After the outstanding success of The Lawyer European Awards 2010, The Lawyer once again turns its attention to recognizing the achievements of law firms based on the Continent.

This year the awards travel to Geneva where, on 28th September, Europe's finest lawyers will once again gather to celebrate the most outstanding work in the industry over the previous 12 months.

The CIS Leading Counsel Network, a professional network of nine leading law firms across the Commonwealth of Independent States (former Soviet Union), was shortlisted for the European Law Firm Network of the Year Award, along with well-established and reputed international legal networks, such as Ius Laboris, Lex Mundi, MSI Global Alliance, World Law Group.

The CIS LCN member for Russia, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners, was also shortlisted for The Lawyer European Award as Law Firm of the Year: Russia and The CIS.

The entry process is straightforward and uses a standard entry form with set fields to ensure consistent entries and a fair playing field for all firms.

Whittled down from hundreds of entries, the shortlist features firms from across Europe. Quality and innovation rather than size is the key to inclusion.

A panel of judges, including well travelled managing partners at private practice firms and in-house counsel at multinational companies, once again aids the selection process.

RULG contributes pro-bono services to the The Glory of Ukraine exhibition of spiritual and national treasures opened on February 11, 2011 at the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska. Dr. Irina Paliashvili participates in the opening of the exhibition and speaks at the Doing Business in Ukraine Luncheon and Workshop organized by the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC) in conjunction with the exhibition.