On October 3, 2017, a round table was held at SPIBA dedicated to block chains and crypto currencies.

The IP team of Capital Legal Services prepared and filed a lawsuit on behalf of TWIN Media against VGTRK due to breach of rights to the brand of The Night of the AD Eaters in Andrey Malakhov’s program Live on the Air (Pryamoi Efir).

Yesterday, Capital Legal Services and the major charity organization SOS Children’s Villages helping orphans and children in difficult family situations held a business breakfast “It is easy to be good to the others if…” The business breakfast was organized for the second time and appears to be a good tradition. Irina Onikienko, Partner of the firm, once again was co-organizer and moderator of the event.

Andrey Astanin has joined the Capital Legal Services team as Of Counsel of the Antitrust practice. Andrey’s portfolio consists of approximately 100 successfully completed cases including high-profile antitrust cases where he represented interests of Russian and international companies in the Russian FAS (Federal Antitrust Service) and commercial arbitration courts.

On September 27, 2017, a discussion of the SPIBA Legal Committee on reform of legislation on arbitration courts in Russia took place.

Pavel Karpunin gave a lecture in the Graduate School of Management of the St. Petersburg University in the context of regular international modules “Doing Business in Russia” held by the Graduate School together with top-tier foreign business schools from around the world.

On September 8, 2017, a meeting of members of the ICSC (International Council of Shopping Centers) was held in the headquarters of the Council in London. This time, the meeting was dedicated to the Russian retail market.

On August 25, 2017, an official meeting of representatives of the Russian Asian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RAUIE) and state authorities of Russia and China took place at the Embassy of the People's Republic of China. 

On August 24, 2017, an informal event for the business community of St. Petersburg was held on the occasion of 100 years of Finnish independence. The event took place at the Helsinki Centre.

On July 18, 2017 the round table “Main strategic tasks and systemic solutions as part of the court reform and reform of criminal legislation in the economic field” was held at the Federation Council Committee for constitutional legislation and state construction jointly with the Russian Federation Presidential Commissioner for Entrepreneurs’ Rights and the P. A. Stolypin Institute of Economic Growth, where Irina Onikienko, Partner of Capital Legal Services, member of the Council of the Federal Bar Association of the Russian Federation took part.