MOSCOW, 12 January 2010 – Russian Law firm Yust will support the Russian Bid Committee in their campaign to win the right to host the 2018/2022 FIFA World Cup™. The company has signed an agreement with the bid committee which provides for substantial value-in-kind support in the area of legal advice.
Alexey Sorokin, CEO of the Bid Committee and the Russian Football Union (RFU), stated: “The compilation of the comprehensive bid documents as well as the coordination of our work with a large number of private and governmental stakeholders require a great deal of legal expertise.”
“With Yust, the Bid Committee can count on highly specialized knowledge in legal matters. We are very pleased that this firm, with whom RFU has been working for many years, joins us in our efforts.”
Law firm Yust (www.yust.ru/en/) offers business-related services to Russian and foreign companies in a large number of areas such as corporate law, banking and financial law, contract law, tax law, litigation, intellectual property and sports law. The firm has a significant number of private individual and corporate clients and also provides legal services to various branches of the federal and regional governments within the Russian Federation. Law firm Yust is also the official law consultant of the Football Union of Russia.
Igor Kondrashov, partner of Yust, commented: “A bid for an event such as the football World Cup requires a lot of work that interfaces between private companies, state companies and authorities. Yust is uniquely positioned to provide legal advice in these areas and we are pleased to work with the bid committee towards the goal of obtaining the right to host this prestigious tournament.”
For more information:
Russian Football Union Media Office
Phone: +7 (495) 926 13 00
Fax: +7 (495) 926 13 05
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Russia Bid Committee for the 2018/2022 FIFA World Cup™
Andreas Herren, International Media Coordinator
Mobile: +41 (79) 799 0046
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