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Dispute resolution
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Clients say the Dispute Resolution team's advice is "always on time and to the point.
Winning the case for Stockmann Russia in St.Petersburg Arbitration Court against a third party in relation to constructual claims to change the building after state registration, with possible significant costs. more details
Advising Oriflame in a dispute with a contractor over defects in a constructed facility. The result was an amicable settlement on terms favourable for our client.
Acting as counsel for a Russian property developer in a dispute with the main contractor on an iconic Moscow office building. The dispute involves complaints about the interpretation of refund guarantees and performance bonds. The damages are estimated at a sum in excess of US$100 million (ICC).
Acted for the famous Dutch architect Erik Van Egeraat in several arbitration cases in Moscow and Stockholm relating to disputes over debt collection and compensation of more than USD 4 million for infringement of copyright to the architectural projects Capital City and Barvikha Hills. more details
Represented a major motor manufacturer in a litigation over a suit filed by the Assmann Beraten + Planen architects’ bureau with respect to an agreement on performance of design work. The outcome was that the claimant withdrew the suit and concluded an amicable agreement for a sum less than half of that originally claimed.
Represented Philips in a dispute with a landlord over rejection of a lease agreement for an office building. more details
Successfully acted for IKEA in a dispute over a land plot.
Successfully represented Panasonic Russia in its dispute against its former landlord that had illegally detained the client’s property after termination of the lease agreement.
Successfully defended Matra Petroleum in a dispute over the invalidation of the purchase of shares in a large Russian oil-extraction company. more details
Successfully acted for Caterpillar Financial in disputes over leasing agreements being recognized as invalid as bearing features of major transactions and interested-party transactions initiated by participants in/founders of the leasing recipients.
We have sucsessfuly represented Scania in connection with 2 litigations against its former dealer for recovery of a substantial debt deriving from supply contracts. more details
Successfully representation of a leading Korean car manufacturer in a dispute with its customer for car vindication.
Representing the interests of VOLKSWAGEN Group Rus in a series of disputes associated with termination of dealership agreements, recovery of debt and seizure of over 350 luxury cars.
Represented Brunswick Rail Leasing in its dispute with Mechel over termination of the wagon lease agreement and recovery of USD 21 million debt. The numerous court and arbitration cases around this dispute were settled on the terms favourable for our client. more details
For Caterpillar Financial, we successfully handled over 40 disputes, worth millions of US dollars in aggregate, relating to recovery of leased out vehicles. The cases were complicated by a need to manage lawsuits and enforcement proceedings in dozens of Russian courts located in different regions, from Kaliningrad to Sakhalin.
Defended CitiBank in its dispute with Schindler over the invalidation of payments under a bank guarantee issued by our client. more details
Represented Moscow Bank for Reconstruction and Development vs Finance Leasing Company. The USD 6 M claim under the loan agreement was satisfied in full.
Advised ING Bank in a USD 36 million international commercial arbitration claim against the RTM Group. The complexity of the case involved combining, into a single set of proceedings, claims against the borrower and against a dozen of its guarantors in the absence of their consent to be involved as parties to one case.
Acted for Gillette in a claim for compensation filed against Ost-West Allianz in connection with loss of cargo in transportation. more details
Acting for Caterpillar Financial in a dispute with UralSib for payment of insurance indemnity for burned construction equipment provided on lease.
Successfully defended Transnefteproduct in connection with lawsuit filed by Lukoil alleging unjustified enrichment for 350 million roubles in the process of petroleum product transportation. more details
Defended for Mars in a dispute where was required to remove the gas pipeline.
Successfully protected interests of Transnefteproduct in a court dispute with the antimonopoly authority over access to a pipeline. more details
We represented a famous Korean car manufacturer in a dispute with the Federal Anti-monopoly Service over the violation of competition law by provisions of an agreement on car manufacturing by licence.
Defended the rights of a Kronospan in a dispute with authorities over administrative fine levied for the violation of environmental legislation.
Acting for Mars, Estee Lauder, Brunswick Rail Leasing, VOLKSWAGEN, Caterpillar Financial, Aeroplex as a creditor in bankruptcy of a large companies.
Defended the interests of 2x2 TV channel against accusations by the Prosecutor’s Office of advocating extremist activities in connection with broadcasting cartoon South Park.
Successfully acted for Vimpelcom in court action with Gala Records concerning the alleged infringement of copyright and neighbouring rights as a result of a song by a famous Russian singer (Sergei Shnurov) being used in a TV commercial for our client’s services.
Represented FritoLay in a dispute involving patent infringement that might have resulted in a criminal case being initiated against the client.
Successfully protected the rights of Barilla G.e R. Fratelli S.A., Smartmoney G.P. and of several leading international companies in the fashion and cosmetics business, as well as one of the leading international company in the motor industry, in court disputes over unlawful use of the clients’ trade marks in domain names by Russian cyber-squatters.
Acting on behalf of Sick AG in Russia we successfully resolved several potential disputes over unlawful use of the client’s trademarks in domain name by third parties on the prejudicial stage.
We defended the interests of TechnoNICOL in a lawsuit for protection of business reputation filed by our client’s competitor.
Successfully acted for Philips, in a case brought by the Federal Anti-monopoly Service regarding the alleged circulation of unfair advertisements.
Advised Volkswagen, Peugeot, Nissan, Philips, and Mars on matters relating to consumer claims.
Representation of XX Century Fox in disputes with the Customs regarding inclusion of royalties payable for projection of movies in Russia to the customs value of the imported films. The Customs have lost and fully repaid the excessively collected duties to the client. more details
Represented the interests of Dupont in dispute with the Customs regarding classification of soy isolate. The Customs lost as a result misinterpretation of the HS explanatory notes and wrongful use of the method of assessment of protein quantity in soy isolate and concentrate.
Advised and acted for Central Partnership as part of the pre-trial resolution of a dispute over rights to the Match Point motion picture.
