Commercial secrecy and confidentiality regimes in Russian law: article co-authored by Luiza Movsisyan for The Company Lawyer

KK&P Trial Lawyers Senior Associate Luiza Movsisyan co-authored an article with Dmitry Vlasov entitled Commercial secrecy and confidentiality regimes in Russian law – a test-drive by the High Court in the AutoStore v Ocado robots war patent dispute – which has been published in The Company Lawyer. The article considers the Russian law regulation of […]
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Insolvency of foreign companies in Russia: a new KK&P article for Global Restructuring Review

Previously, Russian courts firmly held the position that foreign companies’ insolvency was only possible in their home jurisdiction. However, in 2022 the investment climate in Russia changed and thorough protection of foreign investments was no longer required. Instead, the need for effective mechanisms to seize foreigners’ assets in Russia has increased. On February, the Russian […]
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Russian courts justify refusal to enforce arbitral award in favour of “unfriendly” parties by reference to counter-sanctions decrees

Maxim Kulkov (Managing Partner) and Nikita Chernyshenko (Associate), KK&P This article discusses the decisions of the Russian courts in Case No А32-47144/2022, which refused recognition and enforcement of a LCIA arbitral award, issued in favour of a party from a jurisdiction that had imposed sanctions on Russia. In refusing to recognise the award, the Russian […]
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Russian Tort Law in the Eyes of the English Courts – article by Dmitry Vlasov and Dmitry Ilin for The Company Lawyer

KK&P Trial Lawyers senior associates Dmitry Vlasov and Dmitry Ilin have written a series of two articles – Russian Tort Law in the Eyes of the English Courts – which have been published in The Company Lawyer. The articles consider application of Russian tort law by English courts in commercial fraud cases, they touch upon […]
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Russian Supreme Court upholds enforcement of SCC award rendered by tribunal seated in Russia

  Maxim Kulkov (Managing partner), Dmitry Vlasov (Senior Associate), Nikita Chernyshenko (Paralegal)   In Resolution No 306-ES21-5440, the Russian Supreme Court upheld the enforcement of an SCC arbitral award that was rendered by a Russia-seated tribunal even though the SCC does not have “permanent arbitral institution” status in Russia.   The facts of this case […]
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Sergey Lysov is a co-author of “Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in Russia and Former USSR States” publication

The recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in Russia is frequently in the focus of international law firms, third-party financers and users. With the detailed information that the book provides, practitioners will be able to understand how judicial developments in the covered jurisdictions have impacted the enforceability of arbitral awards, and how parties can […]
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KK&P Trial Lawyers took part in the 8th International Charity Lawyer Races Legal Run 2021

KK&P Trial Lawyer is a partner of the Legal Run 2021 charity event in aid of “Podari Zhizn” (Gift of Life) charity foundation. Due to a long adverse epidemiological situation, the event is organised in a hybrid mode: instead of mass races the participants take part in such a kind of flash mobs across the […]
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Maxim Kulkov and Dmitry Vlasov are co-authors of the chapter on Russia in the second edition of the guide Enforcement of Investment Treaty Arbitration Awards

Maxim Kulkov, KK&P Trial Lawyers Managing Partner, and Dmitry Vlasov, senior associate, co-authored the chapter on enforcement of investment treaty arbitration awards in Russia, together with Noah Rubins QC of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP.  The book was published by Globe Law and Business Ltd in January 2021. Section 3 (together with the table of contents […]
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Olga Kokoz for Kluwer Arbitration Blog: New Exclusive Competence of Russian Courts in International Sanctions-Related Disputes: Is It as Bad as It Sounds?

KK&P Senior Associate Olga Kokoz reviews key features of Russia’s recently adopted draft law granting persons and companies affected by the sanctions against Russia a right to transfer their international disputes to Russia and analyses how the new law is going to influence Russia-related disputes. The full text of the article is available here: http://arbitrationblog.kluwerarbitration.com/2020/07/29/new-exclusive-competence-of-russian-courts-in-international-sanctions-related-disputes-is-it-as-bad-as-it-sounds/.
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Global Restructuring Review published an article by KK&P on peculiarities of aircraft leasing and airline insolvency under Russian law

The authors – Nikolay Pokryshkin, KK&P partner and head of insolvency practice, Dmitry Vlasov, senior associate, and Anastasiya Shkvarova, associate, – consider specifics of aircraft leasing and airline insolvency in Russia (a case-study based on the Transaero bankruptcy case), the issues covered range from a characterisation and complex assessment of claims arising out of lease […]
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