
source for
experience
sharing between
colleagues,
development of
occupational
contact database
and top issue
discussions
about business
and government
interaction.
The Forum was
attended by
representatives
from
international
and Russian law
and attorney's
firms,
CEOs of
companies, which
operate
professionally
in the south of
Russia,
business
marketing
specialists,
providing
consulting
services, heads
of legal
services from
real economy
companies and
representatives
of local and
regional
authorities.
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26-29 June 2013
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Managing
partner, Andrey
Sychev, has
attended the
8th CIS Local
Counsel Forum
(26-28 June 2013
in Kiev and
28-29 June 2013
in Odessa).
The Forum is the
main platform in
the CIS economic
region for
wide-scale
gathering of the
leading business
lawyers. From
the first forum
in Kiev in June
2006, the CIS
Local Counsel
Forum has
evolved into an
informal network
of managing and
senior partners
of national law
firms from
Armenia,
Azerbaijan,
Belarus,
Georgia,
Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan,
Moldova, Russia,
Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan,
Ukraine, and
Uzbekistan,
bringing them
together with
partners from
international
law firms from
around the
world.
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31 May 2013
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Our lawyers took
part in
the Fourth Volga
Region Tax Forum
‘Tax Disputes:
Theory and
Practice’
(30th of May,
2013, Kazan).
The Forum
focused on the
current issues
of the law
enforcement
practice,
problems in
justification of
tax benefits,
the tax aspects
of transfer
pricing and the
most common
types of tax
disputes in
2012, 2013.
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31 May 2013
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On 31st
of May 2013
Andrey Sychev,
managing partner
of the Volga
Legal law firm,
spoke at
the White Nights
Legal Forum
(Arkhangelsk).
The forum
brought together
more than 170
leaders of the
professional
legal community
of Russia,
representatives
of international
law firms, heads
of legal
departments of
the companies
involved in
investment
projects running
in northwest
Russia,
representatives
of all branches
of the Russian
Federation
government, a
governor and an
administration
of the
Arkhangelsk
region.
The Forum was
dedicated to the
main subject
‘The law as an
instrument of
progress in the
Russian regions’
and its two-days
working program
was opened by a
plenary session
and the address
of Mr. Dmitry
Medvedev – the
Russian Prime
Minister.
The Forum also
covered the
issues of modern
criminal
advocacy,
professional
standards for
attorneys and
collaboration
between the
specialists in
the projects on
movement of
capital.
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30 May 2013 |
Managing
partner, Andrey
Sychev,
has
attended the
session of the
Committee on
Constitutional
Legislation,
Legal and
Judicial Affairs
and Civil
Society
Development
of the
Council of
Federation
(upper Chamber
of the Russian
Parliament)
on the
30th of May,
2013.
The session
focused on the
national policy
and the role of
the legal
profession in
guaranteeing a
constitutional
right to
counsel.
The session
resulted in a
resolution which
incorporated the
suggestions of
the session
participants. In
particular it
was decided to
consider a
resumption of
the work on the
draft law about
professional
legal services
in Russia, and
to take an
active part in
preparing
legislative
initiatives on
protection of
public interests
within the
national program
‘Justice’.
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19 May 2013 |
Managing
partner, Andrey
Sychev, took
part in the
III St.
Petersburg
International
Legal Forum
(15 – 18th of
May, 2013). The
plenary session
was devoted to
competition and
cooperation
between legal
systems and was
followed by 56
discussion
sessions on a
wide range of
issues of law,
business,
politics and
culture.
A number of
international
treaties and
cooperation
programs were
signed during
the Legal Forum.
The questions
under discussion
included the
labor law
issues,
professional
responsibility
of doctors and
medical staff,
amendments to
the civil
legislation,
mediation
issues,
challenges in
the development
of the past
commercial court
rulings.
The Forum
program also
included a
number of round
tables which
covered a wide
range of issues,
such as cultural
heritage, sports
law, protection
of foreign
investments,
international
taxation,
nuclear law and
resources,
defense of
rights of the
domestic
producers under
restrictions of
WTO.
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13 May 2013
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Managing
partner, Andrey
Sychev, attended
the hearings in
the State Duma
of Russian
Federation
(lower Chamber
of Russian
Parliament) on
main directions
of the tax
policy of the
Russian
Federation (13th
of May, 2013,
Moscow). During
the proceedings
a number of
issues were
discussed, like
the tax system
predictability
and consistency
for the business
community,
investment
activity
stimulation,
improvement of
tax
administration
and others.
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19-20 April 2013
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Alexander
Solodovnikov,
administrative
lawyer of the
firm, attended
the 10th
International
Conference
‘Tax
law in decisions
of the
Constitutional
Court of the
Russian
Federation’
(19-20th of
April, 2013,
Moscow).
The conference
focused on the
theoretical and
practical issues
of tax law in
the decisions of
the Russian
Constitutional
Court in the
period
1993-2012, as
well as on the
perspectives of
the tax law
development in
future.
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9 April 2013
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Our lawyers took
part in the
seminar
‘Deoffshorization
– 2013. From the
risk options to
the new
solutions’,
conducted by Consulco
International
Group (9th of
April, 2013,
Moscow). The
seminar was
dedicated to the
offshore control
in Europe and
its influence on
the
effectiveness of
advice provided
by consultants
as well as to
the offshore
control in
Russia, to the
situation in
Cyprus and its
future as the
European center
for financial
services.
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3-4 April 2013
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Managing
partner, Andrey
Sychev, and
Alexander
Solodovnikov -
administrative
lawyer of the
firm - took part
in the
9th
Annual Russia
Legal Forum (3 —
4th of April,
2013, Moscow)
organized by Vedomosti (The
Financial Times
Group). The
forum focused on
the initiatives
to amend the
Civil Code in a
view of
corporate
legislation.
Other topics
included legal
support for
financial sphere
and issues of
the antitrust
and tax
legislation.
Judicial reform
and what needs
to be done to
improve
enforcement of
court rulings
were also at the
focus of
attention.
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15-18 Jan 2013
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Managing
partner, Andrey
Sychev, took
part in the
seminars of the
leading Swiss
law companies
(15-18th of
January,
Zurich). The
seminars were
dedicated to the
current issues
of the private
capital
management and
business
relocation.
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2012
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10 Dec 2012
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Andrey Sychev
has
attended the
Second
International
Law Congress
‘Dialogues on
the Future’,
conducted by
RAPSI (Russian
Legal
Information
Agency) on the
10th of
December, 2012.
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29-30 Nov 2012
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Andrey Sychev,
managing
partner, and
Elena Norkina, a
senior lawyer in
civil and
corporate law
practice, took
part in the 6th
Annual Law Firm
Management
Conference
(29-30th of
November, 2012)
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13-14 Nov 2012
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Volga Legal law
firm took part
in the work of
the regional
research-to-practice
conference:
“Mediation:
First Experience
and Development
Prospects”
(13-14th of
November,
Samara).
Elena Norkina, a
senior lawyer in
civil and
corporate law
practice, spoke
at the Banking
Forum (Samara),
organized by
Kommersant
(nationally
distributed
daily newspaper,
mostly devoted
to politics and
business) with a
report ‘The Ways
to Minimize
Risks While
Choosing the
Credit
Arrangements and
Security
Transactions’.
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3-4 Oct 2012
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Volga Legal law
firm took part
in the Forum of
Corporate
Lawyers “100
Steps Forward:
Business and the
State” (3-4th of
October, 2012,
Moscow). The
forum was
organized by
RAPSI (Russian
Legal
Information
Agency).
Our lawyers took
part in the
educational
seminar “New
Requirements on
the Information
Disclosure For
the Joint-Stock
Companies”
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6-7 June 2012
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Andrey Sychev,
managing
partner, got
acquainted with
experience of
colleagues from
CIS while
attending the
7th CIS Local
Counsel Forum
(6-7th of June,
2012).
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1-3 Oct 2012
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The Volga Legal
law firm took
part in the 3rd
White Nights
Legal Forum in
Saint Petersburg
(1-3 June,
2012). Our
lawyers attended
parallel
sessions and
discussed The
Third Legal
Forum of the
Volga Region
with the other
guests.
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17-19 May 2012
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The Volga Legal
law firm took
part in the
Third St.
Petersburg
International
Legal Forum
(17-19th, of
May, 2012).
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14 Dec 2012
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Pravo.RU, the
complex
integrated
directory of the
law firms
operating in the
Russian market,
together with
Vedomosti, the
Russian business
daily newspaper,
published the
annual survey of
the Russian and
international
law companies.
The Volga Legal
law firm is in
the Top-50 of
the regional
companies by
revenue (28th
place).
Pravo.RU also
mentioned Volga
Legal as a
perspective
company in the
areas of
Antitrust Law
and Energy and
Natural
Resources.
For further
information,
please, visit
Pravo.RU website.
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27-29 Sept 2012
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Andrey Sychev,
managing
partner, took
part in The
Legal Forum of
Southern Russia
and the Opening
of the New Legal
Year (27-29
September, 2012,
Sochi).
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4 Sept 2012
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Andrey Sychev
got acquainted
with the
experience of
our British
colleagues in
developing new
practices, while
attending
the event of
"Business and
Law" series of
seminars
conducted by
Allen & Overy
law firm in its
London office.
"Your invention?
My creation!
Intellectual
property - a new
'bet the
company'
battleground"
was the topic of
the meeting
dedicated to the
intellectual
property and IT
as future
practices of law
firm. See report
here...
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2-8 Sept 2012
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Andrey Sychev,
managing
partner, took
part in a
workshop on the
law firm
management in
London, Great
Britain
(2-8th of
September, 2012)
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04 May 2012
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Andrey Sychev,
managing
partner, took
part in a
workshop for the
law firm
partners
‘Business
development: One
Step Ahead (27th
of April – 04th
of May, 2012,
New York).’
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