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Specialists of the Law Firm "YUST" spoke at the V Saint Petersburg International Legal Forum

03.06.2015
Specialists of the Law Firm "YUST" spoke at the V Saint Petersburg International Legal Forum

Specialists of the Law Firm "YUST" spoke at the V Saint Petersburg International Legal Forum (SPILF), which was held on May 26 - 30.

Evgeny Zhilin, Managing Partner of the Firm, stated that the V Forum was very informative and counted with a huge number of participants representing all branches of the legal profession, even from abroad. E.Zhilin said: “In my opinion, the Forum has been strengthened, became more interactive, and in actuality is one of the best discussion venues on the matters of law and development of the legal profession”.

Within the framework of the Forum, the Managing Partner of YUST spoke during the breakaway section “Practical matters of development of the Russo-Japanese investment projects”. E.Zhilin pointed out that the “panel came out very active, full of practical advice”. According to him, new instruments, which provide business with the so-called “leading development territories”, were discussed at the section. Such territories allow decreasing the number of administrative barriers. E.Zhilin stated: “I am convinced that the Russo-Japanese economic relations have a good potential for development, and the lawyers have the respective tools and know-how, which allow rendering efficient assistance to the Russian business acting in Japan as well as to Japanese companies, which establish themselves and are present in the Russian market”.

Partner of the Firm Anna Kotova-Smolenskaya prepared a report for the section “Regional development and investment climate: new legal solutions”. The specialist spoke about the legal novelties on the matters of implementation of infrastructure projects. In particular, new instruments suggested by the Federal Law “On the territories of leading social and economic development in the Russian Federation” (entered into force on March 30 of 2015) were discussed. The law aims at ensuring swift development of certain territories and for this purpose stipulates introduction of a special legal regime of business activity, which includes, inter alia, special conditions for city construction, taxation, formalization of employment relations etc. A.Kotova-Smolenskaya pointed out: “Creation of leading development territories (LDTs) in the Far East is perhaps the most widely discussed subject within the framework of implementation of large-scale investment projects and regional development. The experience of the Far-Eastern LDTs may be passed to other parts of Russia”.

Lee Seung-Min, Adviser of the Law Firm "YUST" and Advocate of the South Korean law firm Jipyong (our Firms are in a strategic alliance) also spoke during the same section. The specialist delivered the report “On increasing the investment attractiveness of the special leading development territories in the Russian Federation”. He also noticed the high level of organization of the Forum. Lee Seng-Min said: “It was an honor to be invited to speak at the Forum”. He also expressed his hopes of visiting the next year’s Forum.

Advocate Vasily Raudin, Head of the Bankruptcy Law Group, said: “The Forum has found a balance between new ideas of legal constructions and the legal practice”. He pointed out that “the latest legislative initiatives and newest judgments are discussed here”. According to him, the Forum is an excellent venue for a constructive dialogue between the advocates and the representatives of other professional legal corporations.

V.Raudin spoke at the Forum within the framework of the round table “Protection of business in the course of a bankruptcy”. In his speech, the specialist stated that it is much easier to prevent a bankruptcy than to terminate the case of insolvency of a company that has already been initiated. V.Raudin also said that “in this connection, the development of special anti-bankruptcy strategies, which are composed of a legal and commercial study of activity and the development forecast for the company, becomes greatly significant for maintenance of the business”. The specialist explained some peculiarities of such study on the example of said strategies, which Law Firm "YUST" offers to its clients.


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