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For about 20 years, a Swiss company has been supplying refractory materials and products to two Russian companies from a large Russian group in the metallurgical industry. The 2022 has made its own adjustments to the relationship between the parties. The buyers refused to pay under the contracts, referring, among other, to sanctions.
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A foreign supplier faced a severe breach of contract by a Russian buyer: after the delivery of goods worth over 1.2 million US dollars, full payment was never received. All attempts to settle the dispute pre-trial proved unsuccessful.
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When negotiations reached a dead end, and the Client lost hope for voluntary debt repayment, they...
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The Client received a notification in the "Gosuslugi" mobile app stating that applications for registering the transfer of ownership rights for four of his real estate properties to another person had been accepted at an MFC (Multifunctional Center). Upon obtaining the title transfer documents (which turned out to be gift agreements) from Rosreestr (The Federal Service fo...
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The dispute arose from a goods supply contract worth $3.8 million, concluded between a foreign supplier and a major Russian fashion retail chain. Despite the timely and proper delivery of quality products, the buyer evaded payment for a prolonged period, ignoring the supplier's claims.
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Case description: The Client, together with another major Russian company, invested in the launch of a new plant in one of the regions of Russia. Under the agreement with the partner, the Client became a minority shareholder of the new enterprise. However, three years after the launch of the joint project, the participants diverged in their approaches to business management.
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The client, a major international construction company, acted as the general contractor for a multipurpose center construction project in Moscow. A subcontractor initiated ICC arbitration proceedings against the client with the seat of arbitration in Sweden. Prior to this, the client and the subcontractor had entered into an agreement to reduce the contract price due to defects and delays in th...
As part of a complex bankruptcy case of a major entrepreneur, ongoing since 2019, the first-instance commercial court included a claim by a law firm in the creditors’ claims register for over 274 million rubles. In addition, the court recognized this debt as a joint debt of the former spouses.
At the appellate stage, lawyers from KIAP, Attorneys at Law, convinced the court t...
The former counterparty of the client — one of the largest Russian manufacturers and suppliers of plumbing fixtures—filed a lawsuit seeking recovery of lost profits after the repudiation of their contract.
The contract included provisions allowing for unilateral repudiation upon 90 days’ prior notice from one of the parties. KIAP’s client decided to repudiate the agreement befor...
Shakhtersk Sea Coal Port (UMPSh LLC), represented by KIAP, Attorneys at Law, had insured a marine tugboat under a CASCO policy that had operated for years at Shakhtersk port. In December 2023, severe weather conditions caused the vessel to run aground, resulting in its subsequent recognition as a constructive total loss. Following a two-year claims adjustment process and receipt of a pre-trial...
KIAP’s client is a leading coal supplier. The client entered into a series of contracts for the sale of coal with an Asian counterparty. In 2018, in the course of the load of the coal on the vessel provided by the buyer the vessel crane collapsed, causing damage to the chartered vessel. Said incident resulted in a dispute between the buyer and the vessel owners in a London-seated ad hoc arbitr...
Two years after an individual filed for bankruptcy, his wife sold a suburban land plot near a lake jointly owned by the spouses.
KIAP's lawyers representing the creditor supported the manager’s statement to challenge the transaction made to the detriment of creditors. The trial court dismissed the claim as the buyer was affiliated neither with the debtor nor his spouse. In add...
KIAP was contacted by the majority members of a company, who found themselves in a seemingly hopeless situation. Fraud committed by the CEO and, at the same time, minority member resulted in the company's losses amounting to tens of millions of RUB. However, the members could not dismiss the CEO as the Articles of Association provided for a unanimous resolution on early termination of his powe...
A corporate conflict regarding appointment of a new board of directors (“BoD”) caused by a death of an independent director was dragging on between the company's shareholders. The opponent tried to take advantage of counter-sanctions rules (provided for by Federal Law No. 292) in 2024. The opponent interpreted these norms in such a manner that only votes of the directors appointed to the BoD b...
The Employment, and Dispute Resolution teams successfully completed the court proceedings in an employment dispute involving a top manager, a foreign citizen, laid off due to downsizing.
As part of an intra-group reorganization, the client of KIAP, Attorneys at Law, decided to terminate the employment of an employee whose job was no longer relevant for the employer due to a change i...
KIAP Attorneys at Law's Corporate Practice team keeps representing Kirill Larin, the founder and CEO of eCredit, the innovative car loan platform, in the transaction with Yandex. eCredit platform is a one-stop service for choosing the loan and insurance offers for car owners. Yandex has purchased the entire company from the founder and has plans to integrate the platform that showcased high pe...
As part of the bankruptcy case, the creditor's application about inclusion of RUB 60 million in the register of creditors' claims was satisfied. Despite the fact that KIAP associates consistently insisted that the creditor was affiliated with the debtor and that no evidence existed that the loan was real, the appellate court left the order unchanged.
In the court of appellate instance KI...
Proceedings in a bankruptcy case revealed a prenuptial agreement provision that allowed the debtor, at his sole discretion, at any time foreclose from the bankruptcy estate three-quarters of the property by submitting a petition for a divorce with his spouse. After the divorce petition was submitted, the debtor's financial receiver filed a claim into the court that a separate provision of the ...
In the 1st half of 2022, multiple Russian companies encountered the blocking of their money transfers via foreign banks. Foreign authorities substantiated similar blocks by inclusion of money recipients or their banks into the designated persons lists.
Finding itself in the straits when a payer was unable to de-block or refund the blocked funds, and a creditor did not obtain the money, e...
As part of the bankruptcy case of a major construction company, the debtor's controlling entities were held vicariously liable for the company's obligations. However, while the application for bringing the debtor's controlling entities to vicarious liability was being considered, the courts in concurrent disputes granted the applications of new creditors for inclusion in the register, thereby ...
A Principal of the KIAP Law Firm participated in the proceedings in an Austrian court on the defendant's side. Following consideration of the case, the court declined to grant the plaintiff's requests, awarding the Principal of the KIAP Law Firm court costs totaling more than RUB 3.6 million. The KIAP Law Firm's attorneys were tasked with ensuring that the Austrian court's ruling be recognized...