The best law firms of the Russian Federation started celebrating Lawyer's Day on December 2 at the annual awarding ceremony of the winners of the rating "Pravo-300". The guests of the event were the first to find out who this time became the best of the best in 35 categories. This year the structure of the rating has changed: nominations were divided into practices and industries. The special nominations have also been updated. Two categories have been added to them: anti-crisis support for business and clients. We tell you how the award ceremony went, share lawyers' experience of the turbulent period and their thoughts on the near future of the legal market.
Tuxedos, floor-length dresses, camera flashes, the atmosphere of festivity and awe - the guests of the thirteenth ceremony of awarding the leaders of the rating "Right-300" are about to find out who became number one in 2022. This year the winners are honored in the format of an evening show. Sparkling blitzes, special columns and truly star guests: this evening lawyers talked not only about deals, fees and market trends. They became participants in the Pravo.ru SHOW.
In the special rubric "How many beautiful... blitz!", Pravo.ru Editor-in-Chief Boris Boltyansky summarized the results of the outgoing year. In continuation of the phrase "Who surprised me is..." he shared that in 2022 he was impressed by the entire Russian legal market: "These people in the audience are able to overcome any crisis and any storm. They can come out of it dressed up, in tuxedos and with increased average revenue in the top 50 largest law firms." And when asked why this year can be remembered with a smile, the editor-in-chief noted that it is with a smile that one can go through any turbulence and overcome it without losing oneself.
Due to the challenges faced by Russia in 2022, two new nominations were added to the list of special nominations: Crisis Support for Business and Crisis Support for Clients. In these categories, companies presented cases where lawyers defended clients on sanctions issues and developed information projects.
The case of LEVEL Legal Services was recognized as the best project on anti-crisis support of the client. Since the assets of Russian investors were blocked due to EU sanctions against the National Settlement Depository, the company's lawyers are engaged in unblocking them in foreign depositories Euroclear and Clearstream.