Events

Colonel Andrei Grudzinsky, the head of the Russian Academy of Rocket and Artillery Sciences’ Scientific Center of High Technologies for the Creation of Weapons of Military and Special Equipment, was detained by the Basmanniy court on July 6.

For more than a year and a half now, information about the corporate conflict in Rostagrokompleks, the brainchild of the famous businessman Boris Aleksandrov, who passed away at the end of 2020, has been appearing in the public space.

The “Chess Lounge” – a blitz chess tournament and simultaneous play session – was held as part of the X St. Petersburg International Legal Forum’s sports program.

In anticipation of the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum, a special session on “Corporate Law and Criminal Liability in the Era of Sanctions” was held on June 29, 2022. Gofstein & Partners joined the event as a sponsor.

Gofstein & Partners was ranked amongst the top litigators.

The Future of Education and Risks for Business. Andrey Kozlov and Kirill Ermolenko spoke at the St. Petersburg Legal Summit.

Students of the Drafting School have completed the third module – “Commercial Contracts”. Since November 2021 the future lawyers have been preparing commercial offers, drafting due diligence reports, developing and negotiating the terms of several complex commercial deals. At the next stages our students will have to face deep analytical tasks.

In the program “Who’s the Power Here”, Dmitry Yampolsky, senior partner of the firm, talked with Anna Nemzer about the government’s reaction to charitable foundations and the role of non-profit organizations in the business world. Our colleague shared his understanding of openness, communication with the donators, and the ability to express gratitude.

Alexander Gofstein and Andrey Kozlov gave an interview to Kommersant for a special issue of “Leaders of the legal services market”, telling the publication in detail about the reasons for the merger.

In 2022, the firm was included in Kommersant’s list of the best legal practices in six categories:
– Commercial Dispute Resolution: high-end
– Foreign economic activity
– Mergers and Acquisitions of Russian Assets: high-end
– Matrimonial disputes, division of property, and inheritance
– Dispute Resolution in Labor and Migration Law
– Criminal Law: malfeasance in office