Lawyers of the Lidings’ Criminal Defense Practice have successfully defended client charged with tax evasion (for 60 million rubles) and large-scale fraud (for 10 million rubles). The project lasted more than two and a half years led by the firm’s partner and attorney Stepan Guzey. Despite intense opposition from the Prosecutor’s Office of Novgorod Region and introduction of restrictions to combat the spread of COVID-19 the criminal case was terminated during pre-trial investigation.

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.

Partner, Head of the bankruptcy and restructuring practice of Lidings Stepan Guzey will speak at the Online Litigation Forum organized by Pravo.ru.

Partner, Head of the bankruptcy and restructuring practice of Lidings Stepan Guzey will speak at a practical webinar dedicated to the Insolvency Moratorium organized by Sobytie event agency.

On 1st January 2020, the Federal Law of 02.08.2019 № 265-FZ “On Amendments to the Federal Law” “On Currency Regulation and Currency Control” entered into force in terms of liberalization of restrictions on foreign exchange transactions that are made by residents using accounts (deposits) opened with banks located outside the territory of the Russian Federation and repatriation of funds.

Partner of Lidings law firm Stepan Guzey, Head of the firm’s Bankruptcy and Restructuring practice will act as an expert at a special business breakfast on Tracing and Recovery of Assets of Russian Debtors Outside Russia and Financing of Such Processes. The event is organized by the Legal Insight Magazine and the PLATFORMA service and is scheduled to take place in Moscow on February 5th 2020.

Partner of Lidings’ dispute resolution practice Stepan Guzey will act as an expert at the annual conference International Disputes and Asset Recovery Involving Former Soviet Union Parties scheduled to take place in London on 28 and 29 of January 2020.

Lidings’ Partner of the Criminal Defense practice Stepan Guzey will take part in a conference dedicated to the Criminal Law Defense of Business. The event organized by Pravo.ru will take place in Moscow on 12th of December 2019 at Ararat Park Hyatt.

Lidings’ Partner Stepan Guzey has been elected to become a member of the Board of the Global Business Lawyer Alliance (GBL Alliance), a network of leading legal advisors Lidings has been an active member of since 2017. The appointment was announced at an Annual GBL Alliance Autumn Conference in Istanbul on October 3-4th 2019.