International Financial Law Review 1000 (IFLR1000) once again notes Lidings for its expertise in Restructuring and Insolvency practice area.

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.

April 15th 2020 the new edition of The Legal 500 EMEA, international ranking for the best law firms and individual lawyers from over 150 jurisdictions, is launched.

Chambers and Partners Europe has announced the results of its annual research of the leading legal advisors. Lidings is traditionally highly recommended for Dispute Resolution, Corporate and M&A, and Life Sciences advice in Russia.

Lidings law firm ranked among the most prominent legal advisors in Russia based on the analytical research held annually by the “Kommersant” newspaper.

The World Trademark Review, professional publication annually identifying the most prominent lawyers around the world focused on trademark legal issues, ranks Lidings’ Intellectual property practice among TOP 10 law firms in Russia in the category “Enforcement and Litigation”.

Ritz Carlton Moscow, December 5th 2019. The results of the annual Pravo.ru-300 law firms’ ranking were announced at an awarding ceremony at the Ritz Carlton Moscow.

On November 28th 2019 Moscow will host the Award-Winning Ceremony of the first Russian award in the intellectual property sphere — the IP Russia Awards. The event is to take place at the Mansion on Volkhonka, one of the city’s most outstanding historical locations.

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.