Experience

• • Sberbank in its successful challenge to the jurisdiction of the English High Court to hear a $300 million conspiracy claim brought by a subsidiary of Russian bank VTB.
  • Ant Group in its agreement to form joint ventures with Mail.ru Group, USM, MegaFon, and RDIF in payments and financial services.
  • A major Russian bank in multiple proceedings across a number of jurisdictions, including England, arising out of the financial collapse of a major international oil refinery.
  • A large Russian mining and metallurgical company at the pre-trial stage, including the settlement process, in a potential SCC arbitration against a major German engineering company related to the breach of a contractor agreement.
  • Two Cypriot companies in Russian courts in a $10 billion dispute over major stake of shares in a Russian public company.
  • A Cypriot investment holding in its defence in Russian courts against claims on invalidation of two share purchase agreements and 100% ownership of shares in a Russian company.
  • A Russian investment holding and its related co-defendants against USD 15 billion court claims related to ownership of shares in two blue chip Russian joint stock companies.
  • A Russian investment holding and its related co-defendants against USD 4 billion court claims related to ownership of shares in a Russian joint stock company.
  • A large Russian manufacturer of chemical products and several related defendants in proceedings brought before The High Court of Ireland by a number of shareholders of a Russian major company seeking damages in tort in relation to a challenge to jurisdiction and defending anti-suit injunction and anti-enforcement injunction applications filed by the plaintiffs.
  • A Russian holding company in connection with its pre-trial dispute against the largest steel producer related to purchase of a private coal company in Russia.
  • A large Turkish construction and development company in its defence against claim in Russian commercial courts brought by a minority shareholder related to mandatory tender offer.
  • The largest private generator and distributor of electricity and heat in Russia, in its defence against claims in Russian state commercial courts brought by several minority shareholders.
  • A Russian private bank in its dispute against a Russian businessman related to claim on debt recovery under the loan agreement and potential enforcement against the assets in France and Monaco.
  • A Russian airline in its defence against a claim of an international airport related to the longtime stay of the aircraft at the airport as a result of an accident.
  • A major American aircraft lease company in its multiple pre-trial disputes against Russian lessees on the termination of the lease agreements and repossession of the aircraft.
  • A leading American pharmaceutical company in a bankruptcy case of its Russian distributor.
  • A large investment company as co-defendant in Russian commercial court against claims brought by the Russian Ministry of Finance on recovery of losses related to financing of the import of agricultural products within the framework of state procurement.
  • Sberbank in proceedings filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York relating to contested foreclosures.
  • Tatneft in complex civil fraud proceedings in the English Commercial Court.
  • NLMK in its successful defence in the English High Court against an application to enforce a Russian arbitral award that had been set aside by the Russian courts.
  • A European consumer electronics retailer in potential claims against the lessor in connection with the termination of four long-term lease agreements for mega malls in Volgograd, Kazan, Togliatti and Ekaterinburg.
  • A large Russian investment company in its defence of an LCIA arbitration claim brought by a Russian individual, relating to a corporate dispute with respect to a manufacturing group.
  • A Cypriot company in a pre-trial dispute against a Russian individual related to the SPA in respect of shares in a large Russian handset retailer.
  • A large European media company in its claim in Russian state commercial court against the largest Russian TV channel on copyright infringement related to the highly rated TV show original format.
  • A German IT company with pre-trial settling of the dispute against a large Finnish milk producer related to the termination the agreement on development and licensing of software for logistic storage facility in Moscow region.
  • A large Russian car dealership and its beneficiary in the dispute against a Russian businessman related to debt recovery.
  • Pernod Ricard, in obtaining dismissal of ownership claims filed by a Russian Federation entity related to the Stolichnaya trademark.
  • A European consumer electronics retailer in its claim in Russian state commercial court against ZAO Centurion Alliance on the state registration of the Long Term Lease Agreement for Shop Centre EuroPark in Moscow.
  • NMLK in multiple disputes against a Turkish general contractor related to the construction one of the pelletizing facility.
  • A subsidiary of the Russian large steel company in its claim at the SCC arbitration in Stockholm against an Austrian engineering company in connection with numerous delays with the supply of the project documentation and production equipment.
  • A major Austrian engineering company before the state commercial court in the contesting of non-normative legal acts of the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service on cancellation of the auction results relating to the conclusion of the state contract on the design and construction of a hospital in the city of Sochi with a contract value over RUB 5 billion.
  • An international management and investment consulting company as claimant in international commercial arbitration (Gazprom Arbitration Court) in a dispute against a Russian energy consulting company over the debt recovery of more than EUR 1 million arising out of a service contract.
  • A German engineering company as respondent before the state commercial courts in a dispute against a governmental customer and the Russian Federal Medical-Biological Agency relating to the termination of the state EPC contract in respect of a blood preparation plant in the city of Kirov with a contract value exceeding RUB 7 billion.
  • A Russian sole entrepreneur as claimant in EUR 3.5 million international commercial arbitration (ICAC) against a German manufacturer of medical and hygienic products in a dispute over recovery of debt and losses incurred under an agency agreement relating to the construction of a factory in the Vladimir Region.
  • A German manufacturer of systems for the fiber and polymer industries as defendant in EUR 800,000 international commercial arbitration (Rosatom Arbitration Court) in a dispute against a Russian manufacturer of carbon fibres in a failure to perform the obligations under a supply contract.
  • A German construction company before the state commercial courts in a dispute with a Russian subcontractor regarding its failure to perform the obligations under a contract on construction of Tobolsk-Polymer Plant and a related dispute against a major Siberian bank in its refusal to pay EUR 5 million under the bank guarantee.
  • A major Russian developer in court proceedings regarding invalidation of the refusal to provide a land plot and to enter into a lease agreement for such land plot in respect of the construction of a residential building in Moscow.
  • An international concert company in its pre-trial dispute against a Russian state-owned concert organization on copyright infringement related to the original format of vocal battle show.