Russian Parliament passes Bill on arbitration at first reading

The Russian Parliament has passed the Bill “On Arbitration” and “On the amendments to certain legislative acts” at the first reading. Maxim Kulkov (Managing Partner) and Elena Zaltser (Associate), KK&P On 1 July 2015, the State Duma (the lower house of the Russian Parliament) passed the Bill “On Arbitration” and “On the amendments to certain legislative […]
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Maxim Kulkov participated in the conference «Russia as a Place for Dispute Resolution»

On 9 December 2015 Maxim Kulkov participated in the conference «Russia as a Place for Dispute Resolution». Maxim spoke on «Application of Arbitration Clause to Non-Signatory Parties» and discussed future trends respecting extension of effects of arbitration agreements. Maxim described possibilities of using provisions of substantive law to extend such effects (vicarious liability, joint and several […]
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Maxim Kulkov was one of the speakers at the International Legal Forum, Minsk

On November 27, Maxim Kulkov participated as one of the speakers at the International Legal Forum held in Minsk. Maxim spoke about arbitration of construction disputes in Russia. Also Maxim was an arbitrator of the fourth ICC Lex Mercatoria International Student Competition on International Trade Law and International Commercial Arbitration. For more information re International Legal […]
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Maxim Kulkov participated in ABA’s Seventh Annual Conference on the Resolution of CIS-related business disputes

Maxim Kulkov participated in ABA’s Seventh Annual Conference on the Resolution of CIS-related business disputes held in Moscow on September 18, 2015. He was one of the moderators of the session “The “Deoffshorization” of Russia-Related Disputes”. His co-moderator was Maria Erokhova (Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences, Faculty of Law, Moscow, Russia). The term […]
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Maxim Kulkov was one of the speakers of the panel discussion at the annual ICDR Y&I Seminar in Moscow

Maxim Kulkov was one of the speakers of the Panel Discussion at the annual ICDR Y&I Seminar in Moscow. The Seminar “Resolving Small Claims Without Big Problems: Expedited Procedures in International Arbitration and Litigation” took place on Thursday, 17 September 2015 at the National Research University Higher School of Economics. The following experts also participated […]
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Maxim Kulkov has been elected one of the members of the new committee on appointments of the ICC Russia Commission

Maxim Kulkov, KK&P law firm’s managing partner, has been elected one of the members of the new Committee on Appointments of the ICC Russia Commission. The term for the new members started on 15 July 2015. Besides Maxim, the Committee will include Yulia Zagonek (White&Case), Alexander Muranov (Muranov, Chernyakov and Partners), Anton Asoskov and Sergey Lebedev […]
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The Commercial Court of Moscow has rendered a decision in which it held the 100% OJSC Paveletskaya share purchase agreement void

Vedomosti newspaper reports that at the end of May the Commercial Court of Moscow rendered a decision in which it held the 100% OJSC Paveletskaya share purchase agreement between the Cyprus company Simplecity Holdings Limited and LLC Igrada void. KK&P represented Simplecity Holdings Limited on behalf of the receivers appointed by the High Court of […]
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