Bankruptcy and Asset Protection

Bankruptcy proceedings in Russia and abroad, protection from subsidiary liability, preservation of assets in liquidation and under creditor pressure.

PRAVO-300: “Bankruptcy, including disputes”.

Andrey Bokser, Semyon Khatyanov, Igor Ulyanov

250+ bn RUB

total debt in bankruptcy cases

50 bn RUB

assets of a financial and industrial group managed for 5 years in liquidation

40 m USD

subsidiary liability dispute

Services

What we do

01
Comprehensive analysis of the financial position before the proceedings: assets, liabilities, risks and opportunities.
02
A step-by-step plan to reduce the subsidiary liability risk of owners and management: corporate steps and documents.
03
Bankruptcy proceedings in Russia and abroad, selection of the insolvency practitioner, a strategy to preserve or acquire the debtor’s valuable assets.
04
Asset protection in liquidation, reorganisation, corporate conflicts and under creditor pressure.
05
Bankruptcy as a way to legally clean a group of toxic assets and as leverage against a bad-faith debtor.
06
Cross-border bankruptcy and its financing.

Experience

Selected matters

A financial and industrial group with RUB 50 bn in assets: 5 years of management in liquidation, protection of assets vis-à-vis creditors and protection of management.
A USD 40 m subsidiary liability dispute involving a major bank: a precedent-setting Supreme Court ruling on the limitation period.
Bankruptcy of a large agricultural holding.
Defending one of Russia’s largest retail chains in bankruptcy proceedings.
Cleaning a financial and industrial group of toxic assets, including abroad.
Reorganisation of a management company upon the nationalisation of its main production asset: protection of management and shareholders.

Team

Practice lawyers

Andrey Bokser

Managing Partner

Asset protection abroad, M&A, bankruptcy, investment structures. More than USD 3 bn in transactions over the last 5 years. Arranging financing, structuring, due diligence, support from LOI to closing. Builds international trade and payment infrastructure for clients: reliable counterparties in different jurisdictions, long-term supplier contracts, clearing compliance at factories and banks.

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Semyon Khatyanov

Partner

Managed the liquidation and reorganisation of a complex financial and industrial group with RUB 50 bn in assets and of an investment office in crisis conditions. Moves fast on urgent matters: sale and acquisition of distressed assets, protection of management and shareholders.

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Igor Ulyanov