Successful bankruptcy of a group of construction companies
A major property developer reached out to us for assistance. Two subsidiary companies of the client’s group of companies ran into difficulties with liquidation and bankruptcy procedures.
A major property developer reached out to us for assistance. Two subsidiary companies of the client’s group of companies ran into difficulties with liquidation and bankruptcy procedures.
Our client, the largest in Eastern Europe dealer of a premium car manufacturer, was in conflict with an importer, who declared the termination of the dealership contract, citing its right to do so in accordance with contract terms.
During the proceedings at the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, we have represented our client in a dispute with his former partner, who demanded the dissolution of a successfully operating joint venture, and the return of invested assets – shares, worth hundreds of millions of dollars, of a major Russian and international natural resources monopolist.
Tax Service resolved that our client, a major Russian car manufacturer was liable for taxes and fines totaling over 1.3 bln Rubles. The payment of claimed taxes and fines could have substantially affected the client’s financial standing, requiring a review of certain business processes, which would have required time and financial resources.
A major Russian publishing house retained us to represent its interests in three interconnected disputes with the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation. The Ministry carried out a tender to select a designated publication to publish official information.
At the time of retaining us, the client, the Inter-Regional Distribution Grid Company (IRDGC), was involved in two groups of disputes of vast importance. One group comprised of disputes between the IRDGC and guaranteed electricity supplier over electricity losses.
In this project, our primary objective was to find legal arguments and convincing evidence to allow the courts to review this dispute based on the merits of this particular case, rather than based on common practice, where courts typically side with the FAS and automatically recognize banks as violators of fair competition laws.
In this project, we had to prove the breach of contract by Don King, a famous American boxing promoter, who breached his contract by failing to deliver a fighter to a WBA world champion title bout.
A large pharmaceutical company decided to recover 1.6 billion rubles in lost profits from its competitor. The competitor had abused the right to trademark registration, depriving our client of selling a medicament for 18 months.