The Higher School of Economics magazine “Legal Issues in the Digital Age” has published a feature by Elena Mazetova, Associated Partner at Petrol Chilikov, titled “Data Protection Regulation and International Arbitration: Can There Be Harmonious Coexistence (with the GDPR Requirements Concerning Cross-Border Data Transfer)?” The entire text is available on the magazine’s website.

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Is the property acquired after the actual termination of marriage, but before the legally executed divorce considered communal property? Courts of three instances distributed the burden of proof in three different ways and each came to different conclusions. Which one of them is right was found by the Russian Supreme Court: its ruling illustrates one of the most challenging issues faced in...

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Pravo.ru investigated options available to Russian businesses as alternatives to Western arbitration. Partner Egor Chilikov shared his views on online arbitration, and what is the most important factor in choosing arbitration: “Some complain about the lack of a ‘presence effect’ when questioning witnesses and experts online, but I don’t see this as a significant problem,” says...

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After the legal separation, a wife received an apartment and a "release fee", and promised not to claim any other real estate, but later filed a lawsuit for division of property. The Supreme Court of Russia dealt with the issue of whether the amount of the "release fee" was jointly acquired property or unjust enrichment for the wife. Firm partner Olesya Petrol drew readers' attention to...

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Transaero founder Alexander Pleshakov managed to defend his right to Sky Stream company incorporated at British Virgin Islands (BVI) to hold the airline's shares. The dispute with the offshore firm's nominal owner, a former friend and lawyer of Mr. Pleshakov, Sergei Linkov, lasted eight years. Partner of Petrol Chilikov Egor Chilikov helped the journalist to understand legal aspects of the...

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The partner of the firm Egor Chilikov explained what acts of management, including temporary directors of a firm, may indicate the existence of grounds for invoking subsidiary liability: If Sevkabel's managers did indeed overstate their own compensation, engage in nonmarket transactions to the detriment of the company, and fail to set aside reserves for future relocations, as claimants...

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Just manipulation, no cheating: how to protect foreign investments from a recipient state? One can effectively protect their capital investments by wise investment planning. Egor Chilikov, partner at Petrol Chilikov revealed ground principles of international law on investments and told about the defence rules in relation to business assets abroad. Read the full article here (in Russian).

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Pravo.ru, with the help of experts in the field of dispute resolution and media work, finds out whether skillful litigation PR can help influence the outcome of a case. The article offers advice from Olesya Petrol, a partner in the firm. How a lawyer should communicate with the press. Tips: Soberly assess the level of "interest" in the case before you offer it to journalists. This advice...

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In order for heirs to be able to enter a business in the future, lawyers recommend that all corporate documentation be synchronized in advance with the inheritance instruments. For example, the charters and agreements of the firm's members may contain prohibitions on third parties joining the business. "Such clauses are often written by lawyers without regard to the wives and heirs,"  warns...

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The comments of Dmitry Taput, Petrol Chilikov Associate, are cited by the law portal Pravo.ru in a report from a session of the Judicial Panel for Commercial Disputes of the Russian Supreme Court regarding the legality of charging interest for late payment by a company which is subject to a "bankruptcy moratorium": "The main issue in the case at hand is whether the circumstances in which...

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