Daniil Zherdev
Senior Associate
Attorney at law
Attorney at Law, joined the KIAP team in 2020. Daniil's main specialization is support of bankruptcy cases, including subsidiary liability disputes and disputed transactions. He also assists in complex litigation, including commercial, real estate and construction disputes, as well as disputes arising from corporate conflicts.
Achievements
- Pravo-300 in 2024 personally recommends Daniil in 3 areas: Bankruptcy (mid market disputes), Real estate, land, construction (disputes), Dispute resolution in courts of general jurisdiction.
- Rated as a leader in "PRObankruptcy. Personal Lawyer Rankings 2024".
- Personally recommended by the international rating Best Lawyers 2022 (Dispute resolution).
News and Publications
On December 12, 2025, a grand award ceremony for the winners of the two main bankruptcy awards of the year – "Leaders PRObankruptcy. Legal Firms Ranking 2025" and "The Most Significant Bankruptcy Cases" by PRObankruptcy and the Bankruptcy Club – was held at the Radisson Collection Hotel Moscow.
Based on the results of the current year, KIAP, Attorneys at Law, confirmed a...
Success cases
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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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...
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...
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...