Our team's experience includes advising:

RUSAL in relation to:

• the merger between RUSAL and the aluminium and alumina businesses of SUAL and Glencore;

• the acquisition of Alpart (Jamaica), 20% of Quinsland Alumina (Australia), Friguia Alumina (Guinea), Alscon Nigeria, BCGI (Gayana), 10% of KrazHPP and about 20 other assets, the sale of SMZ and BKMPO to Alcoa, etc.

• judicial protection of RUSAL from claims filed by Mr Bykov (KRAZ), Mr Zhivilo (NKAZ), the Government of Ukraine (Nikolaevsky AP), the Government of Tajikistan (TADAZ), etc.;

• the establishment and financing of such joint ventures as Boksity Timana, BEMO, etc.; and

• the legal support for the construction of the Khakassky AP and Boguchansky AP;

a minority shareholder of a major commercial seaport in connection with the siphoning of the port’s profits to a company affiliated with the majority shareholder, including the initiation of criminal proceedings and obtaining interim measures in Russia;

a large Russian transport company in a dispute with a German manufacturer of transport equipment. The amount in dispute is about EUR 150 million. Representation of the client includes conducting pre-arbitration correspondence with the counterparty, and initiating and conducting the arbitration proceedings. Many aspects of this dispute are related to sanctions and other developments over the recent months;

a shareholder of a large transport and logistics company in a corporate dispute involving LCIA proceedings, obtaining court orders in the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands and Cyprus (including orders to appoint a liquidator, to provide security to cover expenses, to prohibit voting), claims based on damages as a result of the conspiracy in tort;

a major transport company as part of a dispute under a cargo transshipment agreement with a foreign counterparty;

an international logistics company in several parallel disputes with state authorities;

a major Russian company in an ICC dispute related to the provision of engineering services;

a major Russian industrial company in an SCC arbitration with a German equipment manufacturer;

a major Russian transport company in an ICC dispute with a German equipment manufacturer for about EUR 150 million;

Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) (as well as REGION LLC) in a dispute in an SCC arbitration against Holtmann (Germany). We managed to obtain a decision by which the claims of MMK were satisfied in full, and the claims of Holtmann were dismissed. Thus, MMK was awarded an amount of approximately EUR 1,6 million;

MMK within the framework of the recognition and enforcement in Italy of the ICAC decision. We managed to obtain an award on the enforcement of the ICAC decision until its recognition in Italy. As a result (and due to the risk of foreclosure on debtor’s assets), the opponents agreed to an amicable settlement of the dispute with the payment in favour of MMK of the entire amount awarded by the ICAC; and

a major Russian metallurgical company as part of disputes under several contracts for the supply of metallurgical equipment with foreign manufacturers. The disputes were governed by Swedish, English and Swiss law. The disputes were terminated following the execution of a settlement agreement on the terms favourable for our client.