One of our clients was a minority shareholder in a company that later declared bankruptcy. After the bankruptcy proceedings, the available funds were insufficient to cover all of the company’s debts. In this regard, the company’s creditor applied to the Arbitration court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region with a claim to bring our…
For more than fifteen years, our client rented office and production facilities. In 2020, the client decided to move to another production site, as notified by the landlord, and they coordinated the list of works to bring the vacated premises back to their original state. The client completed the agreed-upon repair work and vacated the…
At the end of 2019 – beginning of 2020, as part of a corporate conflict, one of its parties several times appointed its manager to a company operating in the catering sector. As a result, 4 entries were made in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities (USRLE) regarding the change of general director. Subsequently,…
The Kommersant newspaper annually publishes a special issue “Best Legal Practices,” which presents a rating of the best law firms in Russia. In the 2023 issue, the Aspectum team took first place in the list of the best legal practices in the “Production and Industry” nomination, and also entered Band 1 of the “Foreign Economic…
On December 27, 2022, a conference “Justice, Communication and Formalism in the Law” was held at the Law Faculty of HSE. Scientists from leading law schools and research institutions in Russia took part in this scientific event, the sponsorship of which was provided by the Aspectum Law Firm. Among the participants were researchers and teachers…
Our client took out a bank loan but did not repay it on time. At this time, the bank itself went bankrupt, and its loan portfolio was sold to a collection agency. The collectors demanded the return of the loan, and after the client refused to return the debt, they applied to the Vyborgsky District…
In November 2022, the Advocate’s Newspaper published an article that formulated a critique of the gaps in the provisions of the Civil Procedure Code of the Russian Federation regarding the falsification of evidence. Our bureau responded to this publication by submitting to the Advocate’s Newspaper a critical commentary, which pointed to the incorrect formulation of…
Our client, acting as a service provider under a service agreement, had significant disagreements with the counterparty-customer regarding the performance of this agreement. These disagreements led to the fact that the customer decided to terminate the contract with a month’s notice. During this period, services were provided to the customer for more than 400 thousand…
Our client has concluded a contract with a Cypriot company that manages a network of shopping centers in Russia. The standard arbitration clause, the inclusion of which in the contract was insisted upon by the Cypriot company, stipulated that disputes are resolved by an ad hoc arbitral tribunal, while the judge must have a certificate…
On December 2, 2022, the annual award ceremony for the leaders of the “Pravo-300” rating was held, within which the organizers of the rating highlighted the most successful law firms in each of the subject areas of activity. The results of this rating are based on a large-scale study of the quality of work, the…
