Advice on the complex restructuring of its business in Russia due to the conclusion of a number of cooperation agreements and the sale of participation of two Russian companies and one Dutch company to the Russian Blue chip. The project allowed the client to change its business structure in Russia while maintaining its key business positions in the market. The project included the cancellation of the two-stage joint venture structure and a phased transition of the business to exclusively contractual cooperation.

Successful representation of Petropavlovsk plc in court disputes over gold mining group Petropavlovsk, one of the largest corporate disputes in Russia in 2020-2021.

Representing the client during the data privacy compliance audit performed by the Russian data privacy regulator – Roskomnadzor. Successfully completed without any administrative fines issued by the authority.

Obtained Russian merger clearance in USD 12 billion acquisition in the pharmaceuticals research sector.

Our team successfully assisted the client in a VAT audit resulting in refund of RUB 600 mln. incurred on capital investments in office building, reconstruction and refurbishment costs. We also successfully defended our client in the dispute with tax authority regarding tax deduction of the cost of contractors and suppliers.

Advice on employment issues in case of staff reduction, including representation of client's interests in negotiations with employees, cancellation of staff redundancy procedure, unfriendly change of management simultaneously in several entities of the group with separation in time of termination of corporate powers of the employee and the date of termination of the employment contract, during the inspection of the Federal Labor Service upon a complaint of the employee.