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In the conditions of a long-term crisis, Russian law firms have to review their approach to development of current practices, however, they do not suffer from decrease of income... ...As a whole, the 2015 financial year was not a bad one for most law firms, and many managing partners of Russian law companies make optimistic predictions. Managing partner of YUST Law Firm Evgeny Zhilin told the supplement to RBK newspaper “St.Petersburg International Legal Forum - 2016” that in 2016 the increase of the firm’s income will constitute at least 15-20%. 

Many of the permanent participants of St. Petersburg International Legal Forum are expecting this business event in a festive mood. The creativity of organizers in terms of entertainment program is “to blame”. However, before enjoying the cultural events, the lawyers are hoping to work efficiently. Managing partner of YUSt Law Firm Evgeny Zhilin told the supplement to Kommersant newspaper (St. Petersburg) “Legal Forum” about his expectations from the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum in 2016

Adviser of YUST Law Firm Dmitry Seryogin discussed advertisement layouts presented before the Expert Council on Advertising in the TV show “An hour with OFAS” in the “Vechorka-TV” channel: Advertisement of the band Elisium, Advertisement of Roberto Bravo jewellery. See the video (link)

The Russian Ministry of Justice continues working on the draft law on special features of governing relations between an organization and its executives. It is necessary to make a clear distinction of governing these relations between civil and labor legislation. Specialists of the labor law practice of YUST Law Firm prepared their proposals for the law-makers.  Read more

The Presidium of the Council of Judges of the Russian Federation published the decision No. 502 of April 14, 2016 “On results of summarizing proposals on optimizing the judicial load in arbitration courts”. The document contains information on improvement measures already adopted in the latest years, as well as a number of proposals for further optimization of load in arbitration courts. Managing partner of YUST Law Firm, adviser of the Russian Federal Chamber of Advocates Evgeny Zhilin mentioned to New Advocate Newspaper that the proposals of the Council of Judges contain both positive and rather questionable points...

During the Central Bank’s purge of the Russian banking sector a large number of credit organizations lost their licenses. Under the law, the money deposited there by individuals are compensated through the Deposit Insurance Agency in full, but no more than 1,4 million rubles. Since last year the depositors who recovered their money through this mechanism have started complaining about constant calls to private cell phone numbers with offers of beneficial investments. Partner of YUST Law Firm Alexander Bolomatov discussed with Speaker.com portal how third persons get the depositors’ personal data...

Lawyer of YUST Law Firm Dmitry Smolnikov discussed with Vedomosti newspaper the communists’ appeal to the Constitutional Court against a provision under which the Mayor’s Office of Moscow demolished unauthorized structures

The Chambers 2016 rating for Russia has been published. A place in this rating is like a certificate of honor for lawyers that takes pride of place - a sign of top quality. And the “firm of the year” title is the Oscar in the field of law. Read more