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FAS of Russia expressed its opinion re selling prices for the drugs, included in Essential drug list

12 July 2018

Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS of Russia) has issued Letter No. АЦ/49132/18 dated 29 June 2018 in which expressed its opinion regarding selling prices for drugs, included in the List of vital and essential drugs (the “Essential drug list”). FAS indicated that these prices, when set by wholesale and retail organizations, shall be dependent on the terms of their purchase.

Changes in the procedure of incorporation

09 July 2018

The procedure of incorporation companies and individual entrepreneurs has been changed since 29 April 2018. Amendments to the Federal law No. 129-ФЗ of 08.08.2001 “On state registration of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs” has come into effect.

Presidium of the FAS Russia clarified the procedure of granting access to trade secrets information during case investigation of violation of antimonopoly legislation

09 July 2018

Presidium of the FAS Russia in its Clarification dated 21.02.2018 No. 13 “On trade secrets information in the process of investigation of the case on violation of antimonopoly legislation, verification for abidance of antimonopoly legislation, state control for economic concentration” (“Clarification”) notes that such information for which information owner doesn’t establish commercial secrecy regime according to Commercial secret law, isn’t protected by law.

New in Сurrency Laws

05 July 2018

On May 14, 2018 the Federal Law No. 325-FZ dated November 14, 2017 “On amendment to articles 19 and 23 of the Federal Law „On Currency Regulation and Currency Control“ and to the Administrative Offences Code of the Russian Federation» (“the Law”) came into force.

International Commercial Arbitration Textbook 

29 June 2018

Lidings experts took part in authoring the International Commercial Arbitration textbook, published under the auspices of the Arbitration Court Journal. The textbook was prepared by a team of well-known Russian and foreign experts in dispute resolution and international arbitration and is currently by far the most extensive and relevant tutorial publication on international commercial arbitration covering various aspects of it published in Russian.

Lidings experts authored subsections on claims, arbitrability and bankruptcy.

Best Lawyers 2019: Lidings’ Partners Recognized Among Best Legal Advisors in Russia

27 June 2018

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, as well as their business reputation based on the feedback of peers from their respective jurisdictions, once again lists Lidings’ Managing Partner Andrey Zelenin and Partner Tatiana Bicheva among the best lawyers in Russia in four key practice areas.