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Permissible non-competition By incorporating a non-competition clause into an agreement, the parties to it usually seek to prevent any of them from enjoying an advantage. However, this tool, which is essentially aimed at safeguarding competition, may be used unfairly, for example, with a view to forming a cartel. In the Russian Federation, the legislative regulation of non-competition clauses still lacks clarity; therefore, it would be wise to address the experience of the European Union and, before using such tool, to request the relevant assessment from the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service.

Valentina Orlova figures at the top of the World Trademark Review – 1000 international rating Once more, the World Trademark Review-1000 has hailed Valentina Orlova, Head of the Intellectual Property and Trademarks Practice at Pepeliaev Group, as one of Russia's premier IP lawyers. She has been placed in Band 1 (Gold) in the "Individuals: prosecution and strategy" section for 2020. 

Pepeliaev Group is among the leaders of the Forbes rankings Pepeliaev Group has confirmed its leading positions on the Russian market of legal services. The firm has taken the 2nd place in the general rating and the 1st place in the category of the number of disputes with state authorities in the Forbes rating of the 20 best law firms. 

Elena Sokolovskaya spoke at the Antimonopoly Forum held by the Russian Corporate Counsel Association On 13 March, the Non-profit Partnership Corporate Counsel Association held its annual Antimonopoly Forum supported by the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (“FAS”). The experts discussed the most topical issues of antimonopoly legislation and the development of competition.

Valentina Orlova will be the lecturer on the programme “Intellectual property in the digital economy”

Valentina Orlova, the Head of the IP Practice at Pepeliaev Group, will be the lecturer on the professional skills programme in the area of intellectual property and the digital economy. 

Pepeliaev Group has demonstrated exceptional results in the Chambers Europe 2020 ratings

Our Tax and Employment Law Practices continue to be named in Band 1. In the individual ratings, the reviewers have given prominent placings to Managing Partner Sergey Pepeliaev (Eminent Practitioner), Partner Julia Borozdna (Band 1) and Head of the IP Practice Valentina Orlova (Band 1).