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Nikolai
Gagarin

Managing partner
Manager office Shmitovsky

Awards and Recognition

  • Honoured Lawyer of Russia
  • Gold Medal of F.N. Plevako
  • Order for Faithfulness to Legal Duty
  • Order of the Badge of Honour
  • Diploma and Bronze Bust of F.N. Plevako.
  • Laureate of the National Award of the Russian Federal Bar Association “For Honour and Dignity”
  • Name is recorded in the Moscow Bar Association Book of Honor “150 years of the Russian Bar”

Rankings

Participation in law-making

  • Federal Law No. 63-FZ of 31.05.2002 “On advocacy and the Bar in the Russian Federation”
  • The Code of Professional Ethics for Advocates
  • Federal Law No. 209-FZ of 24.07.2009 “On hunting and the conservation of hunting resources and on amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation”
  • Initiator of arbitration reform in the Russian Federation

Scientific activities

Co-author of the first article-by-article scientific and practical commentary to Federal Law No. 63-FZ of 31.05.2002 “On advocacy and the Bar in the Russian Federation”

Experience

Since 1982

Education

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Expertise

Civil law Сivil proceedings Corporate law Mergers and acquisitions Foreign Investments Real Estate Taxation

Key cases

  • The Client (a non-profit entity) was held liable under administrative law for avoiding the vaccination of wild animals in established hunting areas. The Commercial Courts of the Russian Federation and the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation found the charges to be lawful and on behalf of the Trustee an application was filed with the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation.
    The regulation contained in Clause 43 Part 3 of the Federal Law No. 209-FZ of 24.07.2009 “On hunting and the conservation of hunting resources and on amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation” was declared unconstitutional. The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation upheld the position stated in the application that the purchase of vaccine for anti-epizootic activities should be at the federal budget's expense and not at the expense of a non-profit organization.