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The annual conference of the Swiss-Russian Forum dedicated to the new investments opportunities in Switzerland and Russia was held on March 23. Yury Pilipenko, Managing Partner at the Law Firm "YUST", Alexey Popov, Partner at the Firm, and Evgeny Zhilin, Associated Partner at the Firm, represented the Firm at the event.

Within the framework of cooperation with the “Jurisprudence” section of the Youth Movement of the Managers Association of Russia, Advocates of the Law Firm "YUST" held master classes for students and post-graduates of the Moscow universities. Arthur Rokhlin, Partner at the Firm, and Alexander Yevdokimov, Head of the Arbitration Courts Practice, shared their advocacy practice experience of use of security measures provisions and of the norms on certain evidence types in the arbitration proceedings.

Denis Shumskiy, Advocate at the Law Firm "YUST", gave to the Russian Legal and Court Information Agency (RAPSI/rapsinews.ru) an expert’s commentary in relation with a dispute between a Dagestan singer and the Russian Rightholders Union (RRU).

Lawyers of the Law Firm "YUST" – Evgeny Zhilin, Associated Partner, and Alexander Evdokimov, Advocate, Head of the Arbitration and Court Practice, successfully represented the interests of “IT Services” LLC at the Board of the Supreme Court of Arbitration of the Russian Federation.

Maria Bilyk, Lawyer at the Law Firm "YUST", gave to Pravo.RU an expert’s commentary on the dispute between minority shareholders of the OJSC “Kirovsky Zavod” and the General Director of the joint-stock company.

“Statut”, a Russian legal literature publisher, issued the book “Football disputes settlement”. Mikhail Prokopets, head of the sports law group of the Law Firm "YUST", is one of its co-authors.

A practical seminar dedicated to English law, organized by the Law Firm "YUST" jointly with the English law firm Field Fisher Waterhouse, was held on February 29.

Advocate Arthur Rokhlin, Partner at the Law Firm "YUST", gave to the “Vedomosti” newspaper an expert’s commentary in relation to the dispute between TNK-BP Holding and a minority shareholder of the company.

Advocate Alexey Popov, Partner at the Law Firm "YUST", was interviewed by the PRIME Agency of economic information on the problems created for good faith business by the war on tax evadors, on the reasons why honest Russian companies flee to foreign jurisdictions, and who are the true fighters against shady business in Russia.

The XII Intersectoral Forum on intellectual property was held in Moscow on February 29 – March 1, 2012. Advocate Denis Shumskiy represented the Law Firm "YUST".