AstapovLawyers International Law Group has co-sponsored IV Mercedes-Benz Kommersant-Weekend Golf Cup 2013 which took place on May 25th at the Kiev’s Golfstream Golf Club.

AstapovLawyers Partner Oleh Malskyy spoke on potentials and opportunities of the Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia at the III St. Petersburg International Legal Forum that took place on 15-18 May 2013.

AstapovLawyers Managing Partner Andrey Astapov and Associate Anna Kombikova attended the III St. Petersburg International Legal Forum which took place on 15-18 May 2013.

AstapovLawyers’ Senior Associate Ivan Lishchyna spoke at the press conference on Challenges and Opportunities of the Pro Bono Activities Development in Ukraine organized by the Ukrainian Legal Aid Foundation. The event took place as part of the Fourth All-Ukrainian Day of Pro Bono on 16 May 2013 in the press center of the Ukrainian national information agency Ukrinform.

AstapovLawyers International Law Group has been highly recognized by the UK’s authoritative legal directory Chambers Europe 2013 and well-respected local guide Ukrainian Law Firms: Handbook for foreign clients 2013.

Anna Arutunian has joined AstapovLawyers’ Moscow team as an Associate of the Dispute Resolution Department. Ms Arutunian has over 5 years of experience in representing clients in arbitration courts of all jurisdictions, including the Supreme Commercial Court of the Russian Federation, and in courts of general jurisdiction.

AstapovLawyers International Law Group, the NYSBA and the UBA held a joint seminar on New York law in international transactions & dispute resolutions. The event took place in Radisson Blu Kiev Podil on 18 April 2013.

 AstapovLawyers’ Senior Associate Maksym Uslisty spoke at the 11th International Atyrau Legal Conference in Kazakhstan organized by the Kazakhstan Petroleum Lawyers’ Association. The event took place on 19 April and was dedicated to current issues and analysis of practical application of laws to the oil and gas industry in Kazakhstan.

AstapovLawyers International Law Group has been recognized as the Best Law Firm of the Year in Ukraine within the UK-based Lawyers World Global Awards 2013. These are granted based on the online poll conducted among the peer lawyers and the readers of the Lawyers World Magazine, whose main area of interest is corporate law.

Kseniya Gagaeva has joined AstapovLawyers' Moscow team as an Associate of the Dispute Resolution Department. Ms Gagaeva is an attorney-at-law experienced in judicial protection of rights and interests of natural persons and legal entities, particularly, in troubled loans, bankruptcy, contractual and employment disputes.

AstapovLawyers International Law Group has been recommended by the Legal 500: Europe, Middle East & Africa 2013, the world’s largest legal referral guide. The research is based on the recommendations of clients, opinions of lawyers and information on company's client lists and transactions they have been involved in.

AstapovLawyers International Law Group has been named Natural Resources Law Firm of the Year in Russia by the UK-based Corporate Intl Magazine Legal Awards 2013. The award is granted on the basis of independent editorial research and client feedback.

The event took place in Tbilisi, Georgia on 1 April 2013. The conference was aimed at reconsideration of and attracting the Government’s attention to the problems impeding development of arbitration law and practice in Georgia.

The Ukrainian team of the Institute of International Relations of Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University has been awarded the prize for the Best Team from the Eastern European Regional Group at the 6th Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Competition. AstapovLawyers International Law Group acted as an official sponsor of the moot court, which took place in Frankfurt, Germany on 18-22 March 2013.