Reflected by the Pravo.ru’s Sympathy Rating — 2017 identifying the most prominent legal advisors in Russia based on the feedback of peers Lidings recognized as a leading firm for its expertise in employment law and pharmaceuticals and healthcare industry practice area. Individual and moreover exclusive recognition as the only recommended lawyer in this sphere, for a remarkable work for advising pharmaceutical companies in Russia, is given to Lidings’ Managing Partner, Head of the firm’s Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare industry practice, Andrey Zelenin.

Lidings traditionally supports Moscow pre-moot for the Willem C. Vis Moot Competition annually taking place in the Russian capital on the dawn of spring. This year’s event is scheduled to take place on March 2-4 traditionally hosted by the Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Lidings’ Managing Partner Andrey Zelenin will take part in Arbitration Debates — project run under umbrella of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RUIE) — an Oxford Debate-style discussion of the key trends and developments in arbitration, including international arbitration-related case law in Russia and practical approaches.

Counsel of the bankruptcy and restructuring practice at Lidings Alexander Popelyuk will speak at the conference dedicated to the bankruptcy issues in Russia organized by Kommersant newspaper.

Senior Associate of the Lidings’ Intellectual Property practice Boris Malakhov will take part in the Pharma & Biotech Patent Litigation Conference in Amsterdam on February 27-28th. The event is organized by the C5 Group, one of the world’s main conference providers.

Lidings’ Senior Associate Boris Malakhov will take part in the 3rd International IP Moot Court Competition ran within the 6th International Intellectual Property Forum, as an expert of the Jury Panel. The event is scheduled to take place February 21st at Moscow State Law Academy named after O.E. Kutafin (MSLA).

On February 13, 2018, the Russian Constitutional Court issued the Ruling in which it checked validity of the regime of parallel import and related legal remedies.

Counsel of the bankruptcy and restructuring practice at Lidings Alexander Popelyuk and Senior Associate of corporate and M&A practice Anton Novoseltsev will speak at the First Belarusian Turnaround Management and Bankruptcy Forum scheduled to take place in Minsk on February 16th 2018.

On 8 November 2017 a draft bill¹ (“Bill”) adopting amendments to the EFRS (Unified Federal Register of Companies’ Information) has been introduced to the State Duma of the Russian Federation.