Dispute Resolution
What we can do for you:
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Acting in pre-court dispute settlement
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Litigation with the Commercial Court of the City of Moscow and other Russian commercial (Arbitrazh) courts
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Litigation with the courts of general jurisdiction (ordinary courts)
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Administrative disputes and litigations, such as ones relating to tax, exchange, competition and capital markets control
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Interim injunctions
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Expert witness reports and counter expert witness reports, expert opinions appointed by the court
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Execution of foreign judgements and arbitral awards
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Enforcement proceedings before the bank and the Federal Bailiffs Service (FSSP)
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Insolvency proceedings
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Due diligence review with regard to prospects for debt recovery
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Preparing expert opinions on issues of sanctions in international disputes before the Russian and foreign courts and international arbitration courts - such as no claims clause, etc.
We have got an extensive 30 years' experience in representing international corporate clients - such as DaimlerChrysler AG, BASF Aktiengeselllschaft, Oberbank AG or NCR - in more than 100 litigations before the Russian commercial state and ordinary courts.
Also, as a general counsel of a development company, we have managed further 100 cases involving disputes of the company with individual investors before ordinary courts and some 10 construction-related litigations with the commercial courts.
For instance, recently we have acted for an international construction company before the RF Constitutional Court and the RF Supreme Court in a case regarding implementation of the UN Security Council sanctions. Also, we have successfully represented the Austrian Oberbank in an independent guarantee-related litigation before the Arbitrazh Court of the City of Moscow.
Published articles and posts on issues of transnational litigation in English, German and Russian, especially, on enforcement of foreign awards and judgments in Russia.
Please see our publications on commercial litigation:
Filing a Suit in Russia, www.anwalt.de publication of 04.06.2020 (in German).
Cases, in which we have acted for the client, include:
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Successful acting for the Austrian Oberbank in recovery of guarantee from a Rosatom subsidiary before the court and in enforcement proceedings (2019). The 9th Appeal Arbitrazh Court awarded payment of EUR 450,000 debt, together with EUR 2.300 filing fee, in favour of our client bank (see the judgment). Also see our German comments in Karimullin, Atypische Garantien in der russischen Wirtschaftspraxis, anwalt.de.
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Successful acting for a subsidiary of the German electricity company Weidmueller in a dispute for recovery of purchase price before the Arbitrazh Court of the City of Moscow, including filing of extensive expert-witness reports and cross examination of expert witnesses (2021-2022). The court awarded payment of RUR 17 mln. - some EUR 170.000 - in favour of our client, whereas the Russian purchaser's counter statement of claim of RUR 45 mln. - EUR 450,000 - was dissatisfied.
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Successful acting for Weidmueller in a dispute for recovery of purchase price before the Arbitrazh Court of the City of Moscow, including obtaining execution writ and acting in enforcement proceedings (2022-2023). The court awarded payment of RUR 7 mln. - EUR 70,000 - in favour of our client.
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Acting for Weidmueller in insolvency proceedings before the Arbitrazh Court of the City of Moscow connected with recovery of security deposit from a bankrupt landlord (2022).
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Successful acting for the German company before the Arbitrazh Court of the City of Moscow in a case regarding confirmation of MKAS arbitral award (2022). The enforcement court issued a EUR 345,000 execution writ in favour of our client.
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Challenging a defected Russian official wording of the United Nations Security Council resolution as violating against its original English text based on pacta sunt servanda international law principle and infringing rights of a foreign company before the UN Sanctions Committee (New York), the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation and the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation (2021-2022).
- Successful acting for the German-Russian JV company ZAO Vossloh in series of administrative court disputes against the Russian capital market regulatory authority. The Arbitrazh Court of the City of Moscow declared its refusal to register the JV issue of stocks as illegal and imposed the authority's commitment to register it, as well as obligated the authority to recover a EUR 5,000 administrative penalty to our client.
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Successful acting for German chemical company BASF Aktiengesellschaft in three successful guarantee-related litigations against two subjects of the Russian Federation and a Russian sugar refinery in Arbitrazh Courts of Krasnodar, Tyumen and Belgorod (USD 2.7 mln), including successful 13 sugar freight cars' seizure under legal process based on the court's interim injunction. In follow-up to the cassation court's instructions, the Arbitrazh Court in Krasnodar satisfied the client's claim and imposed the guarantor's obligation to deliver 806 t sugar in favour of our client. See judgments in Russian, accompanied by German translation. Also see our German comments in Karimullin, Atypische Garantien in der russischen Wirtschaftspraxis, anwalt.de.
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Successful acting for a subsidiary of the German company in a labor dispute regarding dismissal of the sales manager absent from work without valid reason before Moscow ordinary court (2020). The rayon's court dissatisfied the employee's EUR 25,000 claim for payment for forced absence and moral damage.
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Successful acting for a subsidiary of the German cleaning company Dussmann in a dispute regarding the reemployment claim of the fired general manager. The labour court in Moscow dissatisfied his RUR 1.15 mln. payment claim for the forced absebce and moral damage.
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Successful acting for a subsidiary of the English company Tate & Lyle in a labor dispute against its dismissed employee in Moscow. The labor court dissatisfied the reemployment and payment claims of the employee.
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Successful acting for the Austrian paper supplier Europapier in commercial litigation regarding delivery debt payment before the Arbitrazh Court of the City of Moscow. The court awarded payment of EUR 43.000 - in favour of our client,
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Successful acting for a German company in obtaining of execution writ for an award of the Arbitration Court of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce before the Arbitrazh Court of the Perm Krai (2020). The court issued a EUR 1 mln. execution writ in favour of our client.
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Acting for an US ATM's manufacturer NCR in 8 cases of administrative violations connected with the currency control laws with the Arbitrazh and ordinary courts. In particular, an ordinary court in Moscow approved a judgment in favour of our client and reversed decree on RUR 4 mln. fine.
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Successful acting for the German construction chemicals manufacturer in pre-trial settlement of a labor dispute against its Russian general manager due to his unauthorized spending of the company funds (2022).
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Successful acting for a Cypriot lending company in a EUR 666,567 loan debt collection by means of sale of the mortgaged сlothing shop owned by a German individual and located in Moscow.
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Successful acting for the German trade mark owner in termination of cooperation and trade mark and know how licence agreements and pre-trial settlement of a dispute against the former Russian licensee - among others, on imposing omission of further use of a domain name in the .ru zone, which included the company name of the German trade mark owner. As a result, the Russian licensee discontinued use of this domain name.
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Acting for a leasing company of the Swedish truck manufacturer Scania Leasing in a claim for avoidance of the financial leasing agreement, recovery of 20 trucks and EUR 800,000 debt payment against the Russian lessee before the Arbitrazh Court of the Republic of Tatarstan.
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Successful acting for the German FLT Metall Handelsgesellschaft in enforcement of the Duesseldorf-seated Ad hoc arbitral award. The court in Moscow awarded USD 600.000 debt and interest payment in favour of our client.
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Successful acting for German chemical company BASF Aktiengesellschaft in enforcement of the Vienna VIAC award before the Court in Stavropol. The court awarded USD 1.1 mln. debt and interest payment in favour of our client.
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Successful acting for BASF Aktiengesellschaft in enforcement of the further VIAC award before the Court in Krasnodar. The court awarded USD 145,000 debt and interest payment in favour of our client
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Acting for a Russian tenant in a dispute regarding lease termination and decrease of the lease payments due to COVID lockdown measures before the Arbitrazh Court of the City of Moscow (2020).
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Acting for a Turkish construction company in a case regarding setting aside of the MKAS award before the Arbitrazh Court of the City of Moscow and the RF Supreme Court.
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Acting for the German fashion house Karl Lagerfeld in service of the German court summons addressed at the debtor in Novosibirsk.
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Successful acting for a French radio software producer Dalet in reaching settlement of a dispute against the Russian federal TV channel before the Arbitrazh Court of the City of Moscow.
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Successful acting for a trade company in 2 disputes against the German landlord arosen from office sublease and action of detinue before the Arbitrazh Court of the City of Moscow, which declined the action to recover the EUR 28,000 office equipment against our cliient.
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Acting for an Italian sole shareholder in an insolvency case regarding its Russian subsidiary with the Arbitrazh Court of Republic Tatarstan in connection with an investment dispute.
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Successful acting for the automotive company DaimlerChrysler AG in a court dispute with a Russian consumer due to defects of the Mercedes-Benz car before the ordinary court in Saint Petersburg. The cassation court reversed the USD 140,000 judgment due to a breach of the Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters of 15.11.1965 identified by ourselves
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Acting for Commerzbank in litigation regarding termination of office lease and recovery of damages before the Arbitrazh Court of the City of Moscow.
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Successful acting for the Dresdner Bank in stay of execution in relation to a USD 2 mln. stand-by letter of credit and reaching of the settlement agreement approved by the Arbitrazh Court of the City of Moscow.
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Successful acting for the German debtor in a case regarding issue of an execution writ for MKAS arbitral award before the Arbitrazh Court of Republic Mari El, which dissatisfied the creditor's application for its issue.
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Issue of an expert legal opinion for a Russian bank in a letter of credit-related dispute against the Dutch ING Bank before the Arbitrazh Court of the City of Moscow.
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Acting for a German hypermarket operator Hyperglobus iin a court dispute concerning recovery of EUR 500,000 advance payment on the basis of the design works’ agreement before the Arbitrazh Court of the Region of Moscow.
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Acting for a German food supplements manufacturing company G.C. Hahn in a dispute regarding outstanding payment of the purchase price according to the share purchase agreement concerning the former subsidiary OOO in Novosibirsk.
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Acting for a developer in a litigation against a general contractor in relation to recovery of retention payment before the Arbitrazh Court of the City of Moscow.
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Acting for the plot owner in a dispute on vindicatory action before the 2nd Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction in Saratov.
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Successful acting for the subsidiary of the Austrian paper supplier Europapier in litigations against the dismissed general manager and the group of affiliated companies before the Arbitrazh Court of the City of Moscow and the ordinary state courts in Samara, inter alia in connection with recovery of debts from delivery (asset stripping), challenge of the agreement for lease of the company apartment and its recovery from his illegal possession, as well as in the criminal proceedings against the dismissed general manager due to embezzlement of property and abuse of authority.
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Acting for the Russian subsidiary of American air-conditioning system’s manufacturer Trane Technologies in a dispute in relation to delivery agreement before the Arbitrazh Court of the City of Moscow.
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Acting for the German distance trade company Quelle in unilateral termination of the agency agreement with a Russian agent, as well as in a court dispute concerning recovery of property and penalty in the Arbitrazh Court of the City of Moscow (EUR 125,000).
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Acting for the German company in a dispute against the Russian supplier in relation to obligations to deliver the equipment and pay sanctions before the Arbitrazh Court of the Region of Penza.
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Acting for the Swedish automotive leasing company in a dispute relating to early rescission of a leasing agreement and recovery of damages before the Arbitrazh Court of the Republic of Tatarstan (EUR 700,000).
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Successful acting for the German meat-packing factory Suedfeisch GmbH in pre-trial settlement of a dispute on payment of the outstanding debt from delivery (USD 430,000) with a Russian debtor, drafting the agreement on repayment of debt and control over its fulfilment.
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Successful acting for a Russian publishing house before the ordinary court in Moscow challenging the new license agreement authorizing distribution of novels of Volkov A.M. The Wizard of Emerald City and others by the German publishing company, which violated against Universal Copyright Convention 1971, with participation of Germany and Russia.
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Acting for a Russian clothing shop operator in a dispute arising from a franchise agreement against the German licensor New Yorker (EUR 34 mln.).
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Preparation of detailed report for the Government Service Insurance System, Philippines in relation to obtaining of testimony from Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications, located in Moscow, for a foreign court dispute with regard to a debt from consortium credit (USD 11 mln.), correspondence with Intersputnik.
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Successful acting for a German magazine Der Spiegel in two defamation disputes before the Rayon Court in Moscow.