This area of our practice embraces the activities related to defending our clients’ interests in courts of arbitration, courts of general jurisdiction, as well as in arbitral tribunals operating in the territory of the
Russian Federation, at all stages of such court proceedings, including enforcement of judicial rulings.
We believe that some of the projects involving Tua Gratia lawyers deserve a special mention:
October 2007 - providing consultancy
to the management of a company
which is a leading Russian financial consultant
at the securities market, regarding
the issues related to legal remedies
available to the client as a participant of
an investment project of a residential
building construction for breach of his
rights through improper performance
of obligations arising under the investment
contract by other parties to investment
project
January - February 2007 - representing
a constituent entity of the Russian
Federation in a corporate conflict that
arose between the client and a foreign
company controlling the open joint
stock company in which the aforementioned
constituent entity was a minority shareholder, due to majority shareholders
attempting to bring down the
stake of the client by placing additional
ordinary shares of the company among
the company shareholders in a private
offering
January 2007 - providing consultancy
to the management of the company
providing security services with regard
to the issues pertaining to a basis and a
procedure for the client to contest the
provisions of an RF constituent entity
law constraining private security agencies
in provision of relevant services to
the persons engaged in retail sales of
alcohol products in the territory of a
relevant constituent entity of the Russian
Federation
December 2006 - July 2007 - providing
consultancy to a leading company
at the global market of energy facilities
construction regarding the issues pertaining
to a legal stance that the client
might adopt in the potential court dispute
with a foreign company whereby a
large amount of money is being claimed,
subject, as agreed between the parties,
to review by a permanent arbitral tribunal
operating in the RF territory
September - October 2006 - providing
consultancy to a company holding
a right to claim a significant monetary
amount from a major industrial enterprise,
secured with mortgaged real and
personal property, regarding the issues
related to a procedure for enforcement
of a court of arbitration ruling on recovery
from the debtor of the amount of
debt and the mortgage foreclosure and
a ruling by a permanent arbitral tribunal
to enforce security interests with regard
to the mortgaged personal property
August 2006 - July 2006 - representing
one of the largest European local wire
connection companies (an open joint
stock company) in review by a court of
arbitration of a dispute between the
minority shareholders of the said company
and the company itself on voiding
the resolutions of the company management
bodies regarding non-payment
of yearly dividends to the shareholders
on ordinary and preferred shares of the
company for year 2005
August 2006 - March 2007 - representing
open joint stock companies included
into one of the largest Russian mining
and metallurgy holdings in review by a
regional court of arbitration of law suits
brought by the minority shareholders
of these companies (an international
company controlled by a large international
investment fund) seeking to void
the reports of an external valuator on
determination of the market value of
the said companies’ shares and on voiding
the resolutions of these companies’
management bodies establishing the
selling price for the companies to buy
out their ordinary and preferred shares
as requested by their shareholders
March 2006 - February 2008 - representing
the dominant participant of
a limited liability company which is a
party to an investment project on construction
of a trade and business center
in Moscow, and the company itself in a
dispute with the minority shareholders
of the company reviewed by Moscow
court of arbitration and the general jurisdiction
courts
April 2005 - February 2007 - representing
one of major global banks in
court disputes between the bank and
its clients.
