CIS Local Counsel Forum

In 2006, our firm successfully organized the first ever wide-scale meeting of the international legal community with the best Local Counsel law firms from the CIS economic region. The first CIS Local Counsel Forum was held in Kiev in June 2006 hosted by our firm, the second meeting - in Baku, Azerbaijan, in June 2007 hosted by Fina LLP, the third - in St. Petersburg, Russia on June 25-27, 2008, hosted by Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners, and the fourth - in Kiev on 24-26 June 2009 again hosted by our firm. The fifth anniversary meeting was held on June 23-25, 2010 in Minsk, hosted by Vlasova Mikhel & Partners.

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Leading Counsel Network (LCN)

In September 2009, our firm became a founding member and first rotating Chair of the CIS Leading Counsel Network (LCN), a professional network of nine leading law firms across the CIS economic region offering clients integrated multijurisdictional legal advice. The network brings together law firms in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and aims to combine highest international professional standards with a unique local insight in the regions, which are increasingly attracting international investments. The alliance enhances the cross-border capabilities of member firms in the CIS region and offers clients integrated teams, unparalleled resource base and access to the best local knowledge in each country.

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News Alerts

14 February 2012
Dr. Irina Paliashvili was the featured guest of the 14 February 2012 issue of Yurydychna Gazeta (Legal Newspaper), a leading legal publication in Ukraine.

Dr. Paliashvili’s interview was devoted to three topics: the CIS Local Counsel Forum as the main platform for legal community in the CIS economic region; recent trends of Ukraine’s legal market and developments in our law practice; and dynamic developments and new investment projects in the oil & gas sector.

1 February 2012
RULG attorneys, Yaroslav Shkvorets and Iryna Ostapenko, author a Chapter concerning Ukraine in International Product Liability - 2nd Edition, a book published by The Center for International Legal Studies jointly with Juris Publishing Inc.

The Ukraine Chapter is based on product liability legislation as of 1 March 2011. It discusses such issues as concepts of manufacturers' liability, contractual and non-contractual liability, choice of law and forum, available defenses and remedies, proximate cause, liability of other persons in the chain of distribution, obligations to recall, disclaimers and limitations on remedies, statutes of limitation, liability of corporate successors, insurance in product liability matters, and other topics.

20 December 2011
Dr. Irina Paliashvili's Comments on the International Bar Association's (IBA) 5th Annual Law Firm Management Conference in Moscow on 24-25 November 2011

RULG President, Dr. Irina Paliashvili, who was a panelist in the main plenary session of this Conference, shares her impression and comments on the 20 years of developing the legal market and professional community in Ukraine and in the broader CIS economic region. This Conference is one of the key annual events for legal practitioners, and it is presented by the IBA Law Firm Management Committee and supported by the IBA European Regional Forum in cooperation with LegalStudies.RU.

Результати 5-ої Ювілейної Міжнародної конференції «Управління Юридичною Фірмою» Міжнародної Асоціації Юристів (IBA)

Президент RULG, Ірина Паліашвілі у Юридичній Газеті поділилась результатами участі у 5-ій Ювілейній Міжнародній конференції «Управління Юридичною Фірмою» Міжнародної Асоціації Юристів (IBA). Конференція проводилась Комітетом IBA Управління Юридичною Фірмою та за підтримки IBA Європейського Регіонального Форуму у співпраці з LegalStudies.RU.

You may read Dr. Paliashvili's comments published in Yurydychna Gazeta, No. 51-52 (294) on 20 December 2011 in Ukrainian and a full version of the comments in English and Russian.

20 December 2011
Mid-Size Law Firms are Better Adaptable to Rapid Changes

RULG Counsel Ms. Lilia Gokieli shares her vision on current trends at Ukraine’s legal market and summarizes the results for our firm of 2011 - which was another busy and successful year - emphasizing the development of new practice areas, such as personal data protection and compliance, as well as active development of our established practice areas, such as oil & gas.

Середні фірми є найбільш пристосованими до швидких змін

Юрист RULG Лілія Гокієлі поділилась власним поглядом стосовно сучасних тенденцій юридичного ринку в умовах економічної кризи та підсумовує результати 2011 року для RULG - Ukrainian Legal Group як вдалого року за багатьма показниками.

You may read Ms. Gokieli's comments published in Yurydychna Gazeta, No. 51-52 (294) on 20 December 2011 in Ukrainian and a full version of the comments in English

14 November 2011

CIS Leading Counsel Network shortlisted for the British Legal Awards 2011 in the category European Legal Team of the Year

Nomination for the prestigious British Legal Awards reflects the outstanding professional level of the CIS Leading Counsel Network (CIS LCN), a pan-CIS network of the leading law firms that demonstrated their excellence advising on the Danone-Unimilk merger.

The British Legal Awards, hosted by a leading British publication Legal Week, set out to recognise the achievements of those law firms, teams and individuals who have performed most successfully during the last year. The shortlist and winners were chosen by an independent panel of judges made up of in-house lawyers, managing and senior partners and other senior business figures.

Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners (Russia), Vlasova, Mikhel & Partners (Belarus), Aequitas (Kazakhstan), RULG (Ukraine) and FINA (Azerbaijan) provided cross-border legal advice in the course of the Danone - Unimilk merger. Other members of the CIS LCN, namely Kalikova & Associates (Kyrgyzstan), Turcan Cazac (Moldova) and Ameria (Armenia) were also involved in the transaction providing merger control and compliance check in the respective jurisdictions.

"Shortlist for this prominent award is an evident result of our excellent team work which demonstrates highly effective cooperation between the CIS LCN alliance members sharing the same philosophy of professional standards both on the local and international level", said Dimitry Afanasiev, Co-Chair of the CIS LCN, Chairman of Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners.

CIS Leading Counsel Network – финалист премии British Legal Awards 2011 в категории "Юридическая команда года в Европе"

Номинация на престижную международную премию British Legal Awards 2011 стала заслуженным признанием высокого профессионального уровня объединенной команды ведущих юридических фирм СНГ, входящих в состав сети CIS Leading Counsel Network (CIS LCN) и принимавших участие в сопровождении сделки по слиянию активов Danone и Юнимилк в России и
СНГ.  

10 October 2011
RULG-Ukrainian Legal Group to Extend its International Connections

On 10 October 2011, RULG-Ukrainian Legal Group signed a cooperation memorandum with Cercle Economique France-Ukraine (CEFU), a French non-profit organization.

Cercle Economique France-Ukraine (CEFU) (French-Ukrainian Business Club) is a non-profit organization based in Alsace and Lorraine (France), founded in 1996, and cooperating with small and medium enterprises, government and non-government organizations.

The mission of the organization is to develop and promote business relations between France and Ukraine.

The organization focuses its mission to three directions:
  • Ukrainian market studies;
  • Economic an legal monitoring of Ukrainian market;
  • Organization of university conferences, meetings of the entrepreneurs, small and medium enterprises of the two countries.
For more details about the organization visit CEFU's official Web site in French and in Ukrainian.

23 September 2011
CIS Leading Counsel Network (LCN) to Act as the CIS Partner of International Awards Best Legal Departments - 2011

On October 28, 2011, the Renaissance Monarch Hotel in Moscow will host an awards ceremony of the International Awards Best Legal Departments - 2011. This year CIS Leading Counsel Network (LCN), a network bringing together leading law firms in the CIS, in which RULG represents Ukraine, will act as the contest's partner representing the CIS.

The Best Legal Departments - 2011 is an annual contest organized by leading legal publication The Corporate Lawyer and Wolters Kluwer. It assesses the work of legal departments in various categories. Over the past six years the contest has become the most prestigious professional award in the legal community. This year the contest will be attended not only by Russian nominees but also companies from the CIS countries.

The winners will be selected by the Expert Board members consisting of heads of legal departments, including last year's winners, and partners from the CIS leading law firms.

For more details about the contest please visit the event's web-site.

23 сентября 2011 г
CIS Leading Counsel Network (LCN) выступит партнером международного конкурса "Лучшие юридические департаменты – 2011"

28 октября 2011 года в отеле Renaissance Monarch в Москве состоится торжественная церемония награждения победителей международного конкурса "Лучшие юридические департаменты – 2011". В этом году в качестве СНГ-партнера Конкурса выступит CIS Leading Counsel Network (LCN) – сеть, объединяющая ведущие юридические фирмы в СНГ, в которой RULG представляет Украину.

Конкурс "Лучшие юридические департаменты – 2011", организованный ведущим юридическим изданием "Корпоративный юрист" и компанией Wolters Kluwer, ежегодно отмечает лучшие юридические департаменты в различных категориях. За 6 лет своего существования Конкурс стал самой престижной профессиональной наградой юридического сообщества. В этом году участие в конкурсе принимают не только российские номинанты, но и компании из стран СНГ.

Победителей определят члены Экспертного Совета, в который вошли руководители юридических департаментов, в том числе прошлогодние победители, а также партнеры ведущих юридических фирм СНГ.

С более детальной информацией о Конкурсе можно ознакомиться на сайте мероприятия.

9 August 2011
On September 7th in London The Lawyer, important British legal publication, supported by CIS Leading Counsel Network http://www.cislcn.com will welcome the legal market leaders from the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) economic region. The event will offer unique local insight and legal advice on doing business in key jurisdictions across the CIS region. Read it in English and Russian

9 August 2011
We are very pleased to announce that CIS Leading Counsel Network (LCN) http://www.cislcn.com in which our law firm represents Ukraine, was shortlisted for the European Law Firm Network of the Year Award by the prestigious The Lawyer European Awards 2011, which will be held on 28 September 2011 in Geneva

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