On 27 June 2018 the results of the international legal rating Best Lawyers 2019 were published online. According to the rating results of the past year KIAP doubled the number of personal recommendations: 13 lawyers of KIAP, Attorneys at law, were named the leading lawyers in 9 practice areas:

• Andrey Korelskiy (Arbitration and Mediation, Litigation),

• Konstantin Astafiev (Criminal Defense, Labor and Employment Law, Litigation),

• Ilya Ischuk (Competition/Antitrust Law, Litigation),

• Anna Grishchenkova (Litigation),

• Andrey Zuykov (Arbitration and Mediation),

• Sergey Popov (Real Estate Law, Litigation),

• Daria Chernysh (Intellectual Property Law),

And for the first time:

• Alexey Sizov (Trade Law),

• Dmitry Shnaydman (Litigation),

• Irina Suspitcyna (Litigation),

• Ilya Dedkovskiy (Insolvency and Reorganization Law),

• Maxim Burda (Intellectual Property Law),

• Dmitry Kalinichenko (Criminal Defense).

Best Lawyers is one of the most influential publications in the global legal community. It publishes the ratings of outstanding lawyers put together based on the expert assessment of a lawyer’s professional level by fellow lawyers. The research is performed in 75 countries around the world. The Best Lawyer’s methods, developed by a cognominal company, have been practiced for more than 30 years.