A review session of the Expert Centre of Criminal Law and Enforcement of Court Orders was held online on January 26. Criminal Defense Firm Senior Partner Alexey Kasatkin is one of the experts of the Centre, who participated in the meeting.  Ekaterina Avdeeva, the Expert Centre Director, Anton Danilov-Danilyan, co-chairman of all-Russian public organisation Delovaya Rossiya and a member of the Government Law-Making Commission, Vladimir P...

On February 2, during a session of the Centre of Law Initiatives, Criminal Defense Firm Legal Assistant Daniil Gorkov presented reports ‘The Problematics of Law Enforcement of Articles 115, 116 of the Criminal Code of Russia’ and ‘Identification of Cryptocurrency in the Current Criminal Legislation’. In his report, Daniil revealed the necessity to identify cryptocurrency as property in criminal law and raised the issue of managing crypto-asse...

On January 20 Criminal Defense Firm Partners Alexey Novikov and Alexey Kasatkin were acknowledged by the Moscow City Commissioner for Entrepreneurs’ Rights Tatiana Mineeva for their individual contribution and teamwork in defending the rights of Moscow city entrepreneurs. The partners’ activities on drafting expert opinions for entrepreneurs who faced unreasonable criminal prosecution and developing crucial initiatives were highly evaluated.&n...

Forbes Club presented their first research on the best Russian law firms that defend interests of affluent clients. Criminal Defense Firm entered the list of top firms in Russia in nomination ‘Criminal Defense’ following the score and the requirements of the research: - Uniqueness and scale of projects; - Famous clients in the portfolio; - Strong position and solid reputation on the legal market; - International cooperation development; ...

The Russian Federal Bar Association (RFBA) board met the advocates and authors of Advokatskaya Gazeta and Rossiyskii Advokat on December 23.  President of RFBA Yury Pilipenko and VPs of RFBA Svetlana Volodina, Vadim Kluvgant, Gennadiy Sharov, frequent authors and experts to advocacy papers took part in the meeting.  They informally discussed development perspectives of Advokatskaya Gazeta and Rossiyskii Advokat, their opportunity t...

Alexey Kasatkin, Criminal Defense Firm Senior Partner, took part in the Federation Council Committee Expert Advisory Board on Constitutional Legislation and State Construction online meeting that was held on December 16.  At the meeting the experts focused on the following matters: - Legal regulations of genetics and biotechnologies on their current stage of development; - Trends in Tort Law. Further to the meeting, Alexey noted,...

Criminal Defense Firm Counsel, Doctor of Law, Professor Yury Garmaev, at the initiative and support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation was invited by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to participate in several UNODC conferences in Sharm El-Sheikh (Egypt).  As an expert on anti-corruption efforts and anti-corruption enlightenment, Yury Garmaev attended: - IX Session of the Conference of State Parties...

Tatiana Mineeva, Moscow City Commissioner for Entrepreneurs’ Rights, has endorsed Criminal Defense Firm’s initiative on formalising the definition of cryptocurrency in the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. This initiative will be included in the official report to the Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. The full article is available here. Alexey Kasatkin, Criminal Defense Firm Senior Partner, noted, ‘The number of criminal cases re...

A grand ceremony of legal firms ranking Pravo-300, the most extensive studies in Russia that brought together over 1000 representatives of the legal market, was held on December 2, 2021.  Criminal Defense Firm is recommended by Pravo-300 federal ranking in nomination ‘Criminal Law’.  Alexey Novikov, Managing Partner, noted, ‘I would like to thank our colleagues and clients for their trust. In return, we continue to strengthen our t...