CIS London & Partners team attended the Eastern Ukrainian forum of the Ukrainian Bar association that took place on 11-12 March 2016 in Kharkov. The forum consisted of several panel discussions and a business breakfast where Svetlana London presented the unique MBA (Legal Services) program. It was a delight to see the audience being genuinely interested in the topic.

CIS London & Partners ran a joint seminar with Mishcon de Reya on asset protection and wealth planning. Our colleagues from MdR have shared their experience in setting up the structures for safeguarding business & family capital. CIS London team has given the Russian law perspective, namely, the possible consequences and taxation issues of setting up international structures for Russian residents (including the application of the CFC rules).

Svetlana London was invited to speak within Skolkovo business school course for venture capitalists and business angels, covering the topic of structuring of venture deal.

CIS London & Partners gave a talk on the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Scheme followed by a joint presentation with BPP University on MBA (Legal Services) in Tbilisi, Georgia on 15 December 2015.

The seminar has “introduced” the MBA (Legal Services) programme to the Georgian market widening international career perspectives for Georgian lawyers and giving insight into the QLTS .

Impulse VC, one of Russia’s top-tier venture funds, has signed an investment agreement to acquire a stake in a breakthrough cloud video surveillance service, Ivideon.

Ivideon offers convenient video surveillance solutions that work on a wide range of devices. With as little as a webcam, users are empowered to monitor their premises remotely using laptops, computers and even smartphones.

Since its launch in late 2013, Impulse VC has been investing extensively in Internet markets and is one of Russia’s top-tier venture funds. In a recent deal, it has signed a $4 million investment agreement to acquire a stake in a breakthrough cloud video surveillance service, Ivideon.

CIS London & Partners has successfully assisted Impulse VC in both rounds of the deal.

Managing Partner of CIS London & Partners LLP Svetlana London talked on various issues and methods of implementation of certain provisions of English law in the law of Republic of Kazakhstan. The conference were organised by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

In 2015 The Legal 500 for the third consecutive year recognised CIS London & Partners LLP as a Tier 1 Foreign Law Firm in London for Russia. The Legal 500 in their UK edition referred to our firm as follows:

CIS London & Partners LLP’s clients include banks, financial institutions, SMEs and high-net-worth individuals. The highly regarded managing partner Svetlana London advises on Russian law, and the law of other CIS countries, in respect of M&A deals, joint ventures and cross-border transactions. The team also handles multi-jurisdictional disputes and advises on compliance and regulatory issues.

CIS London & Partners and BPP University run an information session on MBA (Legal Services) at the Moscow office of CIS London & Partners on 29 September 2015.

The seminar has become an “opening” event for the recently launched MBA (Legal Services) programme. Svetlana London, managing partner of CIS London & Partners, and Stuart Ansell, director of faculty and operation of BPP
Business School, gave a talk on the main aspects of the MBA programme and answered the questions of potential students.