Our professional philosophy and approach to the practice of law is very simple: promptness, effectiveness, ethics, quality, innovation. These five characteristics of our international practice make us unique among competitors and valued by our Clients.

Promptness. We are a fast- paced results oriented firm. We do not like the process as such, we like the result. We thus concentrate on bringing to our Clients the most workable and cost effective solutions in the shortest time possible. Timing is critical: Bis dat qui cito dat.

Effectiveness. We are an effective firm. We see effectiveness as taking only the right steps that would lead only to the right results that benefit our Clients most. Effectiveness is also a cost effectiveness. By being effective we save our Clients" costs.

Ethics. We are the firm that takes ethics seriously. Our ethics is a firm basis of long term relationships of trust and confidence with our Clients. We value these relationships most; we value our ethics most.

We are selective in accepting new matters. We accept new cases only if we believe in the ultimate justice of representation. We believe that gives us an advantage. But when we take the case our clients can be rest assured that it is dealt with according to the highest standards of legal ethics. We are the first Law Firm in the CIS that has a Code of Ethical Conduct of its own - AstapovLawyers Code of Ethical Conduct.

Quality. We are a quality driven company. We strive to perfection for the benefit of our Clients. To us, "quality" means exceeding our Clients" expectations as regards both what we achieve for them and how we achieve that.

Innovation. We are the innovative firm. We are ready to meet challenges and prepared to bring our clients untraditional energetic solutions to their business matters.