On March 15, 2016, a team of associates from the Dispute Resolution practice at Capital Legal Services, headed by Partner Irina Onikienko, successfully ended a court dispute concerning claims of a passenger against an airline on full refund of ticket cost based on an international air transport agreement. The firm protected interests of one of the largest holding airlines in Europe and worldwide.

Last Friday, February 5, 2016, a road show for the project on the Khabarovsk bypass highway took place in Moscow. 

The governor of Khabarovsk Region, Vyacheslav Shport, introduced the project to Russian and foreign investors and spoke about its features, goals and specifics of implementation.

On October 12, 2015, Rimma Tolmacheva, Senior Associate at Capital Legal Services, spoke as an expert on infrastructure projects at a parliamentary hearing on the topic of “Prospects and practical aspects of implementing Federal Law No.224-FZ ‘On public-private partnership and municipal-private partnership in the Russian Federation and on amending certain regulatory acts of the Russian Federation.’” Rimma’s speech was part of a discussion of the prospects for activating investment activity and attracting private investments into the Russian economy. The results of the hearing are available online at http://www.duma.gov.ru/news/273/1326528/.

On September 25, 2015, an event devoted to the protection of personal data in the Russian Federation and latest amendments to the Personal Data Law was held in Helsinki.

Delovoy Peterburg drew up the sixth rating of lawyers. For the first time in a year and a half, the leading position was taken not by a court dispute or conflict, but transaction support. Dmitry Churin, Associate at Capital Legal Services, took first place.

Capital Legal Services team protected interests of a major international transportation company. The company has been excluded from an antitrust cartel investigation on the market of sea and ocean shipping.

The St. Petersburg office of Capital Legal Services together with the Russian-Asian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RASPP) held a meeting with representatives of Chinese business and Russian entrepreneurs. The topics discussed were the general principles of working in Russia and practical aspects of arranging and doing business.

The strategic forum “Transport Systems of Russia: Investing in Mobility and Integration” devoted to transport infrastructure development was held on July 2-3, 2015 in Moscow.

Major real estate players gathered on July 3, 2015 in the Kuntsevo Plaza Multifunctional Complex (19 Yartsevskaya Street, Moscow) for the RCSC Legal Section dedicated to current challenges in disputing cadastral value of real estate.