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PB Legal team is looking for a Junior Associate and an Associate (PQE 3+).

The Review most interesting judicial acts of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation issued at the end of 2020 - at the beginning of 2021. These acts provide for new legal positions of the Supreme Court which can help you win a case in courts.
Read more here. The author of the Review is Sergey Kim.

PB Legal team successfully represented the Client in a dispute over challenging transactions in a bankruptcy case.
We managed to defend the Client's interests in the Arbitrazh Court of the Tyumen Region and prevented the invalidation of the transactions.

According to the research of the Kommersant newspaper, PB Legal is amongst the leaders of legal consultants. This year our team strengthened our positions in the following areas:

"Pravo-300" published a list of recommended lawyers in 29 areas of law. This year Alexander Panin and Alan Bayramkulov, partners of PB Legal, were recommended in the "Bankruptcy" category. The full list is available here.

Ilya Kozhinov, the junior lawyer of PB Legal, took part in the preparation of the Review of the Russian court practice on arbitration and cross-border litigation issues in 2020.

The Ministry of Economic Development suggests expanding possibilities to insure executive'officers' civil liability for causing economic damages to their companies and third parties due to decisions they made according to official duties.

Vedomosti publishes a column by Alexander Panin, managing partner of PB Legal. In the article "New life for bankrupts. How to help bankrupt companies and not to multiply corruption" Alexander analyses amendments to the Bankruptcy Law which he co-authored within the working group of the Ministry of Economic Development.

In October 2020, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation adopted a Resolution ""On the Practice of the Courts in Dealing with Civil Suits in Criminal Cases"" which reveals important features of this legal instrument. The PB Legal team has analysed a number of key clarifications, particularly relevant for economic crime cases.

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Happy New Year and Merry Christmas!

Friends and colleagues, we have great news! PB Legal was included in the list of leaders in the federal Pravo-300 ranking. Our team was listed in two highly competitive categories at once: bankruptcy (Group II) and international arbitration (Group III).

PB Legal team successfully defended the client's interests in a major vicarious liability dispute. The case was part of a bankruptcy case of a company set up for the purpose of implementing an investment project in Yamal. PB Legal's client owns 25% of the debtor's share capital.

PB Legal lawers are recognised as the leading arbitration practitioners in the Russian market by Legal 500, The Arbitration Powerlist: CIS & Caucasus.
The Legal 500 has named the leading practitioners who represent clients in arbitrations.

At the beginning of October, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation issued a ruling in which it declared whether a Russian court is entitled to consider a claim against a debtor if bankruptcy proceedings are initiated against him in a foreign state.

PB Legal lawyers successfully defended the client's interests in a dispute with a contractor arising from a disagreement over works during construction of a bridge across the Nadym River worth over RUB 14bn.
In 2011 our client signed a construction contract for construction of a bridge over the Nadym River for RUB 14 billion.

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has made a number of important conclusions which will significantly influence the practice of bringing persons who do not formally control the debtor to vicarious liability. The Supreme Court has clarified that in this category of cases a formal approach is not admissible.

The concept of a single economic entity is one of the most debated topics in bankruptcy. Sometimes the simplicity of this mechanism gives rise to a ground for abuse of rights by the debtor, as was the case in the "Boguchansky LPK" bankruptcy case, which PB Legal team accompanies.

A live broadcast of the Kommersant conference "Corporate Fraud and Corporate Investigations: Theory and Practice" can be viewed at this.

On 17 September Kommersant will host a conference to discuss corporate fraud and corporate investigation techniques.
Alan Bairamkulov, partner of PB Legal, will make a presentation on ""Litigation and search for stolen assets: strategy and tactics"" during the conference.
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Alan Bairamkulov, partner at PB Legal, spoke at Vedomosti's bankruptcy conference in the session "Bankruptcy: a history of abuse. Quo vadis?"
In his presentation Alan touched upon the topic of creditor's forced affiliation.

Alexander Panin, managing partner of PB Legal, told Kommersant about international aspects of corporate dispute resolution.

PB Legal together with Pravo.ru prepared a special project ""Bankruptcy 3.0"". We talked about the key reforms of bankruptcy legislation, gave our expert opinion and discussed the changes with leading specialists in bankruptcy.
We invite you to read about our project and share your ideas on Pravo.ru and on the PB Legal Facebook page.

On 22 July 2020, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has adopted a Review of judicial practice on the application of rules concerning the pre-trial procedure for the settlement of disputes.
The PB Legal team prepared an overview of the legal positions that we will be the most relevant for law enforcement.

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has adopted a landmark ruling that will significantly change the practice of bringing executives and other controlling persons of companies to liability. Earlier, arbitrazh courts could hold a person vicariously liable even if there was a judgment on compensation of damages.

Alan Bayramkulov is a co-authore of a new edition of the book ""Contractual and Obligatory Law (General Part): an article-by-article commentary on Articles 307-453 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation"".
Editor-in-Chief: Artem Karapetov.

Alan Bayramkulov writes a column in RBC Pro about corporate conflicts turning into criminal cases.
Each high-profile criminal case against businessmen, such as the Baring Vostok case, which recently stirred up society, makes experts ask themselves the same questions.

On 11 June 2020, the Resolution No.6 of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated 11.06.2020 "On Certain Issues of Application of Provisions of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation on Termination of Obligations" was adopted.

Today's issue of Kommersant features an interview with Alexander Panin, Managing Partner at PB Legal.
Alexander takes part in the activities of the working group of the Ministry of Economic Development to develop the draft law ""On Amendments to the Federal Law 'On Insolvency (Bankruptcy)' and Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation"".

Russian litigants are currently facing numerous issues related to the conduct of trials under restrictive measures in relation to the spread of a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19).
The situation is complicated due to new letters and clarifications from various government agencies, which are not sufficiently clear or contradictory.

Dear friends, we have more and more interesting projects coming up and we are expanding our team! PB Legal is announcing a competition for the positions of Junior Lawyer and Lawyer. For the latter, we are looking for professionals with at least three years' experience.

Today we remember Oleg Nikolayevich Sadikov, a renowned Russian civilist, arbitrator of the International Commercial Arbitration Court (ICAC) and Doctor of Laws. It is a great loss for the Russian legal community.
Five years ago Alan Bairamkulov interviewed him for Zakon magazine

We are pleased to share a recording of a roundtable we co-hosted with Interfax. The event discussed the specifics of litigation in the UK, including:
Confidentiality in litigation in England and Wales;
Confidentiality in different jurisdictions and exceptions;
Application of the principle of confidentiality in arbitration.

PB Legal successfully advised Mikhail Khabarov, former co-owner of ""Deloviye Linii"" transport company, and Caledor Consulting Ltd. in connection with a complex litigation in the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) worth over USD 58 million.

We are happy to share advice on PR support for litigation. We are convinced that competent PR can help a company maintain its reputation and gain favour with the public.
Alexander Panin, managing partner of PB Legal: "PR and legal relations overlap with each other.

We have great news! We are pleased to announce the strengthening of our practice in the most relevant areas of the Russian legal market.
Solicitor Bledi Albri, a specialist in international arbitration, and Anna Glushchenko, a lawyer and expert in criminal defence of business, have joined our team as counsel.

We not only work hard, we also have a good time!
Yesterday our team took part in Brain Bar Quiz and came in first place!
Inspired by our successes, back to work we love!

Dear friends, we have some great news!
Kommersant newspaper's ranking of law firms highly commended PB Legal.

"Vostochny" Bank, whose shareholders are fighting for control in Russian and foreign courts, has received a third valuation that does not match previous ones: ₽18 billion versus ₽8 billion and ₽30 billion. Foreign courts can not accept this valuation.

How can PR help in litigation between companies?
The answers are several: make life difficult for the other side, make it clear that litigation has become more expensive and the outcome is not certain, create the right pressure to resolve the conflict.

Almost every company that is active in business has at least once been a defendant or plaintiff and had to defend its rights in court.
Good PR can help a company maintain its reputation and gain the trust and sympathy of the public.

Our firm was founded just three years ago, but its founders, Alexander Panin and Alan Bayramkulov, have long been known in the legal services market.
Alexander has extensive experience in consultancy and in-house legal services.
Alan's career is connected to major Russian and international legal businesses.

Alexander Panin, managing partner at PB Legal, is recognised and recommended by Pravo.ru rating, as one of the leading Russian lawyers.
The rating methodology is based on the assessment of law firms' project experience as well as client feedback regarding the quality, level of service and value-for-money ratio of legal services.

Comment of Alexander Panin, the Managing Partner of PB Legal, on the problem of fraudulent actions of the banks' customers.
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Interview of Alexander Panin, the Managing Partner of PB Legal, to Gazeta.ru on the issues of changes in corporate legislation, growth of the M&A market and factors that influenced the M&A market in Russia.
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