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Dispute resolution and mediation

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Defended the interests of a large international bank in connection with the new requirements of the regulator
Our lawyers represented a major international bank in a series of cases over the compulsory conversion of depositary receipts as established by special law No. 114-FZ.
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Successfully resolved a dispute in courts of three levels and recovered almost all legal costs under the case
The 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. 
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Represented a client’s interests in a dispute over a concession agreement
The practice team defended the client’s interests in a dispute with the prosecutor’s office which filed a lawsuit seeking to have a concession agreement for the construction of a healthcare centre declared void.
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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
Representing a major telecommunication company at the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Russian Federation Chamber of Commerce and Industry in a dispute with a counterparty
The lawyers in Pepeliaev Group's dispute resolution practice have successfully represented a major telecommunication company at the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Russian Federation Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Working out the founding principles of the new regulation for leasing relationships
Pepeliaev Group lawyers have worked out founding principles of the new regulation for leasing relationships.
Collecting bad debt on behalf of a Latvian bank using a bankruptcy mechanism

Pepeliaev Group’s lawyers protected the interests of a major Latvian bank within the framework of a comprehensive project to collect bad debt. Having initiated bankruptcy proceedings of borrowing companies and the bank’s sureties, we succeeded in: including claims of USD 8 million in the register of creditors; cancelling the decision of the arbitration tribunal on which an affiliated creditor’s claim was based; and in preventing the withdrawal of the debtor’s key assets that had been pledged as security for its loan obligations. We managed to initiate the proceedings under a simplified procedure based on an application filed by a foreign bank with respect to persons other than the principal debtors. This serves as grounds for these projects to be viewed as important and setting a precedent in terms of judicial decisions resulting from a check of whether bankruptcy applications are grounded.

Successfully represented a client in a dispute worth USD 10.5 million in the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce

We represented a Client in the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce in a dispute with a counterparty arising from a contract under Russian law for the supply of broiler hatching eggs. The dispute was over a debt of UDS 500,000, which our Client’s claim sought to recover. The counterparty issued a counterclaim seeking compensation of alleged losses of USD 10 million. The Client’s claim was upheld; the counterclaim was rejected. The direct involvement of Pepeliaev Group’s lawyers in the arbitration in Stockholm demonstrates our team’s wide capabilities. The project involved: drafting all the procedural documents, speaking English during the hearings, working with witnesses (preparing and interrogating the Client’s witnesses, cross-examining the counterparty’s witnesses), and working in close cooperation with our Client's Swedish lawyers engaged for the arbitral proceedings. The case was considered under Swedish arbitration legislation; aspects of English law were applied in the hearing to the concept of liquidated damages (i.e. those agreed in advance).

Representing a global sportswear producer in a dispute with a distributor

The practice’s lawyers provided legal support to a major global sportswear producer in a number of disputes in which it sought to recover debt from a distributor and regarding the termination of a distribution agreement. Within the framework of the project, our lawyers successfully defended the client in the court of first instance in a dispute initiated by a distributor which was seeking to invalidate a distribution agreement. In addition, Pepeliaev Group’s lawyers have completed a litigation initiated by the issuer of a USD 400,000 promissory note to secure the distributor's performance of its obligations. The issuer was seeking to have the security transaction invalidated. Our lawyers also defended the client in three court cases against a bank to receive USD 3 million secured by a bank guarantee. This project is important from the standpoint of forming judicial practice relating to the enforcement of security for obligations in situations where the issuer of the promissory note has no obvious economic interest in the secured obligation, and when bank guarantees contain incorrect wording relating to the secured obligations.

Successfully settled a dispute at the pre-trial stage: the works have been completed, and the financial claims have been withdrawn

The Practice’s lawyers represented an international company, which provides engineering services in the area of oil extraction, in a dispute with a major Russian oil company. The parties had mutual claims: in the client’s opinion its opponent had not paid in full for services supplied; therefore the counterparty accused our client of having not performed the work. The dispute gave rise to litigation proceedings the outcome of which could have been that the client lost its equipment and access to the necessary technologies. Owing to the efforts of Pepeliaev Group’s lawyers and our successful negotiations with the defendant, the conflict was settled: the works that were commissioned have been completed and financial claims have been withdrawn.