№1 at Legal Run 2024

Oxana Balayan, founder of the leading consulting firm BALAYAN GROUP, took first place in the 11th International Legal Charity Run, Legal Run 2024, completing the 5 km distance in a record 26 minutes and 15 seconds.

For BALAYAN GROUP, the race turned into a true family celebration, thanks to the unity of the team and the enthusiastic support crew. Even professional cheerleaders came out to root for the team, greeting the finishers with cheers. Together with Russian largest running community BALAYAN GROUP surprised the organizers by hosting an Active Recovery Cool Down for the race participants.

Legal Run 2024, spanning a record fifty cities across fifteen countries and gathering 5,000 lawyers, is a charitable event. A total of eight million rubles was raised and donated to a charity fund.

The Legal Run was established in 2014 by prominent attorney Andrey Korelskiy, managing partner and founder of KIAP Law.

About

BALAYAN RUN is a community of entrepreneurs and top executives who share a passion for running, founded by Oxana Balayan, managing partner of BALAYAN GROUP, and a seasoned marathon runner (personal best 3:30:15 in Berlin, 2023). Each training session gathers professionals from various industries to exchange business insights and build valuable connections. These trainings take place in Russia, the UAE, and EU countries, and feature a business leader as a special guest. Among those who have run with us are Anton Elistatov, board member of Samolet Group; Ilya Slepov, founder, and co-owner of “Running Lab” stores, Dmitry Ozman, President of Forbes Club, development director of Forbes Russia and others.

BALAYAN GROUP is a leading consulting firm specializing in complex transactions and projects in M&A, IPOs, international development, and business restructuring, as well as Private Wealth & Investments. Its clients include major international and Russian companies, as well as private investors and entrepreneurs.