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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Olga Kokoz for Kluwer Arbitration Blog: Is There Room for Sanctions in Public Policy? Opposite Approaches in The Recent Case Law of the Ukrainian Supreme Court

KK&P Senior Associate Olga Kokoz analyses how, within the space of one month, the Ukrainian Supreme Court rendered contrasting judgments on whether or not sanctions may serve as a ground to deny enforcement of an international commercial arbitration award. The media pressure on the relevant judgements is taken into account. The full text of the […]
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KK&P to be a partner of the Legal Run 2019 charity event

KK&P will be a partner of the Legal Run 2019 charity event in aid of Podari Zhizn (Gift of Life) charity, which will be held on 8 June 2019 in the Central Park of the SKOLKOVO Innovation Center. The firm will also have a team running in the race and the KPP corporate cover band […]
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Maxim Kulkov is the author of a chapter on mediation in the book Dispute resolution in Russia: the essentials

Dispute resolution in Russia: the essentials is a collection of articles in English written by leading Russian experts in the field of dispute resolution. The book was published in Russia under the editorship of Dmitry Dedov and Alexander Molotnikov. Maxim Kulkov, managing partner of KK&P and Executive Director of Unified Mediation Services at the RSPP, […]
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KK&P prepared a Russian law legal opinion for the World Bank’s annual Doing Business report

An independent expert review was required to describe the court proceedings modelled by the World Bank in preparation for its index of protection of minority shareholders in Russia, which is one of the indicators used in the World Bank’s Doing Business ranking. The firm’s lawyers, led by Managing Partner Maxim Kulkov, gave a legal assessment […]
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Ukraine’s appeal to Russia’s Supreme Court on barring the enforcement of an investment treaty award worth US$144 million in favour of Tatneft covered by Global Arbitration Review (GAR)

The article highlights actual progression of the dispute between Tatneft and Ukraine (represented by KK&P and Winston & Strawn LLP) listed within 8 major disputes of 2017 by Kommersant and yet staying crucial for state immunity issues and thereafter for a number of other proceedings. Read on GAR: “Ukraine asks Russia’s top court to bar Tatneft enforcement” (login required).
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Global Investigations Review (GIR) has published a chapter prepared by Dmitry Vlasov and Elena Zaltser on asset recovery and confiscation by Russian authorities

Global Investigations Review (GIR) – The Practitioner’s Guide to Global Investigations has once again published a chapter in The European, Middle Eastern and African Investigations Review 2017 prepared by Dmitry Vlasov and Elena Zaltser on asset recovery and confiscation by Russian authorities (“Russia: Asset Recovery and Confiscation”).  The chapter discusses the regulatory framework for confiscation […]
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Dmitry Vlasov and Elena Zaltser have published a chapter for The European, Middle Eastern and African Investigations Review 2016

Dmitry Vlasov and Elena Zaltser are proud to publish the Russia: Asset Recovery and Confiscation chapter for The European, Middle Eastern and African Investigations Review 2016, in partnership with Global Investigations Review. This article discusses the regulatory framework for confiscation of assets by Russian authorities in criminal cases, confiscation under the Criminal Code, confiscation under the […]
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International Commercial Arbitration Review has published an article by Sergey Lysov, associate at KK&P

Sergey Lysov, an associate at KK&P, has written an article on Participation in arbitration proceedings of persons that were not signatories to the arbitration agreement, which has been published in International Commercial Arbitration Review (No. 1(10) 2015). Abstract: In most arbitration cases, parties and signatories to arbitration agreements coincide. However, a person, acting as an […]
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