Dmitry represents clients in international commercial litigation, parallel proceedings and arbitration, as well as in Russian state courts of all levels. Dmitry is repeatedly recognised by authoritative international legal directories such as The Legal 500 and Best Lawyers.
“Dmitry Vlasov is a deep thinker and very committed lawyer who explores every angle” The Legal 500 EMEA, 2021
Dmitry specialises in contractual and corporate, damages and tort disputes, internal investigations, compliance and banking law issues, and international commercial arbitration. Dmitry is the author/co-author of over a dozen publications.
Examples of his work are given below.
Projects:
Participation in preparing of an expert opinion for the High Court of England in PJSC Tatneft v Bogolyubov & Ors on over a hundred issues of Russian law, including the possibility of bringing a tort claim against a company’s controlling persons in response to the company’s non-performance of contractual obligations bypassing the ‘competition of claims’
Participation in preparing an expert opinion and giving evidence before the High Court of England n a number of Russian law issues, including recovering damages in connection with the alleged rigging of an auction in the Yukos bankruptcy case. The team’s expert evidence helped to defeat a US$40m claim against the defendants.