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The Chair of Labor Law of the National Research University “Higher School of Economics” held on September 18 a round table with the participation of Boris Gorokhov, Chairman of the court jury on labor and social matters of the Court Board on civil cases of the Supreme Court of Russia. Distinguished representatives of scientific community, trade unions, employers, law firms and advocates’ community were among those invited. Lawyers Arthur Sabitov and Tatiana Samarina represented the Law Firm "YUST".

Three years ago, after a series of big crimes committed by militia officers, the Russian Penal Code was expanded to include a norm that made the work in the law enforcement agencies an aggravating circumstance for the accused – clause “o” of Article 63. However, there is no unanimity regarding its application, in particular to corrupt officers. Advocate Alexander Petrov of the Law Firm "YUST" commented on the problem for the Pravo.RU news portal.

The FAS permitted Ragato Management, an off-shore company of Mikhail Prokhorov, to purchase 30% of the shares of Kvadra, which the businessman has been trying to sell since 2011. According to information from non-official sources, the structures of Mr. Prokhorov have consolidated 81% of Kvadra’s shares, and that obliges them to make an offer to the minority shareholders, which they had avoided since 2008. Meanwhile, there is a resolution by the Plenum of the Higher Court of Arbitration in preparation that may oblige M/Prokhorov to offer to the Kvadra minority shareholders a price that is much higher than the current market price. Advocate Arthur Rokhlin, Partner of the Law Firm "YUST", commented on the situation for Kommersant.

This autumn, the experts’ community will discuss the amendments to the law on advocacy within the framework of the “Justice” program that was approved by the Government of Russia in April of 2013. One of the program’s purposes is introduction of the advocate’s monopoly in the Russian sphere of legal services. Yury Pilipenko, Managing Partner of the Law Firm "YUST", First Vice President of the Federal Chamber of Advocates, shared his expert’s views on the current situation with the “Direct Investments” magazine (No. 9, 2013).

The Law Firm "YUST"’s application was successfully drafted as a result of the additional selection of organizations in the nomination “Legal Counsel” for the state corporation “Deposits’ Insurance Agency” (DIA). The firm was included in the list of specialized organizations entitles to render services to the Agency during dissolution of credit organizations.

Pressured by the State, Domodedovo Airport disclosed its beneficiary. Quite expectedly, Dmitry Kamenschik was announced, just like before the IPO of 2011 that was not held. The matter of disclosure of the beneficiary is directly linked to the provision of public funding to the airport. However, it is not known, to what extent public officials will be satisfied with the information. First, such answer could be given anytime, and they clearly expected more. Second, sources of the Kommersant newspaper have stated that Mr. Kamenschik is, at the very least, not the only owner of Domodedovo. Advocate Alexander Bolomatov, Partner of the Law Firm "YUST", commented on the situation for journalists.

The annual golf tournament Lawyers Open – 2013 was held at the Moscow City Golf Club on September 8. This is an image event of the Moscow Advocates’ Club. Evgeny Zhilin and Advocate Alexander Bolomatov, Partners of the Law Firm "YUST", represented the Firm.

Evgeny Zhilin, Advocate, Doctor-at-Law Anna Kotova-Smolenskaya, Advocate Alexander Bolomatov were appointed Partners of the Law Firm "YUST" in September of 2013.

The IV Investment and Law Forum was successfully held in Arkhangelsk in May of 2013. Yury Pilipenko, Doctor-at-Law, Managing Partner of the Law Firm "YUST", delivered the opening speech. The New Advocate’s Newspaper (No. 17, 2013) publishes excerpts from his speech.

In early July, the President of the Russian Federation signed the law on consolidated supervision over the Russian banks, banking groups and bank holdings. The law enables the Central Bank of Russia to regulate and supervise in accordance with the international practice, and also opens possibilities to implement Basel-2 standards. A number of amendments deal with the business reputation requirements. Alexander Yevdokimov, Head of the Arbitration Court Practice of the Law Firm "YUST", commented on the novelties for the Echo Moskvy radio station.