Dmitry Uryakin discussed with DP the specifics of disputes between Russian businesses and foreign counterparties
Peterburgskiy Traktorniy Zavod (Petersburg Tractor Plant), a manufacturer of agricultural and industrial machinery, is involved in a series of disputes with foreign counterparties. In particular, a complaint has been filed by GKN Walterscheid Getriebe GmbH, a British manufacturer of vehicle parts, from which the Commercial Court of St Petersburg…
14.10.2024
Dmitry Uryakin analyzed for DP the actuality of disputes over the exclusion of “dead souls” from JSCs
The Delovoy Petersburg newspaper drew attention to the persistence of a large number of corporate disputes. Thus, in 2023 the Commercial Court of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region considered more than 3 thousand such cases, and in January-June of this year - 1.6 thousand. At the same time, one of the urgent problems for joint-stock companies…
21.08.2024
Maxima Legal won a court case against Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. in the interests of a Russian investor
Maxima Legal obtained a court decision to recover unpaid coupon income and unpaid redemption amounts of securities blocked on NSD's account from Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. in favour of a Russian citizen. The practice in disputes with the European depositories Euroclear and Clearstream is generally similar in favour of Russian investors, but…
07.08.2024
Dmitry Uryakin assessed for Pravo.ru the position of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on the issue of whether the lease return act is the only confirmation of lease termination
In mid-2017, the tenant notified the landlord of the termination of the agreement and vacated the building at the beginning of the following month, and two years later received a return notice - about the rent arrears for a year and a half in the amount of RUB 12.3 mn. The first instance stated that the lease return act had not been drawn up for…
02.08.2024
Dmitry Uryakin has explained to Mashnews why the court was able to recover almost RUB 17bn from Volkswagen under the framework agreement
The Commercial Court of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, applying Swiss law, recovered RUB 16.9 bn from Volkswagen Acciengesellschaft in favour of Gorky Avtomobilny Zavod (Gorky Automobile Plant). The companies entered into a contract under which Volkswagen undertook to supply diesel engines and spare parts to Nizhny Novgorod. At the same time,…
01.08.2024
Kommersant newspaper, RBC and Novy Prospect quoted Sergei Bakeshin's opinion on the seriousness of Alfa-Bank's intention to bankrupt Tochka Zreniya opticians’ chain
Alfa-Bank has filed a bankruptcy petition against Tochka Zreniya SPb LLC , which manages the eponymous chain of 22 opticians in St Petersburg and Moscow. The amount of claims is RUB 65.3 mn. This is not the first case between Alfa-Bank and Tochka Zreniya in this year; earlier the bank had already obtained a court decision to recover more than…
26.07.2024
Sergei Bakeshin has outlined for Mashnews the prospects for Baltic Shipyard to recover €7.6m from Wartsila Oyj Abp
The Thirteenth Commercial Court of Appeal recovered from Wartsila Oyj Abp in favour of Baltic Shipyard the amounts of bank guarantees in the amount of almost EUR 7.6 million for non-delivered equipment. In its ruling, the court stated that Wartsila Oyj Abp could not refuse to fulfil its obligations ‘due to the fact that the circumstances in which…
23.07.2024
Sergei Bakeshin has commented for Mashnews on attempts by processed Karat cheese producer to recover €4.8 million from French counterparties Sas Steap Stailor and SA Societe Generale
Karat-Togliatti, the Samara-based subsidiary of processed Karat cheese producer, is suing Sas Steap Stailor. The French company failed to supply equipment for the plant in Togliatti, explaining its failure to fulfil its obligations by sanctions despite the fact that the restrictive measures imposed by the EU do not apply to the supply of…
18.07.2024
Sergei Bakeshin has explained to DP what affects the cost of bankruptcy litigation
‘DP-Analytics. Legal Services Market’ research conducted by Delovoy Peterburg newspaper showed that in the first half of 2024, bankruptcy disputes in St Petersburg were the most expensive in terms of legal support - about RUB 5.7 mn for three instances. At the same time, according to Fedresurs, the region ranked third in terms of the number of…
15.07.2024
Dmitry Uryakin told Pravo.ru about the position of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on the application of the norm on unjustified enrichment
This week the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation will consider a case concerning the recovery of money transferred by oral agreement via Sberbank Online for the provision of a legal service relating to the re-registration of the designation of immovable property. Three lower courts ruled that the transfer was unjust enrichment, as the…
15.07.2024