The Court of Appeal (England and Wales) has upheld the judgment of the High Court of England and Wales – where Maxim Kulkov (as a Russian law expert) defended the respondents’ position – which dismissed Oleg Deripaska’s claim against his former business partner regarding the Trekhgornaya Manufaktura site

In early February 2020, the Court of Appeal (England and Wales) dismissed the appeals by Mr Deripaska and Filatona Trading Limited against the judgment of the High Court of England and Wales in favour of Mr Chernukhin, former chairman of Vnesheconombank (VEB). The case which lasted for several years concerned the ownership dispute over a […]
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Maxim Kulkov’s expert evidence on Russian law in the High Court of England and Wales helped to defend the defendants from a US$40 million claim by the former management of YUKOS Oil Company

  “…where they differed I preferred the views of Mr Kulkov. He seemed to me to be the more objective, and to deliver his evidence more calmly…” Sir Michael Burton   In Yukos Finance B.V. & Ors v Stephen Lynch & Ors, the claimants (including former directors of Yukos Finance BV) alleged that, in 2007, […]
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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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Tatneft v Ukraine: court enforces $144 million award despite Moscow court’s findings on immunity of Ukraine’s property (Stavropol Court)

by Maxim Kulkov (Managing Partner), Kristina Aleksa (Associate), KK&P   In Case No. A40-67511/2017 (Moscow), A63-15521/2018 (Stavropol), the Stavropol Commercial Court granted Tatneft’s application to recognise and enforce an investment award. On 11 March 2019, the Stavropol Commercial Court granted enforcement of an investment award against Ukraine in favour of Russian oil company Tatneft. The […]
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KK&P defended two senior executives of a German holding against subsidiary liability amounting to 510 million roubles

KK&P Partner and head of the firm’s bankruptcy practice Nikolay Pokryshkin, and associate Olga Kokoz successfully defended two senior executives against subsidiary liability amounting to 510 million roubles for the bankruptcy of a Russian subsidiary. The courts held that even if certain controlling persons implemented liquidation measures and complete redistribution of the debtor-company’s assets in […]
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Maxim Kulkov to RBC on the transfer of Tatneft’s claim against Ukraine to the Commercial court of Stavropol Krai: it is likely that the judge decided that Ukraine’s cultural centre in Moscow cannot be recovered

Tatneft’s US$144 million claim against Ukraine has been transferred to the Commercial court of Stavropol Krai According to RBC’s correspondent inside the courtroom, the Commercial Court of Moscow has ruled to transfer Tatneft’s  US$144 million (US$112 million plus interest) claim against Ukraine on compensation recovery in the case of Ukrtatnafta to the Commercial court of […]
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In a fraud case against Vladimir Kekhman, the High Court of England and Wales ruled in favour of Bank of Moscow, on whose behalf Maxim Kulkov addressed the court as an expert witness on Russian law

KK&P Managing Partner Maxim Kulkov addressed the High Court of England and Wales as an expert witness on Russian law on behalf of Bank of Moscow in a case brought against the former head of JFC Group, Vladimir Kekhman, who was accused of obtaining substantial loans on the basis of falsified documents.  The opinions and […]
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One of KK&P’s insolvency cases has been listed among the Top-10 most interesting bankruptcy proceedings in Russia in 2017

KK&P’s partner, Nikolay Pokryshkin, and the firm’s team successfully represented the interests of Raiffeisen Bank and GALA-FORM in the bankruptcy proceedings of oil and gas companies Enisey and NGK Razvitie Regionov in which the total claims amounted to more than five billion roubles. Raiffeisen Bank acted as a collateral agent under the Syndicated Loan Facility, […]
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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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