The National Research University Higher School of Economics has held a graduation event for its masters of the compliance programme in which Pepeliaev Group took the role of partner

On Saturday, 18 June, the first graduation of masters under the programme Compliance and Prevention of Legal Risks took place at the Faculty of Law of the National Research University Higher School of Economics. Pepeliaev Group and the Laboratory for Anti-Corruption Policy have been partners of the programme since it was established in 2020.

32 persons completed the master’s compliance programme and 17 of them graduated with distinction.

Compliance and Prevention of Legal Risks is the only master’s compliance programme in Russia aimed at training specialists in the area of anti-corruption and regulatory compliance and managing corruption, regulatory and other non-commercial risks.

The Managing Partner of Pepeliaev Group Sergey Pepeliaev has been elected Chairman of the Academic Council of the master’s programme. The firm's Expert Sergey Taut is the co-manager of the programme from practice. The lecturers include the leading compliance experts of Russian and international corporations as well as representatives of state authorities.

More detailed information about the programme is available on the website of the National Research University Higher School ofEconomics.