Our client is part of a large corporate group and acted as a guarantor for a RUB 1.2 billion loan obtained by the parent company. The parent company subsequently defaulted on the loan, and the lender obtained a court judgment for the recovery of the debt. After enforcement proceedings proved unsuccessful due to the borrower’s…
Our team successfully represented a Kazakh company specialising in the sale of automotive spare parts, components, and assemblies in a dispute with a Russian supplier. The case was heard by the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, case No M-23/2026. The dispute concerned the refund of…
One of our clients is a manufacturing association that has been producing steel tanks at its production site in Saint Petersburg since Soviet times. The company owns about a dozen Soviet‑era buildings located on this site; however, the land plot beneath them was state‑owned. Our client applied to the Saint Petersburg Property Management Committee to…
Our client, a fish products manufacturer, discovered in April 2026 that goods allegedly produced by his company on order from one of the wholesale buyers (a sole proprietor) were being sold in retail stores. However, the label and packaging information did not comply with our client’s quality standards, and the ingredients list indicated on the…
In 2019, our client recovered a debt in the amount of USD 1.3 million from another individual in court. Since 2020, enforcement proceedings have been underway, in which bailiffs have been unable to execute a debt collection decision. Meanwhile, in August 2025, the Moscow Region Arbitration Court initiated case No. A41-48444/2025 on the debtor’s insolvency…
A client of our bureau paid for the supply of equipment, but the supplier failed to deliver the goods and ceased all communication. The cost of the unfulfilled advance payment was recovered from the supplier through court proceedings; however, by the time enforcement proceedings commenced, the supplier company had already been excluded from the Unified…
Every year, a charity run for lawyers is held in St. Petersburg and many other cities. The goal is to raise funds for the Gift of Life foundation and to informally unite the professional community. Since the launch of the Legal Run project in 2014, more than 45.5 million rubles have been raised. This money…
Kommersant, the Publishing House, has presented the results of its annual study of Russian law firms for 2026, highlighting recommended companies and lawyers. Aspectum. is recommended for dispute resolution and consulting in the areas of Production and Industry (Band 1), Retail and Trade, FMCG (Band 2), Transport and Logistics (Band 2), Financial Sector (Band 2),…
On December 11, 2025, an international conference was held at the Faculty of Law of the University of Nicosia (Republic of Cyprus), devoted to the standards and criteria of judicial independence, as well as to the mechanisms for ensuring and protecting this independence. The conference brought together representatives of the academic community, practicing lawyers, and…
On December 04, 2025, the traditional award ceremony for the leaders of the Pravo-300 rating took place. Practices of the Aspectum company. are among the best companies in the rating, which is a confirmation of the constant quality of legal assistance and evidence of the professional growth of our employees. Awards were received in the…
The reputable newspaper “Rossiyskaya Gazeta” conducted a large-scale study of the legal market and compiled lists of recommended lawyers in the main branches of legal activity. Kirill Belyakov was recommended in the nomination “Labor Law” of the federal rating in the group “excellent specialists worthy of every recommendation.” Mikhail Antonov was recommended in the “Sanctions…
Our advocate bureau’s client exported metal products abroad and, during customs declaration, reported an incorrect value for the goods. Two years after the declaration, the customs value of the goods was adjusted, and the client was charged penalties in the amount of 5.5 million rubles for late payment of customs duties. Following the decision on…
