one of Russia’s leading state-owned companies in international commercial arbitration (LCIA) in a multi-billion dollar dispute in connection with the financing of a major infrastructure project;

OJSC Norilsk-Taimyr Energy Company (subsidiary of Norilsk Nickel) in court litigation concerning claims by authorised bodies for compensation for damage caused to the environment (water bodies, the soil, wildlife and aquatic biological resources) due to the accidental spillage of petroleum products, with the aggregate value of the claims exceeding 3 billion USD;

a large Russian metallurgical holding in disputes with a foreign supplier at the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation and state commercial courts in connection with the refusal of the foreign supplier to supply graphite electrodes to Russia;

a large Russian industrial and investment holding company during an out-of-court corporate conflict with another shareholder;

a Russian telecommunications company in Russian courts in a dispute over representations and indemnities arising from an M&A transaction for the acquisition of a network of data centers;

the employer in connection with the termination of a complex construction contract worth over 50 billion roubles and claims invoking bank guarantees;

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-Chinese joint venture as employer in connection with the termination of a number of construction and engineering contracts, including an EPSS contract, with a consortium of Russian and foreign contractors;

a large industrial company in connection with claims brought by the governmental bodies in the Russian state courts for the vindication (re-nationalisation) of a number of transport infrastructure facilities which had been privatised in the 1990s;

a Russian investment holding company and other co-defendants in defending claims brought in the Russian state courts for the recognition of ownership rights and restitution of majority stakes in two significant Russian companies, with a total value of over US$20 billion;

Sberbank

• in its successful challenge of the jurisdiction of the High Court of Justice in England to hear a conspiracy claim brought by a subsidiary of the Russian bank VTB;

• in proceedings filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York relating to contested foreclosures;

PJSC Tatneft in the English Commercial Court in the case of Tatneft v Gennadiy Bogolyubov and others;

a large Russian investment company in its defence against an LCIA arbitration claim brought by a Russian individual relating to a corporate dispute with respect to a Russian manufacturing group;

a large Russian mining and metallurgical company at the pre-trial stage, including the amicable settlement of the dispute, prior to the start of proceedings at the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC) against a major German engineering company related to breach of contract;

NLMK

• in its successful defence in the High Court of Justice in England against attempts to enforce a Russian arbitral award that had been set aside by the Russian courts;

• in multiple disputes with a Turkish general contractor in relation to the construction of a pelletizing facility;

a subsidiary of a large Russian steel company in SCC arbitration in Stockholm in relation to its claim against an Austrian engineering company in connection with numerous breaches of obligations on the design and supply of production equipment;

a Russian holding company in connection with a pre-trial dispute against Arcelor related to the purchase of a private coal company in Russia;

an international management and investment consulting company (AT Kearney GmbH) as the claimant in international commercial arbitration (Gazprom Arbitration Court) in a dispute against a Russian energy consulting company concerning recovery of debt under a service contract;

a German manufacturer of systems for the fibre and polymer industries as defendant in international commercial arbitration (Rosatom Arbitration Court) in a dispute against a Russian manufacturer of carbon fibres in relation to breach of a supply contract;

a large Turkish construction company and property developer in its defence against a claim brought by a minority shareholder in the Russian commercial courts relating to a mandatory share buyback offer;

the largest private generator and distributor of electricity and heat in Russia in its defence against claims brought by several minority shareholders in Russian state commercial courts;

a Russian airline in its defence against a claim of an international airport relating to the protracted stay of an aircraft at the airport as a result of an accident;

a major American aircraft leasing company in multiple pre-trial disputes against Russian lessees concerning the termination of lease agreements, the recovery of lease payments and the return of the aircraft;

a large investment company as co-defendant in a Russian commercial court against claims brought by a state authority for the recovery of losses in connection with the financing of the import of agricultural products within the framework of state procurement;

a Cypriot company in a pre-trial dispute against a Russian individual related to the execution of a SPA in respect of the shares of a major Russian mobile telephone retailer;

a large European media company in its claim in a Russian state commercial court against the largest Russian TV channel for copyright infringement in relation to the original format of a popular TV show;

Pernod Ricard in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York for the dismissal of ownership claims filed by a Russian state institution related to the “Stolichnaya” trade mark;

a major Austrian engineering company in a dispute on appealing a decision of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia on the cancellation of the results of an auction for the conclusion of a state contract;

a Russian entrepreneur in international commercial arbitration (the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation) in a dispute against a large German manufacturer of medical and hygiene products (Paul Hartmann) in several proceedings, including a claim for the recovery of debt under a contract and the reimbursement of losses in connection with the implementation of an investment project on the construction of a plant in Vladimir Region, as well as a dispute on the performance of obligations under a guarantee from a German commercial bank