Ivan Kropachev
Ivan focuses on the resolution of commercial disputes in Russian state courts, as well as sanctions disputes involving foreign parties.
His professional interests include securing obligations, contract law, and international arbitration.
Projects:
Sanctions
Defending a French bank in disputes initiated by a chemicals industry company. The client issued bank guarantees securing contractor obligations in connection with the construction of a major industrial plant, which was suspended due to sanctions.
Since the contractors refused to refund the amounts paid for the work performed to the opponent, the latter filed a claim against the client in its capacity as the guarantor bank. The client rejected the claim, referring to sanctions.
The High Court of England dismissed the opponent’s claims. Following this decision, the opponent filed claims with Russian courts seeking recovery of damages from the client and ASI, prohibiting the client, as the guarantor bank, from initiating and continuing foreign proceedings related to the bank guarantees, as well as expressing an intention to join the client as co-defendant in such proceedings.
Defending a major U.S. bank in a number of disputes with Russian companies arising out of the blocking of the opponents’ money transfers with a total amount of over $1.5m caused by sanctions. Despite the disputes falling under the jurisdiction of US courts, the claimants applied to Russian courts on the basis of Article 248.1 of the RF Commercial Procedural Code.
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Defending a French bank in disputes initiated by a chemicals industry company. The client issued bank guarantees securing contractor obligations in connection with the construction of a major industrial plant, which was suspended due to sanctions.
Since the contractors refused to refund the amounts paid for the work performed to the opponent, the latter filed a claim against the client in its capacity as the guarantor bank. The client rejected the claim, referring to sanctions.
The High Court of England dismissed the opponent’s claims. Following this decision, the opponent filed claims with Russian courts seeking recovery of damages from the client and ASI, prohibiting the client, as the guarantor bank, from initiating and continuing foreign proceedings related to the bank guarantees, as well as expressing an intention to join the client as co-defendant in such proceedings.
Defending a major U.S. bank in a number of disputes with Russian companies arising out of the blocking of the opponents’ money transfers with a total amount of over $1.5m caused by sanctions. Despite the disputes falling under the jurisdiction of US courts, the claimants applied to Russian courts on the basis of Article 248.1 of the RF Commercial Procedural Code.
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