The online public talk was arranged jointly by the “Bankruptcy Club” National Association of Bankruptcy and Distressed Asset Managers and the Russian Arbitration Center. The speakers were renowned Russian arbitration and bankruptcy scholars and practitioners. Olesya Petrol, partner, took part in the discussion. A video is available here

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For two days, industry leaders from Russia, the USA, Switzerland, the UK, the Netherlands and Luxembourg shared their experience and knowledge with participants at the conference organised by FinTaxTOP. Partner Olesya Petrol spoke about the advance directives, a tool for personal and estate planning which is almost unknown and unregulated in Russia, but which works well abroad. Read more...

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Olesya Petrol was invited as a guest to the St. Petersburg Civil Law video podcast to discuss the ruling of the Civil Law Panel of the Russian Supreme Court in the case of Valentina Moldovan (ruling No 5-KG20-150-K2 dated 26 January 2021), in which the question of the impact of nuptial agreements on "new" and "old" creditors was raised. More details here.

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The Kommersant Best Law Firms 2021 ranking has been published. Petrol Chilikov was recognised in all key areas of the firm's practice: - Arbitration: Commercial Dispute Resolution (Mid-market); - International Commercial Arbitration; - International Litigation; - Family and Inheritance Law;: Disputes Over Divorce, Division of Property and Inherited Assets; - Family and...

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The final rounds of the Vis Moscow Pre-Moot took place online March 12^th to 14^th. Alexander Nazarov, Associate at Petrol Chilikov, acted as one of the arbitrators at this renowned moot court competition. Since 2010, the Moscow Pre-Moot has been a well-known forum bringing together hundreds of participants coming both from Russia and abroad, where student teams meet experts in international...

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The individual legal ranking Pravo-300 is published for the second time and marks the lawyers whose projects have received the highest rating within law firms’ ranking. The ranking analysts also assess special achievements over the past year and professional awards. Olesya Petrol

• Family and Inheritance Law – Tier 1

Egor Chilikov

• International Litigation – Tier 1
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Pravo.ru arranged the discussion on effective measures to minimise the negative effects of the acts committed by unscrupulous employees and strategies to combat corporate crime. Egor Chilikov, partner, moderated the session "Ways to Minimise Corporate Fraud and Conduct Effective Investigations" and presented algorithms for tracing and recovering assets from abroad in a related...

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From 11-16 January 2021, the Russian Institute of Modern Arbitration organized the Winter International Arbitration Academy called "Beyond the Imaginable Borders: Transformation of Arbitration". The program included five days of general and special courses covering various aspects of international arbitration, ranging from issues of validity and enforceability of arbitration agreements and...

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Partner Olesya Petrol together with the chairperson of the A1 Bar Association, conducted a session called "Transfer of Assets by Inheritance Through the Prism of Inheritance Disputes". They discussed the risks and disputes arising at different stages of transfer of assets by inheritance (estate planning, acceptance of inheritance). Read more about the conference arranged by Pravo.ru here.

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Partners Olesya Petrol and Egor Chilikov sat as arbiters of the semi-finals and finals of the Professor Mozolin Corporate Arbitration Moot Court (for details, follow this link) Olesya Petrol also spoke at the moot court side conference called "The Balance of Loyalty and Public Interest" (you can watch the video here)

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