Projects

KIAP accompanied the sale of Greenhouse LLC which conducts business in growing premium grade tomatoes in a modern and technologically advanced greenhouse complex of about 24.5 hectares in size. During the transaction KIAP team: participated in structuring the stages of transaction and formalizing its key terms; prepared drafts of preliminary and main documentation for the transaction on...

KIAP team provided legal support for Shipbuilding complex Zvezda in drafting the documentation and negotiating on the terms of establishing a joint venture with: Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. (HSHI); Samsung Heavy Industries. The companies were established as part of a joint project of JSC Rosneftegaz, PJSC Rosneft Oil Company and JSC Gazprombank to localize ...

KIAP team has been successfully representing the interests of a Russian shipowner for several years in sale and purchase of vessels, setting up joint ventures and raising finance. The peculiarities of these projects are determined by the specifics of maritime transport business, as well as the complex bundle of contracts regarding each vessel. Some prominent projects: ACQUIS...

The "management buy-out" transaction has become a popular form of foreign investors’ exit from Russian corporations. The peculiarity of such transaction is that management is used to seeing itself as hired officials who know the business perfectly well but do not fully understand risks and problems they may face in their new legal role of business owners. The project team accompanied th...

The client received a number of requests from antimonopoly authorities requesting information on sales volumes and pricing. According to the requests, the antimonopoly authorities conduct an investigation for complaints about rising prices for construction materials as well as for possible anti-competitive collusion. To receive current advice and assistance in preparing responses to the regula...

Since the popularity of electric scooters in Russia has grown several times in recent years, as well as the number of accidents involving them, an international distributor of electric scooters, which is not their manufacturer and does not have a representative office in Russia, asked KIAP to prepare a legal opinion regarding potential liability to Russian consumers for harm to health caused d...

The employer contacted KIAP for assistance related to checking the employee bonus system for compliance with labour legislation. The main purpose of the audit was to guarantee the payment of bonuses when employees of various departments (both directly related to sales and the back office) achieve predetermined indicators. Since the company’s previously existing policies had internal contradict...

Supporting the procedure for the termination of employment contracts in connection with the dissolution of the Russian division of an international corporation involved in financial consulting Since the employer’s head office decided to dissolve the Russian division, KIAP employees accompanied the procedure for terminating employment relations, as well as transferring key em...

The conflict-ridden top manager who had increased protection in accordance with labour laws destabilized work processes and in every possible way “motivated” the employer to enter into an agreement to terminate the employment contract with the payment of significant compensation. In particular, in response to each order of the employer, the employee sent several counter requests, contacted the...

One of the company's foreign employees was caught revealing trade secrets. In response to this, the employer decided to dismiss the employee as quickly as possible and obtain from them information about the person who ordered the illegal act and the exact amount of information disclosed. To solve the assigned tasks, the KIAP team was involved. The dismissal procedure was com...

The employer contacted KIAP with a request to conduct an internal investigation in relation to employees of one of the stores due to the fact that the number of processed product returns significantly exceeded the indicators of other similar outlets of the company. Based on the results of the internal audit, it was revealed that part of the funds collected from the store had not been transferr...

Due to the large number of employees and, as a result, regularly arising labour disputes, the employer contacted KIAP with a request to conduct a legal review of HR documentation to determine its compliance with the requirements of labour legislation. KIAP employees analysed the employer’s internal policies and regulations, employment contracts with key employees, as well as...

As part of the bankruptcy case, a creditor’s application was handled that concerned inclusion in the register of creditors’ claims of the amount of RUB 160 million. KIAP was tasked with reviewing the evidence presented and originating a strategy to prevent the debt from being added in the register. KIAP associates succeeded in proving the fact of defaulting on the limitation period...

A large warehousing and office complex based in Moscow and one of the largest regional developers have agreed to implement a project to build a multifunctional centre (about 500,000 sq.m.). As one of the structuring options, it was proposed to transfer buildings and land lease rights to the SPV. KIAP team assessed options for the transfer of assets, as well as legal and tax consequence...

At the request of the regional government, the Federal Antimonopoly Service for the Republic of Tatarstan began an unscheduled inspection of buckwheat manufacturers, suppliers and sellers due to a synchronous increase in prices for it suspecting the six largest retailers, including our client, of price collusion, which led to an increase in the price of a socially important product. ...

The European branch of the company contacted the KIAP law office with a request to provide clarification regarding the provisions on cross-border transfer of personal data. The need to provide clarification was caused by a corresponding request from the Federal Supervision Agency for Information Technologies and Communications. The branch wanted to prepare a response to this request by familia...

The parent company decided to dismiss the Head of the Russian representative office due to failure to achieve the set targets. Since the Heads of branches are not subject to additional reasons for termination of employment contracts as Heads of organizations, the client turned to KIAP with a request to assist in the conclusion of an agreement on the termination of employment relations and paym...

KIAP’s Principal acquired warehouse property with a total value of RUB 115 million. As part of the bankruptcy case, an application was filed to recognize said contract an invalid transaction, citing the entry into such on the threshold of the owner’s bankruptcy at a non-arm’s length price and the privileged position of the Firm’s Principal versus other purchasers. The Firm’s associ...

KIAP associates represented a former top manager of a major retail chain in a dispute over his being brought to vicarious liability in a bankruptcy case for the company’s debts. The amount of creditor claims exceeded RUB 11 billion. Despite the arguments of the opponents about existing losses and culpable actions on the part of the top managers, the Firm’s associates managed to pro...