KIAP lawyers successfully represented the client in ICAC arbitration and received arbitral award on

Foreign supplier (client of KIAP) suffered damages due to the buyer’s breach of its contractual obligation to purchase an obligatory minimum amount of goods. The underlying contract provided for contractual penalty in the amount of 50% of price of non-purchased goods; the amount of penalty exceeded $5m.

The trial story on how 15 kg of aircraft weight could cost 20 mln rubles of customs payments

11 June 2020, Moscow, Russia – The Principal of KIAP had purchased and imported into the Russian Federation a passenger aircraft. During the customs declaring procedure the classification code of goods was specified based on the weight of the aircraft with the corresponding customs duty rate of 0%.

KIAP lawyers assisted the Client to release the demand guarantees in total amount of 100 mln rubles

14 August 2020, Moscow, Russia – KIAP lawyers represented the Client in a court dispute against a Bank arising out of first demand guarantees. The demand guarantees had been issued by the Bank to the benefit of the Client under the subcontract agreement. The counterparty of the Client did not perform its obligations under the subcontract …

KIAP starts Family and Inheritance Law Practice

14 August 2020, Moscow, Russia – KIAP, Attorneys at Law, has announced the opening of the Family and Inheritance Law Practice. The opening of a new direction is due to a significant increase of profile requests from current and new clients of KIAP, as well as the strengthening of expertise as a result of the successful implementation of a …

KIAP and ICC Russia have conducted a study “The Attitude of Financial Institutions to Arbitration”

24 August 2020, Moscow, Russia – On July 23, 2020, the Russian National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce – World Business Organization (ICC Russia) presented the results of the study “The Attitude of Financial Institutions to Arbitration (Arbitration Proceedings)” (in Russian language), conducted jointly with KIAP in 2019-2020. The study was aimed to understand attitude of Russian …

LCIA online: KIAP lawyers defended a foreign trader at the peak of the pandemic

10 September 2020, Moscow, Russia – In the midst of pandemic, KIAP lawyers defended interests of the foreign trader in arbitration proceedings in LCIA against Polish buyer who refused to pay for the delivered by the Client goods. The whole procedure was conducted online.

The court ruling on the canceled car show came into force

12 August 2020, Moscow, Russia – On August 6, 2020, the Ninth Arbitration Court of Appeal upheld the ruling of the Moscow Arbitration Court, obliging a large Russian Insurer to pay insurance indemnity in the amount of more than 70 million rubles under the insurance policy of the business risk in favor of the Insured (the …

KIAP lawyers defended the interests of one of the largest importers of professional off-road tires

29 June 2020, Moscow, Russia – The dispute was related to the appeal of the decisions of the customs authority on the classification of goods according to the Foreign Economic Activity Commodity Nomenclature of the Customs Union (the FEACN of the CU).

KIAP defended the interests of a large manufacturer from Republic of Belarus in 3 court instances

13 August 2020, Moscow, Russia – The distributor appealed to the Russian arbitration court with a demand to recover from the Belarusian company the discount on the contract not given to him. The total amount of the claims estimated 100 million rubles.

KIAP defended the interests of a large manufacturer from Republic of Belarus in 3 court instances

13 August 2020, Moscow, Russia – The distributor appealed to the Russian arbitration court with a demand to recover from the Belarusian company the discount on the contract not given to him. The total amount of the claims estimated 100 million rubles.