KK&P has been listed among the 12 best dispute resolution firms in Chambers Global 2018

The firm has been ranked Band III on the Russian legal services market in the international Chambers Global 2018 directory. In lawyers individual rating KK&P’s Managing Partner Maxim Kulkov has been ranked Band 1 in Dispute Resolution: Domestic – Russia category and Band 3 in Dispute Resolution: International – Russia category. Chambers Global 2018 points […]
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Maxim Kulkov to speak at C5’s 7th Annual International Disputes & Asset Recovery Involving Russian & CIS Parties Conference

KK&P’s Managing Partner Maxim Kulkov will be speaking in two conference sessions on 30 January. Maxim’s first speaking engagement at the conference will be during the ‘Investor Claims Involving Russian & CIS Corporate Entities and States’ session (10 – 11 a.m.), where he will discuss what kind of state assets an arbitral award can be […]
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Practical Law: Russian Supreme Court confirms claims concerning transfer or use of public property are not arbitrable and contrary to public policy (by Maxim Kulkov and Alexandra Chilikova)

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, reversing decisions of the lower courts, denied enforcement of an award granting foreclosure on a mortgaged municipal property, noting also that claims concerning the transfer or use of public property are not arbitrable. You may find the link to the original text here or download the pdf of […]
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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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Russian Supreme Court confirms lack of impartiality and independence where counsel on institutional list of arbitrators (KK&P’s Maxim Kulkov and Kristina Aleksa for Practical Law)

In Case No. 2-3969/2016, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation considered whether an arbitrator may represent a party in proceedings, even where that arbitrator is not appointed in those proceedings, but their name is included in the relevant institution’s list of arbitrators. The Supreme Court also considered whether the court of the first instance […]
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KK&P’s partner Oleg Kolotilov to speak at “The Best Trial Practices 2017” conference by Vedomosti on Tatneft v Ukraine investment dispute

On December 18 Oleg Kolotilov will speak on one of the largest disputes of 2017 in Russia concerning jurisdictional immunity of Ukraine before Russian courts. The outcome of the dispute is going to influence potential prospects of private investors’ possible claims against Russia regarding its assets abroad. Ukraine’s interests are represented by KK&P and Winston […]
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KK&P ranked among Top-5 Russian dispute resolution law firms in Pravo.ru–300 (2017) – the major Russian legal directory

In 2017 KK&P has been recognized by Pravo.ru–300 in the same four categories as in the previous year. The firm’s actual positions have mostly risen and are as follows: – Dispute Resolution – Tier I (previously II); – International Arbitration – Tier II (previously III); – Bankruptcy/Insolvency (including disputes) – Tier II (previously III); – […]
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Maxim Kulkov to represent crucial details of Ukraine v Tatneft investment dispute for professional audience

On 8th of December Maxim Kulkov, Managing Partner of KK&P, is taking part in the IX Annual Conference of the American Bar Association (ABA) in Moscow – “The Resolution of CIS-Related Business Disputes”. Maxim is speaking in roundtable discussion “Property of the state? Enforcement of judgments and arbitral awards against states and state-owned entities”. KK&P […]
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Maxim Kulkov will be speaking at a seminar “A Multi-Tier ADR Clause: Is It Efficient for Your International Transaction?” by ICDR Young & International and RАА40 (7 December)

KK&P’s Managing Partner Maxim Kulkov, Director of the Mediation Resource Centre at the RSPP (the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs), will share his experience and successfully completed extrajudicial dispute settlement projects. Those include out-of-court settlement of disputes relating to the construction of a shopping center, an accident in a warehouse for a logistics company, […]
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KK&P’s Managing Partner Maxim Kulkov to speak at ICC Russia 10th Annual International Arbitration Conference ‘Russia as a Place for Dispute Resolution’ (28 November 2017)

Maxim Kulkov‘s address will be focused on how financial rehabilitation or bankruptcy influences the arbitration agreement. Conference program: http://www.iccwbo.ru/meropriyatiya/2017/mezhdunarodnaya-arbitrazhnaya-konferentsiya-rossiya-kak-mesto-razresheniya-sporov/programma-eng/.  
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