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Pepeliaev Group Announces New Appointments Senior Associate Olga Syachinova has been appointed Head of the Special Projects Practice at Pepeliaev Group, while Senior Associate Petr Popov has been promoted to Counsel.

Lidia Gorshkova attended the Business Russia Conference with a Delegation of Member Companies from the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry On 18 August, Lidia Gorshkova, a Partner at Pepeliaev Group and Head of the firm’s Banking and Finance Practice, took part in a conference and a series of B2B meetings with a delegation of companies that are members of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI). The event was organised by Business Russia, the prominent association representing over 10,000 Russian businesses.

Alexander Kosov spoke at the meeting of the Customs and Transportation Committee of AmCham Russia Alexander Kosov, a partner at Pepeliaev Group, participated in the meeting of the Customs and Transportation Committee devoted to the topic “Including dividends and royalties in the customs value”. The event, which was organised by the American Chamber of Commerce, was held on 15 July 2025.

Valentina Orlova has proposed measures to fight ‘IT trolls’ at the joint hearing of the Public Council under Rospatent and the Russian public movement People’s Front On 18 July 2025, Valentina Orlova, head of the IP and Trademarks Practice at Pepeliaev Group, participated in a joint hearing of the Public Council under the Federal Service for Intellectual Property (abbreviated in Russian as ‘Rospatent’) and the Russian public movement People’s Front.

A delegation from Pepeliaev Group went on a business mission to China in June 2025 Between 21 and 29 June 2025, a delegation from Pepeliaev Group consisting of senior partner Rustem Ahmetshin and partners Natalia Stenina and Ilya Bolotnov visited China on a further business mission.

Experts from Pepeliaev Group discussed good-faith tax administration during a meeting of a work group at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry On 15 July, the work group met to discuss improvements to tax administration. The Expert Board for improving tax legislation, as well as administrative and judicial practice, under the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has resumed the group's work, managed by experts from Pepeliaev Group.