Yegor Kravchenko appointed partner of Westside law firm

Westside among the leading law firms according to the Pravo.ru-300 rating

The solemn awards ceremony for the leaders of the eighth annual rating of legal companies of Russia “Pravo.ru-300” was held on December 7, 2017.

Commercial court of Kiev allowed seizure of Gazprom assets – Sergey Vodolagin quoted by Gazeta.ru

Commercial court of Kiev granted the Ukrainian Antimonopoly committee motion on execution of the court decision on fine collection from Gazprom. On December 24, 2015, the Ukrainian Antimonopoly committee recognized Gazprom as a monopolist on the Ukrainian nature gas transit market. Furthermore, on December 5, 2016, the Commercial court imposed a fine in amount of USD 6,5 Million on Gazprom, basing on the alleged monopolistic position abuse by Gazprom.

Westside law firm in IFLR 1000 international ranking

IFLR 1000 published the results of their annual international research on the basis of the year 2017. On the 17th of October Westside law firm was noted once again among the recommended firms.

The court dismissed the claim of “Yugra” against the Central Bank regarding temporal administration appointment – Sergey Vodolagin quoted by business edition RBK

Arbitration court of Moscow dismissed the claim of “Yugra” Bank. “Yugra” tried to challenge the order of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation on temporal administration appointment.

Westside law firm managed to protect interests of an investment company in a dispute involving the State Deposit Insurance Agency

The State Deposit Insurance Agency filed a claim to annul a transaction made by a bankrupt-bank. The transaction was about assignment of bank claims against several borrowers and was made within four days prior to temporal administration appointment. The claims (which were equal to RUB 130 Million in total) were assigned by the bank almost at half the price, which, in the opinion of the State Deposit Insurance Agency, constituted unequal consideration.