We protect our clients at all stages of the transaction and dispute cycle, from the entry into the contract (including selecting the optimum forum for resolution of disputes and advising on jurisdiction and arbitration clauses) to the preparation of claims and the enforcement of court judgments and arbitral awards in Russia and other jurisdictions.
We work with a wide pool of local counsel in Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, China and Hong Kong SAR, Cyprus, England and Wales, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, the USA (New York, California, Hawaii), Uzbekistan and other jurisdictions.
The Voskhod team has extensive experience in handling arbitrations in the leading Russian and foreign arbitration institutions. We regularly conduct arbitration proceedings under the rules of the LCIA, SCC, ICSID, ICAC at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation and UNCITRAL.
We also conduct litigation in the commercial courts and courts of general jurisdiction in Moscow and other regions of Russia.
arising out of M&A transactions and shareholder agreements;
joint venture disputes;
in relation to misrepresentation, breach of warranty and indemnity claims;
regarding liability in respect of corporate governance.
in connection with the construction of industrial and infrastructure facilities;
under complex EPC and EPSS contracts;
in relation to the connection of facilities to the power grid.
regarding changing jurisdiction in connection with sanctions and obtaining anti-suit injunctions;
in connection with non-performance or termination of contracts and other transactions by parties with reference to sanctions.
in relation to establishing creditors' claims in the bankruptcy register (including secured claims);
in relation to challenging transactions and decisions of general meetings;
in relation to the liability of the debtor's controlling persons;
concerning complaints against the actions of an bankruptcy manager.
including disputes related to the supply and provision of services, leasing, agency and other issues.
including investment arbitration – both on the side of investors and on the side of states.
concerning administrative liability;
in the field of competition law;
in the field of public procurement.
arising out of loan agreements and security transactions (including pledges, guarantees and suretyships);
arising out of project financing transactions.
regarding compensation for damage caused by accidents;
regarding the collection of insurance proceeds in connection with incidents at industrial, transport and other commercial sites.
licence disputes;
software disputes;
regarding the protection of copyrights, trade marks, know-how and other protectable objects.
regarding compensation for damage to the environment and its elements;
in connection with liability for violation of environmental legislation.
division of assets between business partners;
division of property upon divorce or inheritance;
in connection with the imposition and cancellation of property seizures and other interim measures;
in connection with challenges to titles, transactions and the results of privatisation;
on rights to securities and digital financial assets (DFAs).
one of the leading Russian energy companies in a high-profile multi-billion dollar international dispute in which we, among other things, coordinate the work of local counsel in several jurisdictions;
a major mining company:
in connection with the termination of a multi-billion complex construction contract and claims invoking bank guarantees;
in a dispute relating to the possible reversal of the privatisation of a property worth tens of billions of rubles;
in numerous construction disputes in Russian state courts;
a leading financial company in a multi-billion high-profile corporate dispute in Switzerland;
a large metallurgical holding in disputes in the ICAC at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation and state commercial courts in connection with a foreign supplier’s refusal to supply products in Russia;
a shareholder of one of the largest Russian industrial holdings in a corporate dispute with another shareholder;
a major IT company in a dispute concerning representations and indemnities arising from an M&A transaction;
a large industrial group in connection with possible litigation and arbitration proceedings in Sweden, Austria, Germany, China and Turkey with a number of foreign counterparties in relation to their refusal to perform contractual obligations in connection with sanctions;
a Russian transport company in connection with the potential recognition and enforcement of a foreign arbitral award.
