The year 2019, which continued the trend of rapid and numerous changes in healthcare regulations, was rich on expectations, events and legislative proposals aiming to reverse pharmaceutical industry: medical drugs labeling, reform of price determination, new procedure of entry into drugs civil circulation, amendments to regulatory framework of the Eurasian Economic Union, etc. This trend is likely to continue in 2020 as well.

On July 9, 2019 the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation approved the Resolution. № 4 “On the application of private international law by the courts of the Russian Federation” (hereinafter — the Resolution).

Lidings’ Managing Partner Andrey Zelenin will speak at the Russian Law Week 2019 traditionally scheduled to take place in St. Petersburg and Moscow on November 11-14.

Best Lawyers, an international legal directory annually identifying the most prominent lawyers around the world by analyzing their professional skills and achievements during the year, once again lists Lidings’ experts among the best lawyers in Russia.

Lidings’ Managing Partner, Head of the pharmaceuticals and healthcare industry practice of the firm Andrey Zelenin will speak at the 25th Russian Pharmaceutical Forum annually organized in Saint Petersburg by the Adam Smith Institute with Lidings’ support. The jubilee event will take place on 14-15 of May 2019, traditionally hosted by one of the city’s central locations — Corinthia Hotel.

Lidings supports the first ever The Legal 500 GC Summit in Russia — a legal summit organized by the leading international legal rating agency The Legal 500 for corporate lawyers of the large Russian and international companies operating in the country.

A new ranking for the world’s best law firms and individual lawyers annually provided by The Legal 500 EMEA once again confirms Lidings position as one of the strongest legal advisors in corporate and M&A and dispute resolution in Russia.

Lidings supports the first ever Global Arbitration Review’s event in Russia, the GAR Live Moscow 2019 conference, taking place on March 21st at Moscow’s InterContinental hotel.