Pavel Karpunin, Partner, Head of the Project Finance and Public-Private Partnership (PPP) practice, gave a lecture to heads and specialists of regional government authorities, development corporations, bodies and structures responsible for implementing PPP projects. 

On May 18, 2017, the discussion session “Lawmaking and business: positive cooperation” was held as part of the VII St. Petersburg International Legal Forum. Vladislav Zabrodin, Managing Partner at Capital Legal Services, spoke at the session.

On May 18, 2017, the SPIBA Legislation & Lobbying Committee held a Legal Debating Club dedicated to bankruptcy litigation:

success stories, practical aspects of supporting disputes and business expectations.

Pavel Karpunin, Partner at Capital Legal Services and head of the PPP and Project Finance practice, spoke at the VIII International Youth Legal Forum on the topic of “Infrastructure investments: experience of using public-private partnership mechanisms for infrastructure projects.”

Julia Antipova, Senior Associate of the PPP and Project Finance practice held a workshop for participants of the VIII International Youth Legal Forum which took place on May 15-16, 2017 as part of the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum 2017.

On May 16, 2017, Irina Akimova, Of Counsel and Head of the Antitrust practice spoke at the round table “Vital issues of applying antitrust law” which was held within the frameworks of SPBILF 2017. The Antirust Experts Association organized the event.

The Real Estate and Construction practice of Capital Legal Services participated once again with a stand at the XIV International Exhibition andREX Forum (Real Estate eXhibition), which took place at the Expocentre (Moscow) on April 25–27, 2017.

On April 26, 2017 in St. Petersburg a business breakfast “Time for doing Business in Finland” took place, organized by the Russian law firm Capital Legal Services and the Finnish firm Magnusson with the assistance of Finpro Russia (Invest in Finland), Rantalainen Accounting Services and Helsinki Centre

Of Counsel and the Head of Antitrust practice Irina Akimova moderated the session “Practice of applying antitrust legislation: case study” within the 4th regional scientific and practical conference “Vital issues of applying antitrust legislation: opinion of the regulator, business and experts,” which this time was held in Ekaterinburg. 

The II Compliance Case Forum was held on April 20 and 21 at Hilton Moscow Leningradskaya, where Senior Associate of the Antitrust practice Dmitry Gavrilenko gave a special report on “Methods for determination and assessment of antitrust risks.”