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Andrei GRIGORYEV and Mikhail CHUGUNOV, legal trainees of the Law Firm "YUST", took part as jury members in the All-Russian Academic Competition in Law for School Students, held in Ufa on April 14-20, 2008.

Yury PILIPENKO, Managing Partner of the Law Firm “YUST”, took part in the IV Annual conference “Law Business in Russia”, held in Moscow on April 15-16, 2008.

The Law Firm “YUST” held a seminar for practicing lawyers, dedicated to “Contemporary Issues of Enforcement Practice in the field of Investing Activities, performed in the form of Capital Investment”.

By its ruling of 27 March 2008, the Federal Arbitration Court of the Northern-Western Circuit upheld the resolution of the Thirteenth Arbitration Court of Appeals of 27 December 2007 that dismissed the claims of CJSC “Cargo-Express” against OJSC “Klimov” (the city of Saint-Petersburg) for the collecting of value of promissory notes.

The Law firm “YUST” joined the leading Multinational Association of Independent Law Firms MULTILAW.

The Law firm “YUST”, jointly with the Russian Corporate Counsel Association (RCCA), held a discussion club session “M&A transactions in the Russian Federation: coordinating with the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the RF, Federal Financial Markets Service of Russia, Central Bank of the RF. Practical problems and offers on perfecting the legislation.”

Partners and lawyers of the Law firm “YUST were acknowledged leading experts in various fields of law in 2008 by the international reference book “European Legal Experts.”

The major juridical award of Russia - “Femida (Themis)” – was handed to Igor PASTUKHOV, Advocate of the Law Firm “YUST”.

Advocates and lawyers of the Law firm “YUST” participated in the work of the congress of the All-Russia public organization “Association of Lawyers of Russia” that took place on 29 January 2008 in the Hall of Columns of the House of Congresses (Moscow).

The Law firm “YUST” held a corporate New Year’s Eve party for its staff at the “Marriott Royal Aurora” hotel on Wednesday, 26 December 2007.