Lidings traditionally supports 10th 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 22-24 traditionally hosted by the Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Partner of the dispute resolution practice at Lidings Alexander Popelyuk will speak at the FinLegal-2019 Conference: Litigation, Bankruptcy and Subsidiary Liability in the Financial Sector, organized by the Banking Review Magazine. The event is scheduled to take place on March 14th 2019 in Moscow and will gather lawyers of major Russian and international companies and experts of the leading national and international law firms to discuss relevant issues of dispute resolution and court practice in the sector of banking and finance.

Partner of the bankruptcy and restructuring practice at Lidings Alexander Popelyuk, Senior Associate of corporate and M&A practice Anton Novoseltsev and Associate of dispute resolution practice of the firm Anastasia Skovpen will take part in the 5th Student Law Forum at the Kutafin’s Moscow State Law Academy (MSLA). The event traditionally will take place at the University’s main building on 6-8 December, 2018.

Partner of the bankruptcy and restructuring practice at Lidings Alexander Popelyuk will take part as an invited expert in the conference dedicated to development and construction law organized by Pravo.ru.

Partner of the dispute resolution practice at Lidings Alexander Popelyuk will take part in the Eastern European Dispute Resolution Forum (EEDRF), scheduled to take place on September 20-22, 2018 in Minsk, Republic of Belarus.

Partner of the dispute resolution practice at Lidings Alexander Popelyuk will speak at the conference dedicated to the employment issues organized by Pravo.ru.

Partner of the Bankruptcy and Restructuring practice at Lidings Alexander Popelyuk will speak at the 8th Annual British Russian Law Association (BRLA) Seminar on Strategies for debt recovery and asset tracing. This year’s event is scheduled on 10-11 of September to take place in two cities: Ekaterinburg and St. Petersburg. First to host the seminar’s guests on September 10th is Ekaterinburg’s Yeltsin Centre. The venue of the seminar on September 11th is St. Petersburg’s Chamber of Advocates.

On 29 May 2018, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation issued the Decree of the Plenum N 15 where clarified issues concerning regulation of labor relations with employers — individuals both with and without sole proprietors’ status, as well as with employers — small business entity. The Decree clarifies provisions of Chapter 48 and Chapter 48.1 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation dedicated to issues regarding regulation of labor between the abovementioned parties.

On 30 July 2018, the Federal Constitutional Law № 1 FKZ “On amending the Federal Constitutional law „On the Judicial System of the Russian Federation“ and certain Federal Constitutional Laws in regard to creating general jurisdiction courts of cassation and general jurisdiction appellate courts” dated 29 July 2018 was published.