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The lawyers of the practice have successfully appealed the refusal of the tax inspectorate to return withholding tax paid in excess in the interests of a branch office of a foreign company.

The team of Pepeliaev Group’s Intellectual Property and Trademarks Practice successfully protected the interests of Elizaveta Glinka’s heir in a dispute with the “Spravedlivaya Pomoshch Doktora Lizy” Foundation (referred to below using the English translation “Doctor Liza Fair Aid” Foundation) over the right to use her pseudonym “Doctor Liza”.

Our team represented a private clinic in courts of all levels in a lawsuit filed by the prosecutor’s office seeking to have a concession agreement declared void for the construction of a medical institution.

Represented VimpelCom PJSC in a dispute with the Russian Federal Tax Service which lasted for over three years and ended yesterday in the court of cassation.
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