Svetlana London took part in a web conference that was organised by Cordery. The webinar covered the scope of sanctions imposed by the EU on Russia. Svetlana gave the Russian perspective on the sanctions and also provided the participants with a brief overview of the Russian sanctions against other countries.

Svetlana London presented at the Anti-Corruption Statutes Panel organised by the New York State Bar Association at the International section’s seasonal meeting “Rebuilding the Transatlantic Marketplace: Austria and Central Europe as Catalysts for Entrepreneurship and Innovation”.

In 2014 The Legal 500 for the second 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:

… ‘outstanding’ team provides advice on M&A, joint ventures and other cross-border transactions with a Russian element. The office also handles multi-jurisdictional disputes and advises on compliance and regulatory issues. The highly regarded Svetlana London and Victoria Truffaut are recommended.’.

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.