Head of the Tax Practice at Maxima Legal, Elena Kilinkarova was part of the jury for a contest organised by IFA on international taxation

On 29 April in Moscow the final of the sixth annual contest for young section of the Russian branch of the International Fiscal Association took place. The annual contest started in 2012 and consists of moot courts with mock cases between tax authorities and taxpayers on current matters of international taxation.

Elena Kilinkarova, Counsel at Maxima Legal, took part in the work of the jury in the final stage of the contest. In the role of judge were representatives of the Federal Tax Service as well as partners and lawyers from a number of law firms, including Clifford Chance, Dentons, Ernst and Young and Herbert Smith Freehills.

In the contest teams from a number of leading universities were represented, including Moscow State University, Higher School of Economics, Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Financial University and All-Russian Academy of Foreign Trade, Kutafin Moscow State Law University and Voronezh State University.