The Supreme Court reviewed case No. A37-2657/2023 following a claim filed by the Department of Property and Housing Relations of the Magadan City Mayor’s Office against Oktan Trade LLC for the return of a leased land plot under Article 622 of the Russian Civil Code.  The court of first instance dismissed the claim, holding that […]

In 2024, Wintershall DEA initiated two international arbitration proceedings. The German group accused the Russian Federation of breaching the Germany–Russia bilateral investment treaty and the Energy Charter Treaty, as well as of the de facto expropriation of its assets. In Russia, Wintershall DEA held ownership interests in projects developing the Urengoy and Yuzhno-Russkoye gas fields.  […]

The Prosecutor General’s Office succeeded in court in returning the Tuapse Commercial Seaport to the state. The authorities proved that in the 1990s the asset had been unlawfully alienated under a loan agreement with onerous terms (interest rates of 190–380% per annum).  As a result, the port came under the control of an offshore company […]

Following the forced redomiciliation of companies such as X5 and Rusagro, investors faced unexpected tax consequences:  only a portion of the acquisition costs was taken into account when selling shares (expenses were recognized only to the extent that the shares of the Russian economically significant company were reflected in the assets of the foreign holding […]

The guideline contains the following information: the name of the state and the agreement, the date of signature and the date of entry into force, the start date of application, the start date of application and the results of the application of the MLI convention, information on the suspension or denunciation of the agreement, the […]

Courts of two instances refused to compel the conclusion of a main share purchase agreement for an LLC based on the terms of a preliminary agreement. The key reason was the inclusion of a potestative condition – a prohibition on the seller from alienating the share to third parties.  The courts pointed out that a […]

The cassation court overturned the decision in a case where a member of an LLC, during divorce proceedings, increased the charter capital through a contribution of his father, reducing his own share from 100% to 10%. His ex-wife challenged the transaction as sham, aimed at reducing the marital assets subject to division.  The lower courts […]

A participant withdrew from a company in which he owned a 50% share. The general meeting approved a payment to him of the actual value of his share amounting to 8 million rubles. Subsequently, the parties also formalized this in a separate agreement. However, instead of 8 million rubles, the company paid the participant only […]

The Arbitration Court considered a case on the claim of JSC Stanovik to recognize the shares of minority shareholders who had not participated in meetings for over 10 years as ownerless. The court pointed out that shares cannot be ownerless, as they are always registered to a specific owner in the register. To resolve the […]