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.

Lidings continues to receive recognition from leading international legal directories as top-notch advisor to businesses in the Russian market. International Financial Law Review 1000 (IFLR1000) once again notes Lidings for its expertise M&A and Restructuring and Insolvency practice areas.

Lidings supports Eastern European Dispute Resolution Forum (EEDRF) and a special ICC Training organized by the ICC International Court of Arbitration as one of the Forum’s activity.

Partner of the Lidings’ Intellectual Property practice Boris Malakhov will take part in The IP Academy — major event on intellectual property and patent protection in Russia and CIS. The conference will take place on 18-20 September 2019 in Skolkovo, Europe’s largest innovation park.

Lidings Dispute Resolution practice partner Alexander Popelyuk will take part in an international conference on the Resolution of CIS-Related Business Disputes hosted by American Bar Association (ABA) together with Russian Arbitration Association (RAA) on September 18th 2019 in Moscow.

On June 3, 2019, the Judicial Chamber on civil cases of the Russian Supreme Court issued a ruling in a case between «Ormatek-Privolzhie» Limited liability company (“Company”) and Ramazanova I.N. in connection with the concluded refund agreement. This ruling reflects the Supreme Court’s opinion on the procedure for compensation of damage caused to employer by its former employee.

In December 2018, the Constitutional Court issued its decision, where part 1 of article 178 of the Labor code of the Russian Federation (“LC“) was recognized as inconsistent with the Constitution of the Russian Federation