Legal defence and dispute resolution

SPECIALISATIONS

Our firm provides the full range of legal defence services in commercial courts, international commercial arbitration, and general jurisdiction courts.

Guided by our key principles and relying on our successful experience of handling court cases of all levels of complexity, we objectively assess a case’s prospects, the possibility of a positive decision and its actual enforcement.

Our team has experience in successfully resolving corporate, commercial, tax, insurance and banking
disputes, as well as disputes over real estate and debt recovery.

We provide the full range of services involving litigation support:

• pre-trial settlement and mediation

• development of a legal position and dispute tactics

• representation in court

• enforcement procedures support

We get what you need

99%

of cases won

The firm’s practice has been widely recognised by the professional community, and by the leading legal rating Pravo.ru-300 in the category “Arbitration”.

Formation of the law practice and handling of precedent-setting cases. Many of the practice’s projects have required, for a successful outcome, the use of creative tools and development of original systemic legal argumentation, and have therefore become positive precedents for clients and law enforcement practice in general.

Projects

Vanke Group
A major Chinese corporation

Acting for the client in litigation against a company that managed construction and reconstruction of the client’s properties in Moscow’s historical centre. In a series of disputes, the firm’s lawyers successfully maintained the client’s interests in the International Commercial Arbitration Court and in Russian commercial courts.
The project’s aggregate value is estimated at RUB 90 billion.

Benetton Russia
World leader in retail

The firm successfully acted for the client in disputes against major Russian banks (Sberbank, Promsvyazbank, Rosselkhozbank and others), achieving recovery of a total of RUB 595 million in bank guarantees.

EDIZIONE PROPERTY S.P.A.
A major Italian developer and retailer

Represented the interests of the Russian branch of the Italian developer in a dispute over recognition of title to a land plot accommodating a building belonging to the client. As part of the project, the lawyers ensured that the real estate complex was legally clear. The commercial value of the property complex rose substantially, allowing the client to sell it at an optimal price. The lawyers set an important precedent in recognition of title to real properties.

Inditex
World leader in retail

Acted for the client in a series of disputes with Rospotrebnadzor over claims associated with labelling, fulfilment of related instructions and accusations of technical regulation breaches. The lawyers succeeded in challenging and having a series of acts (about 50 court cases) invalidated, and preventing imposition of large fines (totalling about RUB 20 million). As a result, 100% of the disputes under the project were won and successful practice established of defending major retailers in disputes with Rospotrebnadzor.

Авиньон
Car dealership, official dealer of Renault

Acted for the client in a Commercial Court over recovery from the client of major loans to the sum of RUB 89 million. The lawyers managed to prove that the client had returned both the principal and the interest under the loan agreement. They developed a legal position enabling them to get round the traditional standard of proof in bankruptcy cases and to make sure that the dispute was heard with the bankrupt debtor’s participation on general civil law grounds, resulting in an outcome in the client’s favour.

Inditex
World leader in retail

Our firm has successfully challenged a series of related Rospotrebnadzor acts on the assumption that the client had breached consumers’ rights by prohibiting return of gift vouchers. The lawyers developed a comprehensive legal position based on the optional nature of a gift voucher and substantiated the legality of the client’s sales rules prohibiting return of gift vouchers. The case set a precedent since a totally opposite approach had been applied in arbitration practice, taking no account of the arguments and legal position prepared as part of the project. The option model with respect to gift vouchers is now applied actively by many other retailers.

Women'secret
World leader in retail

The lawyers succeeded in settling a rent dispute, achieving a substantial reduction in penalty and conclusion of an amicable agreement on optimal conditions. As a result of the strategy developed and use of the notary’s deposit for making settlements with a subtenant, control over which was claimed by the new owner of a retail centre, the client managed to avoid paying a large amount in penalties, fines and double rental, and additional disputes with the owner, while continuing to operate in the profitable retail centre.

Real Estate Management
Major international corporation

The lawyers undertook a complex of measures to recover a large rental and penalty debt. They provided for collection, analysis and preparation of the requisite documents, and comprehensive support during the disputes. The claims were granted in full, to an aggregate of RUB 200 million.