Kyiv, 23 December 2014 – AstapovLawyers International Law Group has become a legal partner of the tennis tournament “Amatour Christmas Mixed CUP”, which was organized by Amatour tennis club and held on 20 December in Olimpic Village (Kyiv).

Moscow-Almaty, 19 December 2014 - AstapovLawyers International Law Group has advised Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc on Russian and Kazakh law matters in connection with sale of gas turbine and compressor business for USD 1.32 billion to Siemens AG. Read more here.

Moscow, 9 December 2014 – AstapovLawyers International Law Group has been recognized as a leading law firm in Competition Law (Tier 2) and in Corporate/M&A (Tier 3) by one of the leading independent rating of law firms in Russia Pravo.Ru-300.

Kyiv, 9 December 2014 – Oleh Malskyy, Partner and Head of Corporate and M&A, shared his valuable insights on how to attract and retain clients at the 2^nd International Forum for Promotion of Legal Services, organized by Yuridicheskaya Practika on 4 December in Kyiv.

Kyiv, 4 December 2014 – Andrey Astapov, Managing Partner and Head of Dispute Resolution, and Oleh Malskyy, Partner and Head of Corporate and M&A, have been recognized as a leaders in Litigation and Trade & Customs respectively, according to the recent issue of Who`s Who Legal 2014.

Киев, 3 декабря 2014 – Международная юридическая группа AstapovLawyers информирует о том, что советник Иван Мищенко и старший юрист Владислав Резников вышли из состава фирмы с 1 ноября 2014 года.

Комментируя новость, Управляющий партнёр Андрей Астапов сказал: «Мы благодарим команду за многолетнюю совместную работу, реализацию ряда проектов и желаем успехов в достижении поставленных целей».

Kyiv, 20 November 2014 - Aleksey Kovryzhenko has joined AstapovLawyers International Law Group as a Counsel and Head of Distressed Assets Practice in the CIS region. 

Kyiv, 30 October 2014 - AstapovLawyers International Law Group has been named among the top firms in Energy and Infrastructure (Tier 2) by the annual IFLR1000 rating.

Kyiv, 27 October 2014 - Oleh Gromovoi, Counsel and Head of Litigation Department in Ukraine, held an interactive webinar on “Rules of Litigation Proceedings in Commercial Courts”. The webinar was organized by a web-portal Liga:Zakon and held on October 21.

Kyiv, 17 October 2014 - AstapovLawyers International Law Group has advised Lexmark International Technology S.A. (Switzerland) on legal matters pertaining to the signing of distribution agreement with a Ukrainian company. The advice included review and adjustments of the wholesaler contract, drafting arbitration clause and on Ukrainian law matters applicable to the contract.

Kyiv, 15 October 2014 – Natalia Meshcheriakova, Partner and Head of Intellectual Property Practice, spoke at the conference “Media Law” held on 10 October 2014. The event was organized by Television Industry Committee, a professional association of leading TV-channels and media agencies.

Kyiv, 8 October 2014 - AstapovLawyers International Law Group has recently advised KVV Group, a leading Ukrainian company which operates in scrap metal business, on potential acquisition of debt of Slovakia Steel Mills (SSM). The deal value is over EUR 168 million.

Kyiv, 7 October 2014 - AstapovLawyers International Law Group s pleased to announce it has become an official legal partner of the Ukrainian Tennis Federation. AstapovLawyers will provide full legal support to the Federation including advice on on-going matters, drafting and negotiating contracts, employment, tax and corporate issues. AstapovLawyers has become the first law firm to act as an official legal partner of the Ukrainian Tennis Federation.

Kyiv, 23 September 2014 - Ivan Lishchyna, Counsel, has taken part in the conference and students seminar “The relationship between alternative dispute resolution and ordinary courts: New trends in the Ukraine, Germany, Poland and other countries” organized in terms of collaboration with Institute for Eastern European Law, Munich. 

Kyiv, 22 September 2014 - AstapovLawyers International Law Group has successfully represented Delta Bank, one of the major Ukrainian banks, in a USD 71 million dispute against a Ukrainian tycoon, an owner of a significant agricultural group of companies in Ukraine.

On 12 September 2014, AstapovLawyers International Law Group has held a Compliance Workshop for employees of Energoatom, a national nuclear energy generating company. 

AstapovLawyers International Law Group has successfully represented Canon Russia in a dispute with a Russian retailor LLC Fotosintez (Foto.ru brand) on abuse of rights in the surety agreement. 

AstapovLawyers International Law Group represents interests of  KVV Group in potential acquisition of JSC “Liepajas Metalurgs”, Latvian biggest industrial enterprise as well as the only still mill in Baultic states.

AstapovLawyers International Law Group has been recognized TOP-3 band in corporate/M&A and tax in Ukraine according to the latest survey 2014 by KyivPost, a well-known English speaking edition. The survey findings are based on a peer review of 90 law firms, conducted by Kyiv Post in August 2014. 

International British financial magazine InterContinental Finance has named AstapovLawyers International Law Group M&A Law Firm of the year 2014 in Russia. The magazine provides comprehensive reports on market developments, highlights the best and outstanding advisors, financiers and banks across all continents, whilst displaying global transactional activity.