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The client preserved its status of an IT company and confirmed accreditation by the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and the Mass Media
The team of the practice advised the client on how it should preserve the status of an IT company. 
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Successfully defended the interests of a telecom company in a precedent-setting tax dispute which reached the Russian Constitutional Court
The team of the practice represented a large telecom company in courts of all levels where the commercial case was conducted, including during an appeal in Supreme and Constitutional Courts.
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Challenging additional assessments in favour of a major telecommunication company

Pepeliaev Group’s lawyers represented a client to which a tax authority had assessed additional profit tax on several grounds based on the results of a field tax audit. In doing so, the tax authority did not recognise a court decision which had been previously handed down in favour of the company, insisting that it had a right to specify additional grounds and ignore the previous court decision. Our lawyers managed to defend the client’s position on this point. The court stated that the tax authority should in any case comply with the previous decision of the court. And therefore the court has defended one of the fundamental principles of law that all state authorities should comply with court decisions. The total amount in dispute exceeded RUB 90 million.

Legal due diligence of the reports and accounts of one of the largest telecommunications companies

Pepeliaev Group’s lawyers conducted legal due diligence of the company's tax and accounting reporting documents and identified potential tax risks, offering recommendations for mitigating them. This allowed significant claims from the tax authorities to be avoided when a field tax audit was conducted.

Provided comprehensive defence of the interests of a group of companies: assets worth RUB 2 billion have been preserved

As part of a bankruptcy case, Pepeliaev Group's lawyers represented major telecommunications company Sitronics as a creditor, a former shareholder and a counterparty of the debtor, as well as acted for other companies within the group. Our lawyers successfully defended the client in nine proceedings in which transactions were contested. This made it possible to retain the group's assets worth RUB 2 billion. Moreover, our specialists managed to have a claim denied for secondary liability to be imposed on the client and on the debtor's director. The project is interesting because it involves multiple aspects and it forms case law relating to the regulations on secondary liability being applied over time. 

Developing and implementing a system of antitrust compliance for MTS

The firm’s Antitrust Practice provided legal support to a major Russian mobile operator when it developed and implemented a compliance system. The project handled by Pepeliaev Group’s lawyers for MTS was among the first of its kind in Russia. It is now a positive illustrative case promoting the institution of antitrust compliance on the Russian market.

Developing optimal algorithm

Our lawyers and IT specialists have developed the optimal way to obtain a licence for the technical protection of confidential information with minimal cost outlay on the equipment and technical means needed for this. In the opinion of the Russian Federal Service for Technical and Export Control (FSTEC), every company which uses technical means to process confidential information needs such a licence. Administrative liability as well as criminal liability are stipulated for conducting licensed types of activity without licence. 

Claims worth over USD 895,000 raised against our client were dismissed
The lawyers in Pepeliaev Group’s dispute resolution practice successfully represented a major telecommunication company at the International Commercial Arbitration Court under the Russian Federation Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Licensing activity
Advised a major manufacturer of mobile telephones on personal data issues relating to licensing activity.
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