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In July 2021, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation issued a Ruling on subordination of creditors’ claims in the individual’s bankruptcy. The Supreme Court refused to subordinate these claims and include the affiliate on the creditors’ register.
In July 2021, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation issued a Ruling on subordination of creditors’ claims in the individual’s bankruptcy. The Supreme Court refused to subordinate these claims and include the affiliate on the creditors’ register.
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#ALERTSIzvestia published an author's column by Alexander Panin, dedicated to the draft law on new requirements for the management of public companies.
Izvestia published an author's column by Alexander Panin, dedicated to the draft law on new requirements for the management of public companies.
The project proposes to limit the opportunities for unscrupulous persons to occupy senior positions in such companies - for example, to establish a period of ineligibility for those convicted of intentional crimes or brought to subsidiary liability.
Alexander, in his column, gives the amendments an expert assessment and considers examples when, by virtue of the proposed law, the dayily mistakes of a top manager might cost him his position.
The link to the column is here.
#TEAMPB Legal Team | Panin, Bayramkulov & Partners took part in the Arbitrazh Court of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug proceedings in which the former director of the bankrupt developer was brought to vicarious liability. The court satisfied the application of our client - a participant in shared construction.
PB Legal Team | Panin, Bayramkulov & Partners took part in the Arbitrazh Court of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug proceedings in which the former director of the bankrupt developer was brought to vicarious liability. The court satisfied the application of our client - a participant in shared construction.
The bankrupt company inappropriately spent financing received under equity participation agreements in construction. As a result, the developer was unable to fulfill its obligations to creditors and was declared bankrupt.
Shortly before the initiation of the bankruptcy case, the director of the company resigned without transferring the documents and property of the developer to the new manager. Due to the lack of documents, the liquidator was deprived of the opportunity to identify the debtor's property in sufficient volume to pay off the claims of all creditors.
During the consideration of the case, the former director tried to create the appearance of transferring the documents to the liquidator by transferring an insignificant amount of documentation.
Lawyers of PB Legal | Panin, Bayramkulov & Partners managed to prove that the actions of the former manager were unfair, and the transferred documents were not sufficient to release him from liability.
On May 31, 2021, the Arbitration Court of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug agreed with the arguments of our lawyers and brought the defendant to subsidiary liability.
Worked on the project: Alan Bayramkulov, Nikolay Stroyev, Maria Pershonkova, Ilya Kozhinov.
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Strategy of acquiring a distressed asset and structuring the transaction in order to mitigate risks.
Our client is a major mining company engaged in comprehensive field development and investment in them. The goal of the client was to acquire a stake in a company holding a license to develop a large field in the Republic of Bashkortostan.
Our client is a major mining company engaged in comprehensive field development and investment in them. The goal of the client was to acquire a stake in a company holding a license to develop a large field in the Republic of Bashkortostan.
The transaction to acquire the stake was complicated by the fact that the sole participant of the company was involved in court proceedings and corporate conflicts, including with the Deposit Insurance Agency. Also, a significant part of the property, which is necessary for the normal conduct of the company, belonged to its parent company. Therefore, there was a problem of structuring the transaction in a way to acquire both the company and the property necessary for its operation with the least risk.
The PB Legal | Panin, Bayramkulov & Partners team prepared for the client the strategy to mitigate any bankruptcy and corporate risks of the transaction. Based on vast experience in dealing with distressed assets, PB Legal | Panin, Bayramkulov & Partners lawyers developed a structure for the safest possible acquisition of a share in the company and the property necessary for its activities. The implementation of the said structure allowed the only participant of the company to repay its debts as well as resolve existing corporate conflicts. The solution proposed by PB Legal | Panin, Bayramkulov & Partners minimised significant risks associated with the project and secured the client's investment.
Developing a debt collection strategy for a state-owned company for an option to sell a stake in a Russian mining company.
Our client is a Russian state-owned company that invested capital in a mining company. The client entered into an option agreement with the company's second shareholder, under which he had the right to sell him his stake at a premium. Payment of the purchase price was guaranteed by the mining company itself.
Our client is a Russian state-owned company that invested capital in a mining company. The client entered into an option agreement with the company's second shareholder, under which he had the right to sell him his stake at a premium. Payment of the purchase price was guaranteed by the mining company itself.
Foreseeing the buyer's breach of obligations to pay for the stake, the client asked us to develop a debt collection strategy. Debt collection was complicated by the fact that the buyer was an offshore company. Along with the client there was an international bank claiming the assets of the buyer and the company, while filing claims against the company as guarantor could have provoked its bankruptcy.
We carefully studied all significant aspects of the client’s case: the option terms, the company's corporate and financial documents to model possible scenarios. Under each of the scenarios, we offered the client tools to fully satisfy its claims or minimise losses in the event of an unfavorable development of events.
Drafting the concept of the new bill for one of the major Russian banks that reforms the legislation on indemnification. Drafting the amendment bill to the article 406.1 of the Russian Civil Code and the explanatory note to it.
Our client is one of the largest Russian banks. The bank often has to structure corporate legal relations under Russian law. The significant problem of the Russian legislature is overly restrictive nature of indemnification (Article 406.1 of the Russian Civil Code).
Our client is one of the largest Russian banks. The bank often has to structure corporate legal relations under Russian law. The significant problem of the Russian legislature is overly restrictive nature of indemnification (Article 406.1 of the Russian Civil Code). Most of the stipulated limitations are unreasonable and make effective allocation of risks difficult for business.
We have prepared a full overview of the leading legal systems’ approaches to regulation of the indemnification and its’ equivalents for our client. Based on the best legislative practices we developed the concept of the amendment bill to the current legislation on indemnification as well as the bill itself and the explanatory note to it. The extensive experience in legislative work of PB Legal | Panin, Bayramkulov & Partners made it possible to draft these documents which should form the basis of the civil law reform in terms of indemnification.