We adhere to our professional ethical standards developed in compliance with the International Code of Ethics of International Bar Association.

1. The lawyers from “Nektorov, Saveliev and Partners” shall at all times maintain the honor and dignity of their profession. They shall, in practice as well as in their private life, abstain from any behavior which may tend to discredit the profession of which they are members.

2. The lawyers from “Nektorov, Saveliev and Partners” shall preserve independence in the discharge of their professional duty. The lawyers from “Nektorov, Saveliev and Partners” shall not engage in any other business or occupation if by doing so they may cease to be independent.

3. The lawyers from “Nektorov, Saveliev and Partners” shall treat their professional colleagues with utmost courtesy and fairness. It is improper for the lawyers from “Nektorov, Saveliev and Partners” to accept a case unless they can handle it promptly and with due competence, without undue interference by the pressure of other work. 

4. Except where the law or custom of the business turn-over does not otherwise require, any oral or written communication between the lawyers from “Nektorov, Saveliev and Partners” shall in principle be accorded a confidential character.

5. The lawyers from “Nektorov, Saveliev and Partners” shall always maintain due respect towards the Court. The lawyers from “Nektorov, Saveliev and Partners” shall without fear defend the interests of their clients and without regard to any unpleasant consequences to themselves or to any other person. The lawyers from “Nektorov, Saveliev and Partners” shall never knowingly give to the Court incorrect information or advice which is to their knowledge contrary to the law.

6. It shall be considered improper for the lawyers from “Nektorov, Saveliev and Partners” to communicate about a particular case directly with any person whom they know to be represented in that case by another lawyer without the latter’s consent.

7. The lawyers from “Nektorov, Saveliev and Partners” shall at all times give clients a candid opinion on any case. They shall render assistance with scrupulous care and diligence. This applies also if they are assigned as counsel for an indigent person. The lawyers from “Nektorov, Saveliev and Partners” shall at any time be free to refuse to handle a case, unless it is assigned by a competent body. The lawyers from “Nektorov, Saveliev and Partners” should only withdraw from a case during its course for good cause, and if possible in such a manner that the client’s interests are not adversely affected. The loyal defence of a client’s case may never cause advocates to be other than perfectly candid, subject to any right of privilege to the contrary which clients choose them to exercise, or knowingly to go against the law.

8. The lawyers from “Nektorov, Saveliev and Partners” shall, when in the client’s interest, endeavor to reach a solution by settlement out of court rather than start legal proceedings. Lawyers should never stir up litigation.

9. The lawyers from “Nektorov, Saveliev and Partners” should not acquire a financial interest in the subject matter of a case which they are concluding. Neither should they, directly or indirectly, acquire property about which litigation is pending before the Court in which they practice.

10. The lawyers from “Nektorov, Saveliev and Partners” should never represent conflicting interests in litigation. In non-litigation matters, lawyers should do so only after having disclosed all conflicts or possible conflicts of interest to all parties concerned and only with their consent.

11. The lawyers from “Nektorov, Saveliev and Partners” should never disclose, unless lawfully ordered to do so by the Court or as required by Statute, what has been communicated to them in their capacity as lawyers even after they have ceased to be the client’s counsel. This duty extends to their partners, to junior lawyers assisting them and to other employees.

12. In pecuniary matters the lawyers from “Nektorov, Saveliev and Partners” shall be most punctual and diligent. They should never mingle funds of others with their own and they should at all times be able to refund money they hold for others. They shall not retain money they received for their clients for longer than is absolutely necessary.

13. The lawyers from “Nektorov, Saveliev and Partners” may require that a deposit is made to cover their expenses, but the deposit should be in accordance with the estimated amount of their charges and the probable expenses and labor required.

14. The lawyers from “Nektorov, Saveliev and Partners” shall never forget that they should put first not their right to compensation for their services, but the interests of their clients and the exigencies of the administration of justice. The Lawyer’s right to ask for a deposit or to demand payment of out of-pocket expenses and commitments, failing payment of which they may withdraw from the case or refuse to handle it, should never be exercised at a moment at which the client may be unable to find other assistance in time to prevent irreparable damage being done.

15. In case the lawyers from “Nektorov, Saveliev and Partners” engage a foreign colleague to advise on a case or to cooperate in handling it, they are responsible for the payment of the latter’s charges except where there has been express agreement to the contrary. When lawyers direct a client to a foreign colleague they are not responsible for the payment of the latter’s charges.