Events and speaking engagements

In 2022, KK&P Trial Lawyers began to develop its Sanctions Practice as part of the comprehensive assistance it provides to business. Having accumulated extensive experience in handling complex projects in the context of the acute sanctions agenda, the firm decided to further improve its services by transferring the following services into an independent practice: defending […]

On 5 October, KK&P Managing Partner Maxim Kulkov will lead a session entitled Jurisdictional Collisions in Complex CIS Disputes: All Roads Lead to… at the ThoughtLeaders4 Fire, Disputes & Investigations: Central Asia event. Maxim will talk about recent trends in the application of Art 248.1 and 248.2 of the Russian Commercial Procedural Code (CPC), which […]

The pandemic and related travel restrictions, sanctions and the resulting inability to make payments, cyberattacks and information theft have had a major impact on international arbitration. The rejection of technology from “unfriendly countries” has also complicated the choice of arbitrators, who face the new “challenges” of the times. KK&P Managing Partner Maxim Kulkov is speaking […]

Artem Antonov, Dmitry Vlasov and Dmitry Ilin, previously KK&P Senior Associates, have been promoted to Counsel. “The position reflects a new stage in the lawyers’ professional development – the ability to independently lead projects, find and develop relations with clients and establish new practices“, – Maxim Kulkov, KK&P Managing Partner. For over 12 years, Artem […]

In 2023, the firm made submissions for six practices and, based on the results of the research, it was ranked in all of them, including for the new M&A of International Assets practice.   2023 results: The Best Legal Practices: federal ranking 1.               International Commercial Arbitration – Band I 2.               International Litigation – Band I […]

On 11 and 12 March, KK&P Senior Associate Sergey Lysov and Associate Luiza Movsisyan will act as arbitrators in online round of the moot. Teams will consider a fictitious dispute arising from the violation of an SPA and a drone supply agreement. The Claimant, a medium-sized producer of Unmanned Aerial Systems, sued for alleged breach […]

KK&P Managing Partner Maxim Kulkov will moderate the discussion session entitled The Impact of Sanctions on Drafting Dispute Resolution Clauses. The second session will cover issues related to choosing a neutral forum for sanctions related disputes. The other participants will be practising lawyers from Russia and the Middle East: Prof. Dr. H. Ercüment Erdem (Erdem […]

KK&P Trial Lawyers Senior Associate Sergey Lysov will take part in a discussion entitled New landscape of cross-border dispute resolution and arbitration, where he will analyse the topic of Disputes under Articles 248.1 and 248.2 of the Commercial Procedure Code of Russia and ways to mitigate risks in connection with potential judgments of Russian courts. […]

On 1 December, KK&P Managing Partner Maxim Kulkov participated in a session entitled ‘Old’ and ‘New’ Legal Market Players and spoke on issues relating to the transformation of the structure of the CIS legal market in the current circumstances. Maxim gave a presentation entitled Legal Services in Foreign Jurisdictions: Enfant Terrible vs Access to Justice […]