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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Russian Constitutional Court rules on provisional application of international treaties

  Maxim Kulkov (Managing Partner) and Sergey Lysov (Senior Associate), KK&P   In a Russian Constitutional Court Ruling of 24 December 2020 “On the clarification of the Resolution of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation of March 27, 2012 No. 8-P regarding the review of the constitutionality of paragraph 1 of Article 23 of the […]
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Sergey Lysov and Olga Kokoz have been recognised among Russia’s best young professionals in the field of arbitration practising in 2020

KK&P senior associates Sergey Lysov and Olga Kokoz were finalists in the Top 10 Young Arbitration Practitioners – a traditional RAA40 vote that identifies the best young professionals in the field of arbitration. Voting was held at the end of December 2020 among lawyers involved in international arbitration (both practising and studying it). In 2020, […]
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Saint-Petersburg Commercial Court denies recognition of LCIA arbitral award due to tribunal’s refusal to correct arithmetical mistake

  Maxim Kulkov (Managing partner) and Veronika Bulatova (Paralegal), KK&P   The Commercial Court of Saint-Petersburg and Leningrad Region has denied recognition of an LCIA award because of the tribunal’s refusal to correct an admitted error of computation. The claimant, Cypriot company Caledor Consulting Ltd, sought to enforce an LCIA award against a group of […]
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Commercial Court of Astrakhan Region enforces award rendered by Russian seated SCC tribunal

Maxim Kulkov (Managing Partner), Anna Chepurnaya (Paralegal), KK&P   In Case No. А06-2352/2020, the Commercial Court of the Astrakhan Region has ruled in favour of enforcing an arbitral award rendered by a Russian seated arbitral tribunal acting under the arbitration rules of a foreign institution that does not have the status of a permanent arbitration […]
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On 10 December Maxim Kulkov will present the topic of Application by Russian Courts of the Recent Novelties Protecting Sanctioned Companies at the VII Annual RAA Conference

Maxim Kulkov, managing partner of KK&P Trial Lawyers, will consider the recent novelties included in Russian Arbitration Procedure Code and their effect on Russian sanctioned companies. The following participants will discuss the challenges, trends and development perspectives for the practice of arbitration in Russia: Timur Aitkulov (partner, Clifford Chance), Pavel Boulatov (counsel, White & Case), […]
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Pravo.ru–300 2020 ranking: KK&P ranked first in all its practice areas

In 2020, KK&P took the leading positions in all the relevant categories of the Pravo.ru–300 ranking: Domestic Litigation (major disputes) (Group I) Bankruptcy (including disputes) (Group I) International arbitration (Group I) International litigation (Group I)   Pravo.ru–300 is Russia’s most extensive legal market research. It evaluates law firms’ project experience, and customer feedback on the […]
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Moscow Commercial Court upholds arbitration despite no arbitration agreement between parties

by Practical Law Arbitration, with KK&P   In Case No. А40-264409/2019, the Moscow Commercial Court upheld the first instance court’s refusal to annul an arbitration award despite the absence of an arbitration agreement   Nikolay Pokryshkin (Partner), Olga Kokoz (Senior Associate), KK&P   The Moscow Commercial Court has refused to quash the lower court’s judgment […]
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On 1 December Maxim Kulkov will cover the most important events in Russian dispute resolution practice of the past year

Maxim Kulkov, Managing Partner of KK&P Trial Lawyers, will consider the significant Russian legal practice events of 2020 at a roundtable discussion devoted to dispute resolution in Russia / the FSU. As well as Maxim, the following participants will discuss the development of their jurisdictions: Nicola Boulton (partner, Byrne and Partners LLP, UK); Stavros Pavlou […]
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Russian President signs law on amendments to Russian criminal code in relation to bribery of arbitrators

  Maxim Kulkov (Managing Partner) and Sergey Lysov (Senior Associate), KK&P   On 27 October 2020, the Russian President signed Law No. 352-FZ “On Amendments to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and Article 151 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation”. The law aims, for the first time, to criminalise bribery […]
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