Projects
Registered, amended and extended the durations of the client's trademarks in almost 90 jurisdictions
The IP practice was requested to amend and extend the durations of trademarks owned by one of the largest Russian groups dealing in raw materials in almost 90 jurisdictions. Additionally, the client requested us to provide support with the documents required for the registration of national trademarks in 7 jurisdictions in Central America and Africa.
Analysed the client's products for a potential infringement of a competitor's patent
Pepeliaev Group's Intellectual Property and Trademarks Practice provided advice to an American corporation, a leading manufacturer of healthcare products as well as products for personal, professional and industrial hygiene.
Defended the company Drinks from Chernogolovka-Aqualife in disputes with The Coca-Cola Company
Pepeliaev Group’s team from the Intellectual Property and Trademarks Practice has successfully defended the company Drinks from Chernogolovka-AQUALIFE in its dispute with The Coca-Cola Company.
Optimised international payments in the conditions of sanctions and currency restrictions
Lawyers of our practice have provided advice to a strategic consulting company. The project included optimising international payments in the conditions of sanctions and the introduction of counter-sanctions currency restrictions.
Analysed risks and assessed proposed business models
Lawyers of the practice have provided advice to an investment company which was planning to keep for investors from Russia access to the international capital market despite sanctions.
Provided advice on currency legislation including tax, customs and regulatory aspects
The foreign currency regulation practice has provided advice to an international manufacturer of medicines in connection with the expected restructuring of its business and planned intra-group payments.
Introducing amendments to the Customs Code of the Eurasian Economic Union
While working on a client's project, our customs law and foreign trade regulation practice identified legal uncertainties in provisions of customs legislation and inconsistencies between them and provisions of the Federal Law “On the state border of the Russian Federation”.
Protected in court the client’s interests amounting to RUB 1.7 billion
The practice represented the client who had imported an aeroplane into the EAEU.
Protected the client’s interests before the Supreme Court in a dispute concerning mineral extraction tax on the extraction of gold concentrates
The tax practice has successfully protected the interests of Kosvinsky Kamen CJSC before the Russian Supreme Court in a dispute concerning the taxation of the extraction of concentrates and other intermediate materials containing gold, platinum and other precious metals.
Successfully defended a client in a precedent-setting case on the splitting up of a business
Our team represented a management company in a tax dispute in a situation where the company was acquiring work and services from third parties using the simplified taxation system and selling them to owners of blocks of flats applying a VAT benefit.
Reduced by 85% the tax authority's claims in the framework of a field tax audit
The team represented the client in a project that involved challenging the field tax audit report. The company was accused of intentionally devising an unlawful tax scheme and charged with a 40% fine.
Successfully protected the client in tax proceedings which had continued for almost 5 years and reached the Supreme Court
The team represented JSC Krastsvetmet, which was charged with claims of receiving tax benefit (compensation of VAT). To justify these claims, the tax authority presumed that the taxpayer's supplier had devised a scheme to withdraw gold from precious metal accounts with banks without paying VAT.
Reduced the additionally assessed tax by almost RUB 500 million
The team was protecting the client under a pre-trial procedure in a tax dispute resulting from the tax authority’s use of an incorrect approach.
The return of over RUB 650 million of taxes collected in excess with RUB 120 million of interest accrued
The team represented the client in a tax dispute. In the tax authority's opinion, the company devised a tax evasion scheme under which the real estate which the company uses is owned by individuals who are the actual beneficial owners of this business and who apply the simplified taxation system.
The lawyers of Pepeliaev Group helped a client to win a dispute and recover its court costs in the case
Pepeliaev Group’s team of the Dispute Resolution and Mediation Practice helped a client to win a dispute in courts of three levels in a case involving the recovery of an advance payment that was not covered by the counter-supply of agricultural machines
Successful defence of a major Chinese company in a state commercial court
The
team of the Far East Office successfully defended a major Chinese shipbuilding
company before a sate commercial court in a dispute with a Russian counterpart.
Legal GR and Customs Practices have safeguarded the interests of a major supplier of medical equipment in a dispute with customs authorities
Owing to the joint efforts of Sergey Taut, Pepeliaev Group’s Legal GR expert, and lawyers from the firm’s Customs Practice, we provided key support in safeguarding the interests of a major supplier of medical equipment in a dispute with customs authorities.
We have successfully defended our client in a dispute with a conflicted employee
The Head of Pepeliaev Group’s Employment and Migration
Law Practice Group, Vitalia Kuznetsova, has defended a client in a dispute with a conflicted employee (a sales
representative) who was dismissed for a number of disciplinary sanctions.
Successfully defending a contract for fiduciary management of a major shopping mall in a bankruptcy case
Our Bankruptcy and Anti-crisis Protection of Business Practice has proved the lawful nature of a fiduciary management contract that has been challenged by the debtor’s receiver on the ground that the management company has overstated the service fee and expenses.
A dispute with Rosprirodnadzor with regard to the ‘environmental fee’
We are advising the client in connection with a threatened dispute relating to the amount and method of calculating the fee. Within the frameworks of the project we have to assist the client in navigating a way through new and complex statutory provisions in relation to which there is almost no case law.