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Bankruptcy and Asset Protection

RUB 250+ bn — the total debt in bankruptcy cases our team has closed

We preserve assets, reduce the risk of subsidiary liability and keep the proceedings under control.

PRAVO-300: “Bankruptcy, including disputes”.

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

What we do

Proceedings under control

  1. 01

    Comprehensive analysis of the financial position before the proceedings: assets, liabilities, risks and opportunities.

  2. 02

    A step-by-step plan to reduce the subsidiary liability risk of owners and management: corporate steps and documents.

  3. 03

    Bankruptcy proceedings in Russia and abroad, selection of the insolvency practitioner, a strategy to preserve or acquire the debtor’s valuable assets.

  4. 04

    Asset protection in liquidation, reorganisation, corporate conflicts and under creditor pressure.

  5. 05

    Bankruptcy as a way to legally clean a group of toxic assets and as leverage against a bad-faith debtor.

  6. 06

    Cross-border bankruptcy and its financing.

Experience

Matters we have handled

  • 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.

Practice lawyers

Who handles your matter

Andrey Bokser

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.

Semyon Khatyanov

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.

Igor Ulyanov

Igor Ulyanov

Partner

For 18 years headed the legal function of a major engineering group. Personally involved in setting up more than 10 joint ventures and in resolving partner conflicts. Key projects: Bombardier–VEB, Balakovo-Centrolit, acquisitions of plants, sale of transport companies.

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