What he specialises in
Alexander’s area of focus is representing clients in tax disputes in commercial (‘arbitration’) courts. He has extensive expertise in matters involving the application of tax legislation as well as settling disputes where tax authorities are involved.
During 25 years of professional experience Alexander has been involved in more than 200 litigations in different parts of Russia. He has represented his clients in tax disputes in courts of different levels including the Russian Supreme Commercial (‘Arbitration’) Court and the Russian Supreme Court.
Alexander qualified as an attorney in 2004.
Along with representing his clients in courts Alexander has a significant track record of settling tax disputes out of court and providing advice on tax legislation including matters related to the assessment and payment of VAT, profit tax, property tax, refunds of excessive amounts of tax paid, tax audit procedures, etc.
His main achievements
- defended a subsidiary of a major international car manufacturer in a dispute with tax authorities concerning the scope of guarantees provided under an investment agreement made with a regional government when tax legislation was amended;
- represented the interests of a paper-making plant when it challenged several cases of additionally assessed tax to a total amount of RUB 400 million;
- successfully represented major retail chains and construction companies in courts and during the out of court settlement of tax disputes;
- represented an international trade company in challenging in court the results of a tax audit, which involved an additional assessment of tax; the case also included advice on matters of taxation of advertising costs and distribution of product samples;
- successfully represented the interests of a commercial property owner when the tax authorities had imposed upon it RUB 1.5 million of tax, penalties, and fines. The out of court settlement resulted in the amount of claim being reduced by more than one third.
What they say
“Formidable tax litigation practice with an exceptional track record of acting on high-profile tax disputes” (Chambers Europe).
