Success cases

OJSC “Lidskoe Pivo” (ААТ «Лідскае Піва»), the Belarusian manufacturer of Lidski kvass (a traditional rye-bread drink), had become aware of a locally manufactured kvass distributed in the Russian market under the same brand name “Lidksi”. Furthermore, the infringing product label designs were sim… »

The associates of the Employment practice of KIAP represented on a pro bono basis the interests of the largest public organization in Russia and it’s subsidiary in disputes with the General Director and former employees who previously held senior positions. The subject of several disputes c… »

KIAP lawyers provided legal assistance to Zvezda Shipbuilding complex within the preparation of documents and negotiations on the terms of the deal on the establishment of a joint venture with Samsung Heavy Industries. Zvezda Shipbuilding complex and Samsung Heavy Industries officially announced… »

When crossing the customs border, the Principal of KIAP, Attorneys at Law, was detained by officers of the Sheremetyevo customs for, in their view, violation of the rules on importing goods for personal use into the customs territory. Imported goods were seized, an administrative offense c… »

Based on the results of the customs audit, the customs authority came to the conclusion that the Principal of KIAP committed a series of administrative offenses concluding in a statement of inaccurate information on the classification of imported goods, which led to an underestimation of the amou… »

The Federal Agency for Transport Supervision (Rostransnadzor) concluded that the Principal of KIAP, a major international airline, had violated transport safety requirements, and therefore 9 cases of administrative offenses were filed against the airline. At the stage of the administrative … »

KIAP lawyers jointly with the Ukrainian colleagues from the “Antika” law firm for more than a year defended the interests of a Russian company in a dispute with a Ukrainian supplier at the ICAC at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. According to the results of several court hearings w… »

The dispute between two major participants of the Russian insurance market (parties of the contract of optional reinsurance) arose in connection with the improper performance by the Reinsurer of its obligations to pay reinsurance indemnity. The reinsurer, who made the insurance payment under the … »

Lawyers of KIAP, Attorneys at Law, successfully completed a dispute with the tax inspectorate in arbitration courts, initiated in defense of the Client - the largest international industrial group of companies. Tax accruals of the company were associated with the currently prevailing claims… »

The dispute was carried out in the interests of the Russian Сlient against the Italian equipment manufacturer and was related to the return of the advance payment under the supply contract and compensation for losses caused by the early termination of the contract. At the in-person hearing … »

KIAP lawyers have completed a tax structuring project of an international group of companies. Considering that over the past three years Russian and international tax legislation have undergone significant changes, KIAP lawyers have carried out a complex work on reassessing the a… »

KIAP lawyers won the court dispute on the results of the on-site tax audit of the international industrial holding. One of the contested claims was the important issue of the application of preferential rates of income tax of the special economic zone to income from accompanying types of … »

KIAP lawyers successfully prevented additional accruals on field tax audit of a large international company. More than 86% of tax claims, which were related to so-called unfair contractors, were annulled by the tax authority after lawyers of KIAP, Attorneys at law, have prepared an objection for … »

After the thorough analysis of the Principal’s import operations for the last three years’ period it was determined that during customs clearance of certain categories of products a lower customs duty rate could have been applied, so the Principal possessed a right for recovery of prev… »

A claim for recovery of unjustified enrichment arising from the contract for engineering and survey works was brought against the Principal of KIAP to the International arbitration court at the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In his turn the Principal filed a counterclaim for recover… »

KIAP lawyers presenting interests of defendant in a dispute connected with construction of luxury real estate in the center of Moscow have succeeded in settlement of this dispute in amicable way, approved in the ICAC of RF an arbitral award on agreed terms. The plaintiff (construction customer) … »

The case concerned the recovery of previously paid money under a counter-guarantee that ensured the performance of construction works by a subcontractor. The Bank argued that KIAP Principal unreasonably filed a claim under the bank guarantee as the subcontractor had per… »

KIAP lawyers successfully represented the interests of a large Korean insurance company, which specializes in marine and cargo insurance, as well as in agricultural risks in the East Asian region for more than 70 years, in a dispute arising from several reinsurance contracts. Specialis… »

KIAP lawyers successfully challenged additional charges resulting from field tax audit of the world's largest manufacturer of industrial goods. The company's claims were related to the alleged unjustified tax benefit resulting from business relationship with unscrupulous counterparties. … »

In the course of consideration of the dispute related to construction of VTB Arena KIAP lawyers managed to prove that the Principal doesn’t have any unfulfilled obligations to its contractor. The circumstances of this complicated case were investigated from the actual point of … »