The senior associate of the ILO AstapovLawyers Ivan Lishchyna co-authored the guide for the judges “The application of the European Convention on Human Rights at the consideration of the commercial cases”.

AstapovLawyers International Law Group held its traditional annual ceremony and awarded best company’s attorneys in 2011 year.

Vedomosti daily business newspaper published a rating of Top-300 Russian leading law firms prepared by an independent legal agency Pravo.ru.

AstapovLawyers International Law Group has won "The DealMakers – 2011 – Global Leading Firms ‘Top Tier Rankings’ " for Russia and Ukraine.

AstapovLawyers Partner Oleh Malskyy took part in discussions of The Procedures for Liability Exemption and Searching for Effective Ways of Prevention and Suppression of Cartels in Ukraine that were drawn up by the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine.

Oleh Malskyy, Partner at AstapovLawyers International Law Group, has become a chairman of the Foreign Trade Committee of the Ukrainian Bar Association (UBA).

Oleh Malskyy, Partner at AstapovLawyers International Law Group, delivered a report at 1st IBA Conference on the competition law of the CIS countries held on 8 through 9 December 2011 in Kyiv.

Oleh Beketov and Eugene Blinov, Counsels at AstapovLawyers International Law Group, took part in the annual conference “International Arbitration. Russia as an Arbitration Forum: Pros and Cons”.

Oleh Malskyy, Partner at AstapovLawyers International Law Group, attended an annual international conference Inside Ukraine 2011 held on 6 December 2011 in London.

AstapovLawyers International Law Group has advised PKO Bank in acquisition of 100% stake in the share capital of a factoring company as well as further acquisition on overdue debt. Total deal value of the parties involved amounted around EUR 43 mln.

AstapovLawyers International Law Group was recognized among TOP-5 best law firms in Ukraine. High qualifications and achievements of the law firm were confirmed by the results of the leading and the oldest national independent research TOP-50 Law Firms in Ukraine, compiled by Yuridicheskaya Praktika (Legal Practice publication), a well-respected Ukrainian law magazine, and the Kommersant Publishing House.

AstapovLawyers International Law Group hosted a regular meeting of Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution of the Ukrainian Bar Association. The meeting was held on November 24 in Kyiv office of law firm.

AstapovLawyers International Law Group has won "The Lawyers World Annual Jurisdiction Awards 2011". The Company is awarded in the categories of: Arbitration, Commercial Litigation and M&A in Ukraine.

Oleg Malskyy, Partner at AstapovLawyers International Law Group, attended the prestigious award ceremony "Best Legal Departments of Russia 2011" held on November 18 in Moscow.

AstapovLawyers International Law Group has successfully represented the interests of May Company, Russia’s biggest tea manufacturer, before the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine.

Oleh Malskyy, Partner of AstapovLawyers International, took part in the 5th Annual IBA Law Firm Management Conference Law Group held on 24 to 25 November in Moscow.

Attorneys of AstapovLawyers International Law Group continues to be recognised and awarded as leading legal company in many areas.

Andrey Astapov, Managing Partner of AstapovLawyers International Law Group, took part in the 9th Annual Global Grain Conference held in Geneva on 15 to 17 November.

Oleh Malskyy, AstapovLawyers’ Partner, has been nominated as an expert in the Russian Federation corporate law by Global Law Experts.

AstapovLawyers International Law Group provided its legal advice to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) becoming a shareholder of PJSC Insurance Company Universalna.