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What he specializes in

Yuri Vorobyev specialises in resolving commercial disputes and, for more than 15 years, he has been providing legal support to clients when conflicts having to be settled in court either occur or are threatened. Yuri has a significant track record of settling disputes out of court.

His main achievements

Yuri's professional background includes defending clients in more than 300 cases for high-level Russian and international companies. 

Yuri’s projects include:

• successfully represented a subsidiary of Russia's largest natural monopolist in respect of a claim raised against it for the recovery of debt above RUB 500 million;
• represented a major Russian oil company in a dispute about the legitimacy of state subsidies;
• handled a series of lawsuits for a leading international banking group, protecting it against funds being unjustifiably recovered from it.

Yuri graduated with honours from Lomonosov Moscow State University and Moscow State Institute of International Relations; in 2002, he was admitted to the Bar. Yuri is fluent in English. He has authored numerous articles and commentaries on legislation.

What they say

Pepeliaev Group’s team of “well-qualified professionals” is “extremely competent in the litigation sphere”, providing “smooth, fast and flexible assistance at a reasonable price” (Legal 500).