Researchers of the U.S. legal rating Best Lawyers named Capital Legal Services partner Irina Onikienko the best lawyer in labor law for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region. 

Capital Legal Services was ranked in the third group of the federal research of the litigation market in Russia among companies with the number of cases from 10 to 30 (per year). In 2020, the Dispute Resolution team successfully handled 14 cases with aggregate matter value of EUR 11.5 mln.

Finnish Atria group closed the deal on selling Pit Product LLC to the Cherkizovo group. Capital Legal Services provided support for the seller, together with Castrén & Snellman, acting as lead legal counsel. The deal price was 30 million euro.

The staff of Capital Legal Services joined the Memorial Garden event dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. As part of the event, on April 30, the participants planted barberry, lilac and jasmine bushes in a courtyard of a historical building on Troitsky Square.

The vice champion of TCR Russia Klim Gavrilov is taking part in the full TCR Europe season in 2021. He will be piloting the usual Audi RS3 LMS as part of the VRC Team.

On April 23, 2021, a concession agreement was signed for development of the Blagoveschensk airport for a term of 30 years, prepared with participation of lawyers of Capital Legal Services.

Recently, thanks to Capital Legal Services and Simmons & Simmons lawyers, the High Court of Hong Kong authorized the enforcement of the Russian court order on recovering unjust enrichment in connection with taxes paid.

The international rating agency Legal 500 traditionally names Capital Legal Services as one of the leading players on the Russian legal market in key areas. 

Capital Legal Services is the Russian legal advisor to Atria Group (Finland) in the sale of Pit-Product LLC (Pit-Product brand), a meat processing enterprise, to Agricultural Complex Mikhailovskiy LLC, a member of the Cherkizovo Group. 

Capital Legal Services once again confirmed its positions in a large-scale study of the international legal market prepared by Chambers & Partners.