Represented an international airport in connection with requests from the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service

The team of our Antitrust Practice has represented a client, one of the regional airports, in connection with a request from the Administration of the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service to provide information about the circumstances in which the company received the property complex of the airport under a lease agreement.

Our lawyers have analysed the materials provided by the client and prepared a response to this request in which they laid down grounds on why the transfer of the property under the lease was lawful and there was no collusion between the client and the government agency responsible for the operational management of this property. In addition, Pepeliaev Group’s experts provided oral clarifications which convinced officers of the antimonopoly authority that the client had acted lawfully.

As a result, the client was able to avoid an antimonopoly case that would otherwise have been instigated, a turnover-based fine and significant damage to the business reputation of client which is expanding its business in the area of airport management.