selected as the only consulting body to perform legal support during the restructuring of the First Government Corporation Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies into Rosnano open joint-stock company. Law Group represented such leading Russian companies as Sberbank, Gazprom, and the state corporation Rostekhnologii. In 2006 Shumkov together with Oleg Kutafin, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, initiated the establishment of centers of pro bono legal assistance. As of 1 July 2015, 756 standing centers have been founded in Russia, where during 2011-2015 free qualified legal assistance was provided to more than 400 000 people. The Association of the Russian Lawyers encompasses 84 regional and more than 500 local offices, within the framework of which centers of pro bono legal assistance are in full function. Within the context of the project's development Shumkov subsidized the construction and instrumentation of two centers of legal initiatives at Lomonosov Moscow State and Kutafin Moscow State Law universities, by means of his charity fund. The goal of the centers is to get the academic communities of students and professors engaged with the discussion of the most essential state legislative acts, to aid in launching federal initiatives by citizens, and to develop Russian law studies around the world. The situation centers have access to the archives of the leading international and Russian libraries, including the Presidential one. Modern facilities of the centers provide an upscale connection with top universities and legal centers from all over the world. Not only does it provide students and professors with the opportunity to arrange online conferences and discussions, but it also allows for conducting international research on a wide range of pressing legal issues. Shumkov’s charity fund also financed the modern equipment placed at the facilities of the legal clinic of Saint Petersburg State University. From 2012 until his death Shumkov was the Chairperson of the Council of the Centre of Legal Initiatives (CLI). The CLI was established in accordance with the Russian Federation Presidential Decree of 17 July 2012 №1796 at the premises of some of the leading academic institutions of the Russian Federation, namely; the Law Department of the Moscow State University (MSU), the Law Department of Saint Petersburg State University (SPBGU), the Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL) and the Urals State Law University (USLA). The functions prescribed to the CLI include the collection and generalization of suggestions for improvement of the Civil Code of the