Dispute Resolution
What we can do for you:
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Acting in pre-court dispute settlement
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Litigation with commercial state (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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Execution of foreign and domestic judgements
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Insolvency proceedings
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Due diligence review with regard to prospects for debt recovery
We have got an extensive experience in representing international corporate clients in more than 70 litigations before the Russian commercial state and ordinary courts. Also, as a general counsel of a development company, we have managed over 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, in 2019 we have successfully represented an Austrian bank in an independent guarantee-related litigation before the Arbitrazh Court of the City of Moscow.
Last disputes, in which we have acted for the client, include:
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Successful acting for a subsidiary of the German electricity company 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 (2022).
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Challenging of 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).
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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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Successful acting for an Austrian bank in recovery of guarantee (EUR 400,000) from a Rosatom subsidiary before the Arbitrazh Court of the City of Moscow and in enforcement procedures (2019).
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Successful acting for a German company in a labor dismissal case before a Moscow general court (2020).
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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 Region of Perm (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 a famous German fashion house in service of the German court summons addressed at the Russian debtor.
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Acting for a French radio software producer in reaching settlement of a dispute before the Arbitrazh Court of the City of Moscow.
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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 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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Acting for a German automotive company in a court dispute with a Russian consumer due to defects of the car before the ordinary court in Saint Petersburg.
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Acting for an US ATM's manufacturer in 8 cases of administrative violations connected with the currency control laws with the Arbitrazh and ordinary courts.
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Acting for a German food supplements manufacturing company 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 German hypermarket operator in a court dispute concerning recovery of advance payment on the basis of the design works’ agreement in the Arbitrazh Court of the Region of Moscow.
