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ART DE LEX advances its contribution to academic education

Leading professionals of the ART DE LEX antimonopoly practice for a long time have been working hard on the progress in educational field. Partner, Advocate, Head of Competition Practice, Yaroslav Kulik since 2015 teaches at the Department of Competition Law of the Kutafin Moscow University of Law. Counsel, Head of the group of competition practice Irina Akimova is the senior lecturer of the major or FAS Russia department of the Finance University under the Government of the Russian Federation, since 2015 she teaches there the discipline "Competitive Law" for bachelors and undergraduates of the specialty "Jurisprudence". Also since 2015, Irina teaches "Competitive Law" on the master's program at the Department of Entrepreneurial Law of the Moscow State University. Lomonosov Moscow State University.
Advancing the ART DE LEX tradition to give students the best professional knowledge and experience, since December 2017, the senior lawyer of the anti-trust practice Dmitry Gavrilenko started teaching. He reads the course on antimonopoly and tariff regulation of economy for the second year for the Masters level at the Faculty of Finance and Banking of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Service under the President of the Russian Federation.

Dmitry Gavrilenko believes that for future specialists in the financial sector, who are trained at the department headed by a large Russian financier, the former deputy chairman of the Central Bank of Russia and the ex-president of the Moscow Interbank Stock Exchange, Professor Konstantin Korishchenko, antitrust discipline is more than relevant.

The topic of competition is increasingly relevant in the agenda of the institutions for the development of the Russian economy. The need for qualified specialists here is growing rapidly. Just last week, the President of Russia signed a decree on the main directions of state policy in the development of competition. One of the key areas in it is the development of education in the specialty of "competitive law". In this field, even a scientific degree will now be awarded.

"The legal profession occupies a special place in the social structure: its best representatives, engaged in the private affairs of the client, do not disregard the goals of social development. We believe and are guided by the fact that our activity is aimed at improving the national sense of justice and in its share leads to the achievement of the ideal of a legal social state. That is why we encourage and support the teaching activities of our most experienced employees in every possible way, "says Dmitry Magonya, managing partner of ART DE LEX.