On April 19, 2016, an event titled "Rent, purchase and investment into Real Estate 2016. Essential aspects" took place at the Moscow Marriott Novy Arbat Hotel under the auspices of the Russian-German Chamber of Commerce and was organized by the members of the legal committee. Artem Sirota as a speaker highlighted the legal niceties of lease agreements in crisis.

Amid the economic crisis the lease rate in foreign currency often complicates financial position of tenants making their business unprofitable. In his presentation Artem Sirota gave practical recommendations about the conclusion of potential lease agreements and also on compromising solutions in order to avoid reciprocal losses as the lessor as well as the tenant.