The Supreme Court in its Review as of on judicial practice related to the application of legislation in the context of measures to combat the spread of COVID-19 No.3¹ (“Review”), paid special attention to issues in the field of tourism and air transportation.

On February 17, 2021, The Presidium of the Supreme Court approved the Review on certain matters of judicial practice in the context of measures to combat the spread of COVID-19 No.3¹ (“Review”). This is the third review by the Supreme Court containing legal positions on the application of law during a difficult sanitary and epidemiological situation.

March 18th 2021 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.  The Firm’s Intellectual Property practice has also entered the ranking this year.

Lidings demonstrates new achievements and takes advanced positions in the rating of the leading legal advisors in Russia based on the analytical research held annually by the “Kommersant” newspaper. Results of the new research published in a special supplement to Kommersant as of March 17, 2021.

Lidings’ dispute resolution practice partner Stepan Guzey will take part in the International Trade Legal Day organized by ICC Russia.

Starting from August 24, 2021, amendments¹ to the Federal Law “On Foreign Investments in the Russian Federation” regarding the procedure for accreditation of branches and representative offices (RO) of foreign legal entities will come into force.

Lidings’ managing partner Andrey Zelenin will take part in the round table discussion Pharmaceutical Industry in International Trade: Challenges and Prospects organized by ICC Russia.

Russian federal service for surveillance in healthcare (Roszdravnadzor) presented an overview of its control and supervisory activities for 2020. Below are the main conclusions of the Overview.

March 11, 2021 Pravo.ru-300 released its individual rating of lawyers. Based on the new rating Lidings managing partner Andrey Zelenin, partners Stepan Guzey and Alexander Popleyuk take top positions in key practice areas.