On 7-11 June 2010, Suzdal (Russian Federation) hosted an extended session of the
Board of Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia, 31st session of
Intergovernmental Antimonopoly Policy Council (IAPC) and celebration of the 20th
anniversary of Russian antimonopoly agencies – the Competition Day. The heads
of CIS and European antimonopoly agencies took part in the IAPC session. Our
associate Yelena Bychkova attended the events as one of the members of
non-commercial partnership "Supporting Competition in CIS," which unites leading
CIS lawyers and economists specializing in antimonopoly legislation.
On 7 April 2010, Moscow office of Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners hosted a workshop CIS Expansion of Russian Business: Legal Practitioner’s View attended by the members of CIS Leading Counsel Network (LCN), including Olga Chentsova, AEQUITAS Managing Partner. The workshop’s objective was to try and resolve the most burning problems the Russian investors face when doing business in the CIS countries. After the workshop, all participants had the opportunity to personally talk to the speakers in individual meetings.
On 8 April 2010, Olga Chentsova participated in legal forum hosted by Vedomosty newspaper (Moscow). The forum was attended by in-house lawyers and leading law firm representatives from the CIS and other countries, who discussed what could be done by the legal community and governments to create comfortable environment for business and shared the experience of particular legislation application (antimonopoly, tax, customs, etc.). Olga Chentsova and other LCN members spoke in discussions on peculiarities of doing business in their countries.
On 9 April 2010, AEQUITAS partners, Olga Chentsova and Natalya Braynina took part in the VIII ATYRAU INTERNATIONAL LEGAL CONFERENCE – Current Issues and Analysis of Practical Application of Laws in the Oil and Gas Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan. This Conference annually organized by KPLA in conjunction with Tengizchevroil LLP is a key event for Kazakhstan’s legal community.
The Atyrau International Legal Conference is annually attended by representatives of foreign and national petroleum companies, law firms, scholars, oil industry workers and governmental officials who come to discuss Kazakhstan’s policy in the oil and gas sphere, significant novels and amendments in the subsoil law of the Republic of Kazakhstan and related issues.
At this Conference, Natalya Braynina delivered report Legal Regulation of Economic Concentration in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Aequitas is a member of CIS Leading Counsel Network (LCN) (more…)
In October 2009, Mrs. Violetta M. Kim, Senior Consultant and Court Practice Supervisor, was awarded a nomination "The Best Author of the Lawyer Magazine." The Lawyer Magazine is one of the leading and authoritative legal publications in Kazakhstan.
Aequitas has been an exclusive legal partner of Expo.kz during the last two years (2008-2009) within the framework of the project "Kazakhstan Oil & Gas Week", which includes organization and carrying out of MUNAI-GAS.KZ Conference, MUNAI-GAS.KZ Exhibitions and Annual Oil Workers' Ball.
On 24-26 June 2009, the Fourth CIS Local Counsel Forum took place in Kiev at the Opera Hotel, which was traditionally attended by the partners of our firm. This year the Forum was hosted by RULG (Ukrainian Legal Group).
Despite the economic crisis which has affected the CIS region as much as the rest of the world, the Fourth Forum was held this year and was visited by numerous participants, because the Forum delegates believe that counsels are to withstand the crisis as a community and need each other now even more than in the pre-crisis times. The CIS Local Counsel Forum has always been a place where numerous referrals were exchanged and new projects generated, and the Fourth Forum was not an exception from this rule. The Forum delegates were leaving Kiev with new contacts, ideas, projects and alliances, same as after previous Forums.
The 2009 year's program was mainly devoted to one big idea - "Legal Services & Business" - that is how we as practicing lawyers can produce a positive impact on our clients' businesses, what business needs from us and what we can do to make ourselves more useful and productive for our clients.
The following particular issues were discussed at the Forum:
In May 2009 six lawyers from Aequitas law firm - Olga Chentsova, Violetta Kim, Tatyana Suleyeva, Natalya Braynina, Nurlan Sholanov and Yulia Chumachenko - have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the inaugural edition of the Best Lawyers list for Kazakhstan. Best Lawyers is regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the U.S. and increasingly around the world.
On 7 April 2010, Moscow office of Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners hosted a workshop CIS Expansion of Russian Business: Legal Practitioner’s View attended by the members of CIS Leading Counsel Network (LCN), including Olga Chentsova, AEQUITAS Managing Partner. The workshop’s objective was to try and resolve the most burning problems the Russian investors face when doing business in the CIS countries. After the workshop, all participants had the opportunity to personally talk to the speakers in individual meetings.
On 8 April 2010, Olga Chentsova participated in legal forum hosted by Vedomosty newspaper (Moscow). The forum was attended by in-house lawyers and leading law firm representatives from the CIS and other countries, who discussed what could be done by the legal community and governments to create comfortable environment for business and shared the experience of particular legislation application (antimonopoly, tax, customs, etc.). Olga Chentsova and other LCN members spoke in discussions on peculiarities of doing business in their countries.
On 9 April 2010, AEQUITAS partners, Olga Chentsova and Natalya Braynina took part in the VIII ATYRAU INTERNATIONAL LEGAL CONFERENCE – Current Issues and Analysis of Practical Application of Laws in the Oil and Gas Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan. This Conference annually organized by KPLA in conjunction with Tengizchevroil LLP is a key event for Kazakhstan’s legal community.
The Atyrau International Legal Conference is annually attended by representatives of foreign and national petroleum companies, law firms, scholars, oil industry workers and governmental officials who come to discuss Kazakhstan’s policy in the oil and gas sphere, significant novels and amendments in the subsoil law of the Republic of Kazakhstan and related issues.
At this Conference, Natalya Braynina delivered report Legal Regulation of Economic Concentration in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Aequitas is a member of CIS Leading Counsel Network (LCN) (more…)
In October 2009, Mrs. Violetta M. Kim, Senior Consultant and Court Practice Supervisor, was awarded a nomination "The Best Author of the Lawyer Magazine." The Lawyer Magazine is one of the leading and authoritative legal publications in Kazakhstan.
Aequitas has been an exclusive legal partner of Expo.kz during the last two years (2008-2009) within the framework of the project "Kazakhstan Oil & Gas Week", which includes organization and carrying out of MUNAI-GAS.KZ Conference, MUNAI-GAS.KZ Exhibitions and Annual Oil Workers' Ball.
On 24-26 June 2009, the Fourth CIS Local Counsel Forum took place in Kiev at the Opera Hotel, which was traditionally attended by the partners of our firm. This year the Forum was hosted by RULG (Ukrainian Legal Group).
Despite the economic crisis which has affected the CIS region as much as the rest of the world, the Fourth Forum was held this year and was visited by numerous participants, because the Forum delegates believe that counsels are to withstand the crisis as a community and need each other now even more than in the pre-crisis times. The CIS Local Counsel Forum has always been a place where numerous referrals were exchanged and new projects generated, and the Fourth Forum was not an exception from this rule. The Forum delegates were leaving Kiev with new contacts, ideas, projects and alliances, same as after previous Forums.
The 2009 year's program was mainly devoted to one big idea - "Legal Services & Business" - that is how we as practicing lawyers can produce a positive impact on our clients' businesses, what business needs from us and what we can do to make ourselves more useful and productive for our clients.
The following particular issues were discussed at the Forum:
what law firms can do to help clients through difficult times;
lessons of the economic crisis (case studies of successful internal reforms and how they improve our services to clients);
how the crisis changed the relationship between corporate counsel and external counsel;
corporate restructuring and project finance (innovative ideas for the modern economic climate);
corporate compliance and criminal liability of a legal entity (new global trends), etc.
In May 2009 six lawyers from Aequitas law firm - Olga Chentsova, Violetta Kim, Tatyana Suleyeva, Natalya Braynina, Nurlan Sholanov and Yulia Chumachenko - have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the inaugural edition of the Best Lawyers list for Kazakhstan. Best Lawyers is regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the U.S. and increasingly around the world.