Litigation funding is a fairly common tool in the US, which not only allows you to avoid large expenses, but also to take negotiations with your opponent to a completely new level. Partner Egor Chilikov talks about the applicability of litigation financing in Russia. The success of litigation financing as a business depends on the predictability and quality of the judicial system. Russian...

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Today, many foreign companies have suspended or ceased operations in Russia. A draft law has been submitted to the Russian Parliament regulating the scenario of external administration in relation to such companies. According to Olesya Petrol, a partner of Petrol Chilikov, the reasons for this decision were related not only to the geopolitical situation. For many companies, it was...

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Pavel Krasheninnikov, head of the State Duma's Committee for State Building ad Legislation, has introduced amendments to the law enacting Part One of the Civil Code. It was proposed to be amended with Article 23, which would allow businesses and others not to fulfil obligations if it becomes "definitively impossible" when "restrictive measures" are imposed against Russia in "circumstances of...

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Every day the volume of sanctions against the Russian Federation increases and chains of contracts are frustrated. Many would like to be exempted from liability for failing to fulfil contracts with reference to sanctions, but there is uncertainty as to whether this is permissible under Russian law. Changing existing agreements with reference to extraordinary circumstances, even in relations...

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At a meeting of judges summarising the work of the justice system in Russia over the past year, the chairman of the Supreme Court, Vyacheslav Lebedev, noted an increase in the number of cases involving the protection of foreign investors. Partner Egor Chilikov suggested what this may be due to. Chilikov confirms an explosive growth of disputes "involving foreign persons" in 2020 and 2021....

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When morally tough, it is easy to forget important formalities or to fall under the influence of fraudsters. Lawyers explained how to deal with the death of a loved one. Daryana Epikhina, a Senior Associate at the law firm Petrol Chilikov, explains that you cannot buy a plot of land for a burial. All land under cemeteries is state-owned and is provided on a rent-free perpetual...

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