Portfolio Projects

JOHN DEERE

Legal support in the dispute regarding recovery of the funds and returning of substandard equipment from John Deere for an amount of about 2 million euros.

WPP Group

Providing consulting services on different legal matters, including antimonopoly, commercial and labor matters; legal support in several transactions involving acquisition of stakes in Russian companies.

MTS

Representing interests of MTS in the transaction on acquisition of a group of companies. Pre-investment legal due diligence of the target assets.

Toyota Motor

Antimonopoly audit of the commercial policies and vertical agreements, preparing recommendations on minimizing risks.

Geico S.p.A.

Serving the client’s interests and providing legal support in a transaction aimed at acquisition of the TaikishaRus Company. The transaction conducted in Russia was a part of the global transaction in the merger of Geico S.p.A. (Italy) and TaikishaLtd, a Japanese public company. During preparation of the transaction, legal due diligence of TaikishaRus was conducted. The lawyers prepared a set of documents pertaining to the transaction and provided legal support during the procedure of antimonopoly approval of the transaction.

Bank of Tokyo - Mitsubishi UFJ

Providing consulting services to the Bank of Tokio Mitsubishi UFJ regarding foundation of a Russian bank and obtaining a license for performing banking operations in Russia.

Geico S.p.A.

Analysis and fine-tuning of turnkey business contracts.

Lamnalco Group

The project of legal support provided to the client in its business operations in Russia: preparing of all documents, including basic contract documents, with consideration for the commercial, labor, and maritime law, corporate documents, documentation governing customs formalities applicable to goods imported to the Russian Federation, licensing, and other documentation required in operations involving towing and other operations in the waters of the Russian Federation; consulting on the commercial, corporate, labor, maritime, customs, and environmental law; participation in negotiations, carrying out work related to entering into agreements and their due diligence; working in a team to structure the implementation of the start-up stage of the operations, providing assistance in making executive decisions.

OGK-2

Legal support in implementation of the project for construction of the Adler Thermal Power Plant. Assessment of legal risks, preparing of an action plan to prevent any potential adverse consequences for the environment, which may be caused by any incidents that may take place during launching of the external infrastructure of the plant.

Yarenergo

Comprehensive contesting of the results of the on-site tax audits over several years.

Sberbank Capital

Legal due diligence of foundation and key aspects of operation of APK, OJSC.

Sberbank Capital

Legal due diligence of a large industrial chemical factory in the Perm Region for the intended transaction with Sberbank Capital, LLC, involving sale of the controlling block of shares to Soda-Chlorate, LLC, where Sberbank acted as a lending bank.

Serebryakovsky Asbestos & Cement Plant

Protecting of the client’s interests in the Arbitration Court of the Volga Region against groundless accusation of enrichment in the amount of 10 million dollars.

MTD Europe

Legal consulting of the international company manufacturing lawn-mowing and snow-removing machines. Consulting covered all aspects of conducting business in Russia, including disputes with contracting parties and taxation matters.

MТD Products Inc.

Consulting on incorporation of a company in Russia for selling of products manufactured by the client on the Russian market; consulting on aspects of corporate governance and taxation, customs, currency matters. Legal support in devising and adoption of the pattern for selling products in Russia through a dealership network, including preparation of supply contracts, agency agreements and maintenance agreements.

Business Trend

Consulting on specific tax aspects of transactions involving purchasing of the property by the company – resident of the Russian Federation; consulting on transaction-related expenses, requirements for approvals by Belorussian authorities and agencies (for example, antimonopoly authorities), type of the transaction, applicable law, procedure of entering into a preliminary agreement, possibility of advance payment under the preliminary agreement, required appraisal of the property.

TsentrStroy Group of Companies

Developing of a contract framework of the project, the term sheet of the transaction (including proposals on the optimum spread of risks), principal terms and conditions of the investment agreement.

Unity Re Insurance and Reinsurance Company

Legal support in the court proceedings regarding a new hearing of the dispute on invalidating of the decision adopted by Moscow Inter-District Inspectorate No. 50 of the RF Federal Tax Service. The total amount of the tax claims was more than 30 million rubles.

TNS energo

Legal support in a number of disputes between the subsidiaries regarding settlement of differences arising in connection with the agreements for provision of services in transmission of electric power.

Baltic Business Center

The court appeal of denial of St. Petersburg Inter-District Inspectorate No. 26 of the RF Federal Tax Service to compensate the value-added tax for an amount of 47 million rubles. Consulting on declaring of the VAT for deduction when estimating design and construction work.

Yugoria State Insurance Company

Legal support in a number of projects in marine insurance.

BEL Development

Legal support in the dispute with the general contractor regarding the contract for construction of a mixed-use center in the Central Administrative District of Moscow.

Adconion Media Group

Consulting of the client regarding the agreement on limitation of competition and consulting on the rules for documenting of labor relations in Russia.

Airbnb

Providing consulting services to an international company rendering services in provision of the Internet-platform for short-term renting of private apartments/houses worldwide; consulting on different legal aspects related to using of the global business model of the company in Russia.

Bank’s Soft System

Preparing of a draft license agreement for transfer of the rights to use software to the authorized capital of a foreign company.

BMC Group Inc.

Providing consulting services to an international company manufacturing software and other information technology for optimization of business processes regarding the contract to be signed with a Russian client.

Borealis Group

Providing consulting services to the client regarding potential risks associated with inaccurate declaration of goods imported to the Russian Federation (preparing of an expert opinion); preparing of draft replies to enquiries from customs authorities and replies to complaints of the client’s contracting parties.

Borlas Group Ltd

Legal support in the transaction where the Borlas Group of Companies sells its block of shares in IBS SI. The shares of a Cyprian company were the subject of the transaction. The transaction was governed by the English law. The transaction-related documentation also included documents regulating mutual restrictions of the parties for competing activities. In addition to the main transaction in purchase and sale of the shares of the Cyprian company, the project included several concurrent transactions involving the transfer of the project participants’ control over Russian companies.

Covidien

Consulting on implementation of the project of setting up a training center for doctors in Russia.

Covidien

Consulting on the aspects related to the address of the state registration of a legal entity.

FITCH

Providing consulting services to a British company specializing in design development regarding agreement for fee-based services to a Russian customer as well as in different aspects of labor law.

Fruytier

Legal consulting on e-commerce.

IDA international

Developing a strategy aimed at postponing the dispute with the contractor and settlement of the conflict through amicable agreement.

Korea Western Power Co.

Korea Western Power Co.

Preparation of a legal opinion on taxation applicable to mining of minerals and on the water tax.

Lanex

Consulting of Lanex, a Czech company, on setting up of a joint venture with Russian partners to manufacture Lanex products in Russia.

Lotte Europe Investment B.V.

Consulting of LOTTE II Business Center on the investment agreement.

Lufthansa Cargo

Consulting and representing interests of the company in the settlement of the dispute with AlfaStrakovanie regarding the transportation agreement.

Mivan

Consulting services to the international company specializing in interior design on the aspects of employment law; assistance in preparing documentation for employment of the branch director.

Motorola

Consulting on taxation and editing of agreements for provision of different types of services, including provisions on labor remuneration.

New Square Simargl Capital

Legal support in the dispute with the Federal Agency for State Property Management regarding the company’s title to the land in the Sochi National Park, where the company was implementing its project of construction of a hotel complex for the Olympic Games-2014.

Nordic Group of Companies

Developing of the most efficient and the least insecure model of joint operation of a large office center in Moscow (about 60 thousand square meters) by several owners.

Pakiri Group

Comparative analysis of the taxation of the branch, representative office and subsidiary as well as taxation of incomes of citizens of New Zealand.

R-QUADRAT Immobilien GmbH

Restructuring of the relationship between the investor and developers. Legal support in negotiations and preparation of agreements involving redistribution of the participation interest in the project and the investment amounts.

Rcd Asesores Legales Y Tributarios

Setting up of a Russian-Spanish joint venture for launching Russia-based operations in electronic documentation backup.

Shenhua Group

Studying of all aspects related to the business of the target companies, including corporate, license and environmental aspects, real estate aspects, court proceedings, commercial transactions and employment matters. Based on the results of the conducted due diligence investigations, VEGAS LEX Law Firm prepared recommendations on restructuring of transactions in acquisition of target companies.

Shenhua Group

Consulting of the company on investment projects in Russia: acquisition of coal deposits and infrastructure facilities, structuring of joint ventures by the sources of financing.

Shenhua Group

Consulting of the Chinese company on corporate approvals of transactions.

Targus

Legal support in the accreditation of the US Company’s branch – the manufacturer of accessories for computers, laptops and tablet computers – in the Russian Federation.

Turkish Airlines

Serving the interests of the company and consulting in the settlement of the dispute with Kazakh Airlines and several international insurance companies in connection with the material damage caused to the aircraft.

WABCO

Consulting on taxation and editing of the loan agreement between affiliates; consulting on taxation and compensation of expenses on repair of the leased property in the event of changes of the parties in obligations.

WPP Group

Consulting on taxation and editing of the license agreement and the purchase-and-sale agreement for the stakes in the authorized capital.

WPP Group

Conducting of legal due diligence investigations of Russian companies (5 companies) during preparation of M&A transactions.

Zolfo Cooper

Consulting on tax implications resulting from the court decision on the transfer of the ownership of real property to the client.

VEK Bank

Privatization of land parcels in Moscow, which are occupied by the industrial facilities of the client.

URALSIB Bank

Legal support in the transaction on the bank’s purchasing of a block of shares of the development division of the Marta Holding Company:

• Conducting due diligence of the group of companies (more than 30 companies) regarding corporate aspects.
• Defining triggers (conditions and mechanism of walk-away from the transaction, if the seller fails to meet its guarantee obligations).
• Participation in structuring of the REPO transaction (the Russian and Western part); defining of security mechanisms.

URALSIB Bank

URALSIB Bank

Wimm-Bill-Dann

Legal support in the litigation in the Stavropol Region regarding the ban on manufacturing and selling of products under the Yessentuki brand, legal support in their recalling and destruction, recovery of the compensation from the companies unlawfully using the brand name of the product in their manufacturing, as the right to use this brand name belongs to the client.

Bank for Foreign Economic Activity

Preparation for the transaction connected with acquisition of shares of RusHydro, PJSC.

Bank for Foreign Economic Activity

Legal support, taking into account interests of the Bank, in setting up an investment fund operated by Macquarie and Renaissance Capital for the purpose of investing in infrastructure projects in the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Kazakhstan.

World Bank

The project for devising of a system aimed at attracting of direct investment through the public and private partnership. Preparing proposals on stimulating investment, including engagement of financial mechanisms/MFO funds. Developing of a legal groundwork for the mechanism of partial credit guarantee for borrowing by the Russian institute of long-term resource development from international financial institutions. Developing of a legal groundwork for the mechanism of direct lending to the Russian Institute for the further financing of infrastructure projects.

Gazprombank

Gazprombank Invest

Legal support in the dispute regarding the right to the stake in PIS LLC.

Gazprombank Invest

Popov Gorky Communication Equipment Plant

Legal support in the lawsuit of PRIMA Research and Production Enterprise, LLC, regarding recovery of outstanding payments for the services provided under the agreement.

Spectrum Group of Companies

Developing of an organizational, legal and financial model; assessment of risks associated with construction of residential and hotel complexes in Sochi and Krasnodar.

Grain Holding

Preparing of a restructuring program and legal support in implementing of the project aimed at reorganization of the companies belonging to the Grain Holding Group (one of the Russian leaders in producing of flour, cereal and bakery products): the merger of two large joint-stock companies in the situation of conflict with minority stakeholders.

Success Group of Companies

Restructuring of the group of companies.

PhosAgro Group of Companies

Defining of a legal standpoint substantiating the significance of direct application of the WTO package of agreements by Russian courts, including regulations on inadmissibility of internal measures of price regulation, which infringe upon the interests of external importers and exporters of raw materials for production of mineral fertilizers.

PhosAgro Group of Companies

Representing interests of PhosAgro in a number of disputes pertaining to application of the antimonopoly laws and WTO rules.

PhosAgro

Representing PhosAgro in arbitration courts in proceedings involving contesting of the decision on bringing PhosAgro to administrative responsibility for the amount exceeding 100 million rubles due to misuse of the dominant position through setting of a monopoly-high price.

Eurosib

Restructuring of the company for the purpose of the business optimization.

Itera

Restructuring of the Group of Companies, which combines oil-and-gas, construction and energy divisions.

Life-cycle contract regarding the rolling stock of the Moscow Underground

Preparing a draft contract of life cycle with reference to the standards specified in FZ-223 regarding the rolling stock of the underground. Preparation of a life-cycle contract and its legal support, representing the rolling stock supplier selected during the tender.

Logoprom

Contesting of the decision adopted by Inspectorate of the Federal Tax Service No. 25 for Moscow.

MDS-GRUPP

Legal support in the dispute with the Administration of the Yaroslavl Region regarding the contracts for renovation of the roads; the dispute in the courts of three levels.

MDS-GRUPP

Recovery of penalty fees under the municipal contracts for the benefit of the client. Legal support in the dispute between DKC LLC (controlled by MDS-GRUPP) and the Ministry of Defense regarding the recovery of penalty fees to be payable by the client for the failure to meet the deadlines set for the delivery of apartments and regarding the termination of the agreements for purchasing of the above apartments.

Mikhailovka Silicate Brick Factory

Legal support in the dispute with the Administration of the Mikhailovka District of the Volgograd Region regarding the recovery of an amount of 29 million rubles as ungrounded enrichment.

Mosenergo

Preparing of a comprehensive legal opinion on the client legal defense strategy in the proceedings involving the Moscow United Energy Company, PJSC.

Mosenergo

Consulting on taxation applicable to importation of energy-generating equipment and its delivery to the installation site.

Mosenergo

Mosenergosbyt

Successful settlement of one of the major conflicts with TSOPenergo on the metropolitan energy market: The client was able to retain property and management control of operations of its subdivisions in Moscow and the Moscow Region.

Mosenergosbyt

Representation in the courts in a number of arbitration proceedings regarding the contesting of the decision adopted by the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia and requesting bringing to administrative responsibility (imposing a turnover-based fine for the total amount of more than 1.2 billion rubles) due to avoidance of signing an agreement for electric power supply.

Moscow United Power Grid Company

Protecting interests of the clients in disputes on invalidating the Decree of the Administration of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (AFAMS) for Moscow regarding the AFAMS appointment for the administrative punishment in the form of payable penalties in the case of AFAMS and administrative violation.

Research and Design Institute for Territorial Development and Transportation Infrastructure

Preparation of proposals on statutory regulation of setting up a public company dealing with operation, construction, revamping and maintenance of federal roads:

• General analysis of the draft law on a public company;
• Analysis of constituent draft documents of the public company;
• Making a list of laws and regulations subject to revision due to the setting up of the public company;
• Making a list of by-laws subject to adoption due to setting up of the public company.

Nizhny Novgorod Power Supply Company

Legal arguments for legislative differentiation of actions of the related companies misusing of their dominant position from the actions that do not involve any misuse of dominant positions and do not cause limitation of competition to be taken into account when discussing, approving and adopting of the draft law by the authorized government authorities - "On Amendments and Additions to the Federal Law "On Protection of Competition" and other laws and regulations".

Penzaenergosbyt

Legal support in the dispute with the interregional distribution grid company regarding the recovery of the compensation amount payable for the electric power losses in the networks of the grid company.

Russian Railways

The concept of development of railway stations.

RosEuroCity

Russian Institute of Urban Development and Investment

Legal support in the dispute against Moscow Inspectorate No. 36 of the RF Federal Tax Service regarding the results of the on-site tax audit; the amount in the dispute was more than 46 million rubles. Consulting on showing the revenue from the design work for the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Utilities; engagement of subcontractors in development of software and information products as well as databases under the municipal contract; engagement of subcontractors in preparing of design documentation and projects for development of territories under the contracts signed with the Federal Agency and companies with state participation).

RusHydro

Monitoring of the federal and regional legislation connected with the implementation of integrated investment projects.

RusHydro

Preparation of a legal opinion on taxation applicable to the interest rate swap transaction required for implementation of the project on construction of the Boguchany Aluminum Smelter. The transaction was conducted subject to the conditions offered by a large western bank.

Russky Alkogol

Legal support in the additional issue of shares of TOPAZ, CJSC, including assessment of legal risks, preparation of (i) a schedule, (ii) drafts of the required corporate resolutions, issue-grade documents and (iii) draft swap contracts, including legal support during the registration of the additional issues and the report on placement of the issue of shares of the closed joint-stock company in FFMS of Russia.

Russky Alkogol

Antimonopoly audit of the documentation connected with distribution of goods. The recommendations given by VEGAS LEX resulted in elimination of the grounds for bringing the company to responsibility for violation of the antimonopoly laws, which was confirmed by the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia.

SIBUR Holding

Comprehensive legal support in restructuring of the companies and arising tax-related disputes.

Stalfond-Nedvizhimost

Representing interests of the client in the arbitration court regarding the general contract for construction of a large residential complex in Cherepovets.

Alfa Trade and Commercial Firm

Comprehensive protection of the client’s interests in three arbitration proceedings based on the results of two on-site tax audits conducted by Interregional Inspectorate No. 6 of the Federal Tax Service and the Administration of the Federal Tax Service for the Volgograd Region; the petition was to suspend the execution of the adopted tax decisions.

TransTeleCom

Lider Management Company

ARMZ Uranium Holding

Rostransmodernizatsiya Federal Government Institution

Comparative analysis of the conformity of the main OECD rules and regulations to the RF legislation; assessment of the implications of application of the OECD rules and regulations in Russia; preparing proposals for negotiations between the Russian Federation and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development regarding signing of an Initial Memorandum.

Khanty-Mansi Non-Government Pension Fund

Legal support in the dispute regarding the recovery of the losses caused to the Fund by the trustees and expert appraisers due to the groundless appreciation of the appraised value of the property used for investing of pension reserve funds.

Khanty-Mansi Non-Government Pension Fund

Legal support in the bankruptcy process of the former management company.

Khanty-Mansi Non-Government Pension Fund

Legal support provided to the client in the bankruptcy proceedings, organizing and conducting of the tender. Protecting interests of the client during the tender for an amount totaling about 150 million rubles.

Khanty-Mansi Non-Government Pension Fund

Initiating of bankruptcy and legal support provided to several subsidiaries on the request of the lender of the company.

Khanty-Mansi Non-Government Pension Fund

Khanty-Mansi Non-Government Pension Fund

Preparing of a legal opinion on availability of the rights to the software product and legal support in the process of registration.

Moscow – Kazan High-Speed Railway

Moscow – St. Petersburg High-Speed Rail Line

High-Speed Rail Lines

U Palycha

Koltsovo Airport

Conducting of due diligence investigation of the company – one of the regional airports, including the corporate and regulatory block, verification of the title to the real property (the ownership, the right of use).

Renova Group of Companies, Koltsovo Airport

Legal support in implementing of a project aimed at building a regional hub by using the resources and facilities of Koltsovo Airport. Preparing amendments to the federal and regional legislation in order to attract additional investment in the development of the airports; analysis of the laws pertaining to special economic zones and defining an action plan required for obtaining the status of the special economic zone of the port type; preparing recommendations for using state financial institutions of development and for optimization of the corporate structure of Koltsovo Airport; preparing recommendations aimed at attracting additional investment in the airport development; devising of patterns of cooperation with the Bank for Foreign Economic Activity.

Kurumoch International Airport

Legal due diligence of the compliance with the environmental protection requirements, due diligence of the compliance with the requirements of the competent supervisory authorities.

KsantaMedica

Consulting on tax-related risks associated with application of benefits for medications in the event of differences in the names of such medications in different documents.

Сelgene

Подготовка правовой позиции, обосновывающей неправомерность стандартных оснований отказов со стороны региональных органов здравоохранения в обеспечении больных лекарственным препаратом, необходимым по жизненным показаниям.

MirLand Development Corporation

Magnat Trade Enterprise

Legal support in the dispute regarding the appeal of the decision adopted by the Inter-District Inspectorate of the Federal Tax Service denying partial compensation of the amount declared for compensation during the proceeding in the Arbitration Court of the Volgograd Region and the Twelfth Arbitration Court of Appeal.

RESO-Garantia

Protection of interests of RESO-Garantia, Open Joint-Stock Insurance Company, in the court proceedings regarding bankruptcy of SotsGorBank CB, OJSC.

Gazprom Neft

Organizational and legal support in making amendments to Article 6 of the Law "On Protection of Competition" (the second antimonopoly package).

Gazprom Neft

Conducting of independent studies in antimonopoly regulation and competition policy for the purpose of legally specified criteria of the concept of a "monopoly-high price", classification of criteria and principal methods used in the analysis of the above price setting in the word law practices; preparing of editorial proposals on amendments to the antimonopoly laws; yearly monitoring of the lawmaking process, initiatives of the RF Government regarding amendments to the basic antimonopoly legislation; representing interests of the company during discussion of amendments to the legislation during scientific and expert meetings, public discussions conducted by competition experts with antimonopoly and other government authorities.

TEN Corporation

Legal support in the significant dispute in courts of all levels; the lawsuit initiated by the TEN Corporation, OJSC, a large developer, against the Moscow Government and the Moscow Department of Land Resources regarding invalidating of the denial in documentation of the land-and-legal relations and omission in the form of refusal to adopt a decision on provision of land parcels for construction within the boundaries of the built-up area under the investment contract. As a result, the Corporation was able to implement its project for reconstruction of a large neighborhood.

VÍTKOVICE MACHINERY GROUP

Consulting on taxation applicable to the construction of the coke furnace for the Magnitogorsk Integrated Iron and Steel Works, OJSC, involving the engagement of subcontractors and the existing branch in the Russian Federation.

VÍTKOVICE POWER ENGINEERING

Legal support in the significant proceedings in the Presidium of the Supreme Arbitration Court regarding the litigation with a major Russian bank and recovery of 6.5 million euros under the bank guarantee. It was the first case in the Russian court practices when courts approved the bank guarantee issued in a SWIFT format as valid.

Kostromaregiongaz

Legal support in the dispute in the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Volga-Vyatka Region regarding the recovery of an amount of more than 38 million rubles (unreasonable gains) payable to KTEK.

BUSINESS Alliance

Representing interests of Business Alliance, a leasing company, in the lease-related dispute for an amount of 115 million rubles in connection with the gas equipment.

Komi Power Supply Company

Protecting interests of the client in the Federal Arbitration Court of the Volga-Vyatka Region in proceedings addressing the claim of the Komi Republican Energy Saving Center against the client and debt recovery in the amount of 10 million rubles.

Tula Power Supply Company

Settlement of conflicts arising out of the contracts; legal support in the dispute on debt recovery.

Energosbyt Rostovenergo

Legal support in the dispute regarding the results of the on-site tax audit; the amount in dispute was more than 660 million rubles; the dispute was initiated against the Inter-District Inspectorate of the Federal Tax Service of Russia for Major Taxpayers of the Rostov Region. Consulting on purchase and sale of electric power on the wholesale market, creating reserves on doubtful debts, assessment of insurance premiums and the Uniform Social Tax, engagement of contractors in performing construction and repair works.

Komienergo – the branch of the North-West Inter-Regional Distribution Grid Company, OJSC

Protecting of the client’s interests in the dispute against the Administration of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Komi Republic.

Rosmorport Federal State Unitary Enterprise

Devising a concept of improvement of the system of management and development of seaports of the Russian Federation through restructuring of Rosmorport FSUE in accordance with the new organizational and legal structure.

OPTEN Limited

Legal support provided to the client regarding the recognition of the crash of a helicopter with the insured equipment as an insurable event and recovery of the insurance compensation in favor of the client.

BILLA

Structuring of acquisition of the titles to properties under the investment agreements.

CIG

Legal analysis and preparation of a package of transactions for purchasing of a building in Moscow.

Gremm Group Real Estate Management

Organizational and legal support in restructuring of loans through setoffs between investors and developers of several office complexes, including setoffs through transfer of the title to real property.

Dorogobuzhkotlomash

Legal support in the Arbitration Court of Moscow in a series of disputes regarding the failure to perform the obligations under the construction contract for an amount of more than 600 million rubles; protecting of the interests of the Company – the customer in the construction project. As a result, the claim to the Company was completely dismissed, and the counter-claim to the contractor was satisfied.

Integrated Energy Systems

Preparing of a legal opinion regarding the right of the Federal Tariff Service of Russia not to accept fuel expenses estimated with the reference to the standard rates set by the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation (specific consumption standards) for thermal and electric power, if such rates have not been approved.

RF Ministry of Transport

Preparing proposals on the Transport Code of the Russian Federation – a regulatory legal act of the transport law, which regulates legal relations connected with transportation, operation of facilities of transport infrastructure, including administrative legal relations connected with safety in transportation.

RF Ministry of Transport

Analysis of the foreign legislation and law-enforcement practices; preparing recommendations on the optimum forms of rule-making applicable to transportation; developing of a concept and a federal draft law regarding organization of transportation; preparing proposals on improvement of the system of legal coverage of organization of regular transportation of passengers and baggage by motor vehicles along interregional routes.

RF Ministry of Transport

Analysis of the system of the legal coverage of the organization of regular transportation of passengers and baggage by motor vehicles along the interregional routes.

RF Ministry of Transport

Legal support in implementing the project "The Concept of the Organizational and Legal Model of Inland Waterway Management and Development". Finding controversies and loopholes in the legislation regarding operation of the inland waterway management system; studying of the most popular international models of inland waterway management; preparing proposals on distribution of powers among supervisory and control authorities operating in the sector of inland water transportation; preparing drafts of the required statutes and regulations, devising of patterns for participation of the Bank for Foreign Economic Activity in projects involving building of facilities of the inland waterway infrastructure.

RF Ministry of Transport

Preparing scientifically grounded proposals on legislative regulation of application of integrated long-term contracts (lifecycle contracts) including design development, construction, repair and maintenance of facilities of the transportation infrastructure.

RF Ministry of Transport

Devising of a concept and preparing of regulatory documents (decrees of the RF Government and orders of the Ministry of Transport), which set the rules governing land and investment relationships regarding location of service facilities and amenities (motels, restaurants/cafes, gas stations, parking lots) along the federal highways.

RF Ministry of Transport

Consulting on organizational and legal interaction between the public authority and private investors in implementation of integrated investment projects; developing of the pattern, sequence and tender documentation of the public customer in the following integrated investment projects "Comprehensive Development of the Murmansk Transportation Hub" (the state allocation amounted to 716 million rubles), "Setting up of the Sviyazhsk Interregional Multimodal Logistics Center, Republic of Tatarstan" (the state allocation amounted to 138 million rubles).

Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

Preparing an action plan aimed at changes in the legislation regarding elimination of groundless administrative barriers for business growth and encouraging new participants to enter the market.

Toyota Motor

Consulting on taxation and editing of agreements between Toyota Motor and official dealers/distributors for provision of advertising services.

Toyota Motor

Providing services in identification of any violations of antimonopoly obligations regarding aftersales maintenance.

Toyota Motor

Conducting training sessions on antimonopoly compliance.

Toyota Motor

Consulting on regulation of parallel imports in the Russian Federation.

Federal Agency of Railway Transport (Roszheldor)

Routine legal support in operations of the agency and its institutions, preparing drafts of non-regulatory acts, legal concepts, conducting research, preparing guidelines, legal support in implementing of the following investment projects: "Construction of the Izvestkovaya-Chekdomyn railway line section", "Construction of a bridge across the Lena River in the vicinity of Yakutsk on the new Berkakit – Tommot – Yakutsk railway line", "Construction of the Karabula – Yarki railroad in the Boguchany District of the Krasnoyarsk Region (as a part of the "Comprehensive Development of the Lower Angara Area” investment project), "The Complex of Refineries and Petrochemical Factories in Nizhnekamsk".

TGK-5

Legal analysis of the legal authority of the Federal Tariff Service of Russia regarding refusal to accept fuel expenses estimated on the basis of the specific consumption rates approved by the RF Ministry of Energy.

Directorate of the Moscow Transportation Hub

Assessment of tax implications and the impact on the financial statements of companies resulting from different methods of restructuring and operation of the Moscow Aviation Hub.

Designing a model of development of the Moscow Aviation Hub

Generating of the estimated passenger flow at the airports of the Moscow Aviation Hub until 2030. Identification of airport growth inhibitors; preparing of an action plan aimed at their elimination. Developing of airport infrastructure control models, models of financing of projects in development of airfield and airport infrastructure, models of attracting investment. Preparing proposals on improvement of the system of tariff regulation, taking into account the global practices of attracting non-budget investment in development of the airfield and airport infrastructure, etc.

Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

Defining of the standpoint of the RUIE Committee for the congress of the RUIE in 2012 regarding power issues and the further submission of legislative initiatives and recommendations on changes in the existing regulatory and legal framework to government authorities (the RF Federal Tariff Service, the RF Ministry of Transport, and the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia).

Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

Legal support addressing promotion of competition, removal of the administrative barriers, industrial and environmental safety. Preparing texts of amendments and proposals to the Federal Law "On Protection of Competition", the Administrative Violations Code of the Russian Federation, the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, the Federal Law "On Natural Monopolies", Federal Law 94-FZ, etc.

Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

Defining of the legal standpoint of the Environmental and Industrial Safety Committee of RUIE and organization of conferences during the Russian Business Week, namely, the conference on industrial and environmental safety; conferences have been organized since 2009. Active participation in forming environmental and industrial safety-related resolutions for congresses of the RUIE Management Board.

GosNIIAS FSUE

Analysis of the regulatory and legislative groundwork for innovative activities and the public-private partnership system in the aircraft building.

Rus-Bank

Representing of the client’s interests in the arbitration courts of the Ural Region at the suit regarding the recovery of losses reimbursable by the Bank and caused by direct debiting of money from the account of the client of the Bank.

Pallada-Invest

Restructuring of relationships between the investors and the developer. Legal support in negotiations and preparation of agreements connected with re-allocation of the participatory interest in the project and investment amounts.

Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation

Preparation of a memorandum on certain amendments to the RF Civil Code regarding regulation of corporate relations; the memorandum was prepared by the order of the RF Presidential Administration.

Volgabas (Volzhanin)

Integrated legal support of the project on setting up of a joint venture for manufacturing of buses, including structuring of the investment agreement with regional government authorities.

Gazprom Dobycha Astrakhan

Legal support in the significant court proceedings on recognition of the client’s ownership of the large industrial complex in the Astrakhan Region.

Gazprom Dobycha Astrakhan

Representing of the client’s interests in the lawsuit against the construction company regarding recovery of the invested funds.

Gazprom dobycha Astrakhan

Legal support in the court proceedings regarding the recovery of more than 100 million rubles in the insurance compensation; the dispute was between Gazprom dobycha Astrakhan, LLC, and SOGAZ Insurance Company.

Gazprom Neft

Representing interests during several "waves" of antimonopoly and court proceedings addressing the imputation of setting monopoly-high prices for fuel, including implementation of the defense strategy devised for corporate executive officers.

Donenergosbyt

Protecting of the client’s interests in the Arbitration Court of the Rostov Region, the Fifteenth Arbitration Court of Appeal, the Federal Arbitration Court of the North-Caucasus District and the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation at the suit against Donenergo, OSC, regarding recovery of the principal debt resulting from the improper performance of the obligations by the defendant under the electricity transmission agreement.

Donenergosbyt

Representing interests in court proceedings to invalidate the decision of the RF Federal Antimonopoly Service regarding the refusal to approve electricity-measuring devices by Nizhnovatomenergosbyt, OJSC.

Marienergosbyt

Representing interests in the proceedings on misuse of the dominant position in connection with the groundless evasion of entering into a contract for electric power supply.

Marienergosbyt

Legal support in the dispute with the Interregional Distribution Grid Company of the Center and Volga Area regarding recovery of the outstanding amount payable for the services in transmission of electric power; recovery lost energy compensation from the regional grid companies.

Marienergosbyt

Representing interests in the arbitration courts and appealing 10 decisions based on misuse of the dominating position; appealing orders for bringing of the company to administrative responsibility.

RESO-Garantia

Representing interests of the RESO-Garantia Insurance Company in the insurance-related dispute against the Bestlight City Company.

Federal Road Agency (Rosavtodor)

The concept of the organizational and legal model of management and development of the federal road network. Legal support in the standard-setting process associated with the establishment of the Avtodor State Company.

Federal Road Agency (Rosavtodor)

Formulating terms and conditions for a concession agreement regarding the concession holder’s obligations for environmental protection during the implementation of the concession project.

Road building companies

Appeal of the results of the tender for the award of the contract for supply of goods, jobs, services for public needs and for the benefit of road building companies; the appeal was filed to the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia.

Large development company

Legal support in the case of bankruptcy.

Large distribution company

Protection of interests of a large distribution company regarding the theft of funds by the head of the Transportation Department of the Company.

Large consulting group

Legal support in the transaction conducted by a group of companies to sell its block of shares. The subject of the transaction was shares of a Cyprian company. The transaction was governed by the English law. The transaction documentation also included documents governing mutual restrictions of the parties regarding their competition activities. The main transaction involving purchase and sale of shares of the Cyprian company was accompanied by several concurrent transactions in transfer of the control over Russian companies owned by the participants of the project.

Large leasing company

Legal support in the dispute regarding invalidation of lease agreements due to the bankruptcy of the lessee.

Large international company

Legal support in negotiations between the employer and the employees regarding the collective labor draft agreement.

Large international tobacco company

Preparation of a legal opinion on foreign currency regulation.

Large international tobacco company

Legal support in a customs dispute. Preparing of a draft petition for contesting of the decision regarding adjustment of customs fees.

Large construction group

Legal support in the dispute regarding payment for shares under the purchase and sale agreement.

Large building company

Preventing of initiation of a bankruptcy procedure.

Major company operating in the electric power sector in one of the CIS countries

Developing of a step-by-step algorithm of the actions aimed at transfer of the assets owned by one of the largest coal companies to another coal-mining company.

Large regional machine-building company

Legal support in implementing of the project aimed at restructuring of a large regional machine-building company, which involved spinning off an operating company and a company holding assets, building of a system aimed at protection against hostile takeovers. Preparing recommendations on minimization of the identified risks associated with defects in the title to the assets.

Large foreign retailer

Participation in the project for preparation for a transaction by a famous foreign retailer; the transaction involves sale of the retailer’s shares of one of the Russian retail chains. During the project, the VEGAS LEX specialists conducted legal due diligence of the company that owns the retail chain, prepared and implemented measures aimed at settlement of accounts receivables and payables.

Large inter-regional holding company

Legal support in the bankruptcy procedure for the benefit of a large inter-regional holding company. The project was preceded by a corporate conflict between the client and its partner in the joint development business. During the conflict, the partner gained control over their joint venture, "divested" a substantial portion of assets and initiated a procedure of bankruptcy. The project resulted in restoration of control over the debtor’s business and its assets.

Large Russian manufacturer of building materials

Consulting on devising and deployment of a compliance system for a large Russian manufacturer of building materials.

International technological company in the pulp and paper industry

The legal forensics of the actions performed by the former top management of the international technological company operating in the pulp and paper industry.

Company specializing in operation of administrative and residential high rises in Moscow

Legal support in two procedures for firing of top managers due to their fraudulent actions in the company specializing in operation of administrative and residential high rises in Moscow.

Russian Insurance Company

Audit and adoption of the non-disclosure rules in a Russian Insurance Company.

Movie theater chain

Devising and implementation of the plan for restructuring of the group of companies, which owns a chain of multiplex movie theaters. The restructuring is aimed at splitting of the business and at building of the optimum (including from the taxation perspective) corporate structure through using foreign jurisdictions.

Executive officers of large companies

Representing interests of executive officers of companies in the administrative proceedings regarding the violation of antimonopoly legislation; legal support in appealing the court decisions in courts of general jurisdiction.

Russia’s largest producer of vegetable oil

Analysis of the terms and conditions of the supply agreement and preparation of a legal opinion on risks associated with the existing distribution system.

Confidential project

Developing of a concept of federal legal regulation of the operations of the tourism cluster.

Confidential project

Legal support in the dispute between the client and a major metallurgical company. Preparing of a statement of claim regarding a large debt amount to be included in the register of the current claims of the lenders.

Confidential project

Representing the client’s interests in courts of first instance, courts of appeal and courts of cassation in the lawsuit against an airline, which attempted to oblige our client, through the court, to supply aircraft for an amount of more than 400 million US dollars. The courts of all instances delivered a judgement in favor of our client.

Confidential project

Contesting the results of the on-site inspection of the improper application of the state tariffs.

Confidential project

Serving the interests of a major private company in the electric power sector and developing a step-by-step algorithm for actions aimed at transfer of the assets owned by one of the largest Russian coal-mining companies to another coal-mining company:

• Description of corporate actions;
• Description of the actions aimed at re-registration of the property;
• Description of the licenses for mining of natural resources;
• Description of certificates required by hazardous industrial facilities;
• Description of the limits for emission of pollutants, etc.

Confidential project

Preparing of an option agreement.

Confidential project

Comprehensive legal support in the transaction for the company’s acquisition of a set of properties located in Russia, the Republic of Belarus and Ukraine.

Confidential project

Legal support in the dispute with the Federal Agency for State Property Management regarding provision of a land parcel where the building owned by the controlled company is located.

Confidential project

Preparation of the stock purchase-and-sale agreement.

Confidential project

Preparing documents for the transaction in purchasing of shares of a Russian industrial company in a Russian region. The project is worth 250 million rubles.

Confidential project

Legal support in the project "Violation of the fiduciary duties by the former employees – top managers of the bank, which resulted in their enrichment and caused damage to the bank". The VEGAS LEX experts conducted legal due diligence, prepared evidence database and developed a legal strategy (including a step-by-step plan, specification of risks and success prospects for each strategy option) for initiating lawsuits against the former top managers, taking into consideration specific characteristics of the Russian and foreign jurisdictions.

Confidential project

Preparing Russian law-related memorandums covering the aspects pertaining to loan and surety agreements; the memos will be used in proceedings in English and Cyprian courts.

Confidential project

Legal support in preparing and signing of a credit facility agreement entered into by and between the bank and the Chinese subsidiary of the multinational corporation, having partial collateral security in the Russian jurisdiction. The project was worth 1 billion rubles.

Confidential project

International tax structuring of the number of transactions and developing a tax model of a holding company.

Confidential project

Consulting on taxation during international restructuring of the group of companies.

Confidential project

Devising different ways of business restructuring.

Confidential project

Consulting on taxation applicable to receiving grants and implementation of a concession agreement for revamping, building and operation of the highway.

Confidential project

Consulting on the labor law, settlement of conflict situations involving personnel, regulation of the working activity in the Russian division of the company.

Confidential project

Success in two significant labor disputes that took place in a major regional group of companies.

Confidential project

Preparation of an action plan and legal support in the process of liquidation of subsidiaries.

Confidential project

Devising of a legal structure for implementation of a project of developing a system of photo-video-recording of traffic rules violations. Structuring of the system of relationships among the participants of the projects, including devising of an optimum pattern of structuring of the investors’ consortium, description of main obligations of investors in accordance with the optimum pattern. Analysis and preparation of proposals on minimization of antimonopoly risks, which may arise during the implementation of the project. Preparation of recommendations on protection of the stability of the project in the event of occurrence of any political risks. Defining essential components of legal protection during audits of using budget funds. Building of a matrix of legal risks associated with the project.

Confidential project

Preparation of a legal opinion on options for termination or amendments to lease agreements signed for the office and warehouse complex purchased for reconstruction in Moscow.

Confidential project

The dispute between a major Russian electronics retailer and a developer regarding lease agreements. The legal standpoint offered by VEGAS LEX focused on adding validity to the further behavior of the parties and using the established practices, thus avoiding the literal interpretation of the agreement, which implied the breach of the agreement. The compensation was paid under the amicable agreement.

Confidential project

Serving the interests of a large development company and preparing a comparative analysis of organizational and legal options for implementation of the project in reconstruction of the above-the ground vestibules of the stations of the Moscow underground. Preparation of recommendations on an optimum organizational and legal pattern.

Confidential project

Serving the interests of a large international design company in preparing general and subcontracting agreements for designing of a large multi-modal center in Skolkovo. The specific nature of the unique and technically sophisticated construction project was taken into account with special consideration for the trends in the urban planning laws, including new regulations pertaining to the responsibility of a design company (the revised version was enacted on July 1, 2013). Besides, the project took into account the specific characteristics of the legal status of the "Skolkovo" innovative center. The prepared agreements laid down the foundation for successful implementation of the unique project.

Confidential project

Preparation of a legal opinion on the potential litigation with a public customer regarding debt recovery under the state orders for an amount of more than 1.2 billion rubles.

Confidential project

Developing legal patterns for acquisition of the title to the land lots that are registered as federal property for construction of terminals of international airports, acting as the winner of the open tender for search of an investor for implementation of investment projects in construction of new airport terminal complexes, revamping and upgrading of engineering systems and airport utilities.

Confidential project

Preparing general contracts and subcontracting agreements for design development of a multimodal transport hub and legal support for the client’s benefit in negotiations with the customer regarding terms and conditions of the contract.

Confidential project

Legal due diligence of titles and title deeds to 157 land lots.

Confidential project

Representing interests of a private Russian investor in the transaction for multi-stage acquisition of 22.25% of the shares (for the total price of 90 million dollars) of one of the largest development companies specializing in construction of premium residential buildings in Moscow, and raising debt financing for this transaction.

Confidential project

Legal support in the court proceedings with the administration of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation regarding the contracts for revamping of roads in Yaroslavl. The legal standpoint was implemented, requiring that the completed work must be paid for at fixed contractual prices, regardless of the amount of the actually transferred types of work, due to the fact that the completed work has already been delivered.

Confidential project

Out-of-court settlement of the difference between the partners under the investment agreement for construction of a Russian and Korean Culture Center and, as the final aim, the partners’ registration of the titles to the premises in the building.

Confidential project

Legal support in the court proceedings with the administration of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation regarding the contracts for revamping of roads in Yaroslavl. The legal standpoint was implemented, requiring that the completed work must be paid for at fixed contractual prices, regardless of the amount of the actually transferred types of work, due to the fact that the completed work has already been delivered.

Confidential project

Protecting interests of the client in the Arbitration Court of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District during a challenging dispute with the Surgut City Administration regarding development of the territory.

Large gas distribution company

Legal support during the bankruptcy process involving a regional company, which is a member of the client’s group, and its assets worth more than 500 million rubles.

Large building company

Legal support in the dispute regarding declaration of bankruptcy of the client.

Major company – software developer

Legal support in a transaction for selling of its block of shares by the group of companies.

Major regional distribution company

Contesting of the denial of the regional Ministry for State Property regarding privatization of land.

Major developer

Representing interests of the client in the proceedings regarding the imputing of the client with cartel agreement during the bids, thus implying the risk that the client can be brought to administrative liability for an amount of 700 million rubles.

Major distributor of office products

Consulting on taxation and customs duties related to royalty payment under license agreements when importing goods to the Russian Federation.

Major producer of alcohol products in Russia

Conducting of an antimonopoly audit of the documentation pertaining to distribution and preparing recommendations on organizing work with distributors. Making amendments to the terms and conditions of standard agreements. Obtaining of the approval from the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia regarding the legitimacy of the contractual system.

Major retailer

Large road building holding company

Representing the client’s interests in the litigation with the territorial directorate of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia regarding the cartel agreement.

Large Chinese car manufacturer

Representing the client’s interests in a transaction for acquisition of an automotive factory in the Russian Federation. The transaction involves a Russian partner, who also participated in setting up of a joint venture manufacturing motor vehicles. The services provided by VEGAS LEX included: legal due diligence of the seller’s assets, consulting on the transaction-related documentation, legal support, closing of the transaction.

Large German manufacturer of trucks

Devising of an internal system of allocation of authority for signing documents.

Major German manufacturer of trucks

Providing legal support during the state registration of license agreements.

Large Russian automotive holding company

Conducting of legal due diligence of the target company.

International technological company operating in the automotive industry

Preparing legal documents for criminal prosecution of an employee who caused tangible damage to the international technological company operating in the automotive industry.

International automotive holding

Launching of a "hotline" in the international automotive holding as a part of the compliance system.

Regional Gas Distributing Organization

Legal support in the bankruptcy case (representing the debtor’s interests in the court proceedings, at the lenders’ meetings and other events under the project).

Russian car dealer

Legal support in implementing of the project aimed at compliance risk management for a Russian car dealer.