Svetlana London participated in discussion jointly organised by Solicitors Regulation Authority, the Law Society and Russian Federal Chamber of Lawyers on SRA’s Qualified Lawyers Transfer Scheme and the opportunities it provides for Russian and CIS Lawyers.
Svetlana London gave a talk on QLTS examination within the “Introduction to legal services in the UK” program that the Law Society of England and Wales organised and held for the delegation of Russian lawyers. Svetlana has shared her experience of becoming an English solicitor via the QLTS route.
On 22 September we are running a seminar for private bankers, family offices, trust companies, real estate agents and accountants that will cover tax, property, marital agreements and other relationship issues, inheritance and trusts from both English and Russian law perspective.
For more information about this seminar please email Anna Plotnikova or call 020 7242 0484.
Press Release
8 September 2014
We are pleased to announce that we have re-branded from MGAP UK and going forward we will be known as CIS London and Partners LLP.
Driven by a growth in business, and client requirements, the firm over the past few years has been working with a broader range of legal experts across Russia, Kazakhstan and other CIS jurisdictions.
On 9 July 2014 we ran a workshop for lawyers from Ukraine and Azerbaijan on practical aspects of shareholders agreements and specifics of the dispute resolution in the UK.
Our managing partner Svetlana London and senior associate Elena Ivanova covered particular areas and discussed challenges that lawyers from the CIS may encounter while working on cross-border transactions governed by English law. We have shared our practical experience of working with English lawyers on various issues including provision of experts reports to English courts and use of due diligence findings while preparing transactional documents.
We have assisted a UK TV production company on filming of a documentary movie in Siberia, Russia. We have advised the client on a number of contractual, corporate, tax, migration, IP and regulatory issues including the obtaining of filming and forest related permits.
Our firm sponsored Russian veterans on the Victory Day evening in London on board HMS Belfast. The ceremony was a part of the Victory Day London project dedicated to the Arctic Convoys, the solidarity and the joint efforts of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy of Great Britain and Russian Navy servicemen, whose actions were an impressive and valuable contribution to the victory over fascism.
Svetlana London gave a talk on “Setting up effective structures for family philanthropy in Russia: a legal and financial perspective” covering development and evolution of family philanthropy in Russia, legal framework and challenges of funding long-term projects through endowing foundations and maximising efficiency through multijurisdictional structures confirming each subject on case study.
