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Business-Magazine publishes an author column of Alexander Ermolenko, head of FBK Legal Corporate Practice where he expounds on Russian tax system. Alexander believes that the current changes are “a natural adjustment and an ordinary need” without which it would not be possible to manage the tax field. Alexander advises to pay attention to other, more important issues which are to be solved.
On February 2-3, 2012 International Tax Congress was held in Moscow organized by Chamber of Tax Advisers. FBK Legal was represented there by the head of Tax Litigation Practice, Alexei Yakovlev , who delivered during the session «Debt financing: Practical Aspects» his report dedicated to «Controlled Indebtedness: Its Definition and Complicated Issues».
Alexander Ermolenko, Head of FBK Legal Corporate Practice on-air of RBK TV commented upon the proposal Vladimir Putin made for VTB. The Prime Minister suggested buy-back of shares that were sold within people’s IPO of the bank in 2007 so that shareholders “would not bear any losses”.
Anna Grishchenkova, Manager of FBK Legal corporate and M&A practice in her interview to RBK Daily commented upon the statement of the head of Higher Arbitration Court, Anton Ivanov. According to the authority, in the near future the number of arbitration judges may decrease.
Andrey Shkadov, manager of Corporate Practice in FBK Legal offered some live comments on Russian visa policy for RBC TV channel. To go on tour to Moscow many foreign actors are forced to obtain another foreign passport. The price of one day work permit is fairly high. In order to simplify the task many promoters bring foreign celebrities under a tourist visa — it is much easier to get.
Aktual’naya Bukhgalteriya publishes an article of Ekaterina Golubeva, FBK Legal senior legal advisor dedicated to insurance rates for foreign citizens. The author reminds that revenue paid by insurance payers in favour of individuals under employment and civil-law contracts for implementing assignments are recognized to be subjected to insurance charges.
On December 19, 2011 Pravo.ru portal published its annual rating of major law firms on the Russian market – Pravo.Ru – 300. According to independent researchers, FBK Legal became Top-10 among the law firms in terms of amount of revenue.
On December 13, 2011 a session of RF CCI Committee for Private Enterprise and SME Development was held at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation. A number of new members joined then the Committee. Among them was Anna Grishchenkova, FBK Legal’s corporate and M&A practice manager.
The results of the open bid of the Ministry of Transport of Russia for research on “Development of Economically Reasonable Approaches to the System of Financial Guarantees of Passengers’ Rights under a Passenger Air Carriage Agreement” announced. According to the Bidding Committee’s decision the bid was won by FBK. “This research’s aim is to develop air carriers’ liability mandatory insurance scheme. We are very pleased to conduct it for the Ministry of Transport,” says Andrey Shkadov, Manager of Corporate Practice at FBK Legal.
The fifth annual international conference Law Firm Management took place on November 24-25 2001 in Moscow. The conference was organized by the European Forum of IBA and the IBA Law Firm Management Committee. Managers of Corporate Practice at FBK Legal Anna Grichenkova and Andrew Shkadov participated in discussions on the prospects of the development of the Russian legal services market until 2020.