What are the chances of a foreign claimant to succeed in a Russian court?

Photo published on Vecteezy Recently, during the 12th Asia Pacific International Legal Forum, the Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Lebedev reported that the total number of economic disputes involving foreign parties has increased by 60%, to 10.6 thousand in the first half of 2023. Whereas 93% of disputes were resolved […]

KDB.legal teamed up with Lexology Getting the deal through and published the German chapter of the Shipping report

We are happy to share that KDB.legal teamed up with Lexology Getting The Deal Through and prepared the German chapter of the Shipping Report. So, if you are researching any question regarding ๐’๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ๐’๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐‹๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐ข๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐’๐š๐ฅ๐ฏ๐š๐ ๐ž, ๐–๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ค ๐‘๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐’๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐€๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐‰๐ฎ๐๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐†๐จ๐จ๐๐ฌ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐†๐จ๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐›๐ฒ ๐’๐ž๐š […]

Are Russians now banned from bringing cars and smartphones to the EU?

On the 8th of September the European Commission posted an update to the โ€œfrequently asked questions โ€œ(FAQs) on the rules for applying sanctions against Russia. (Commission Consolidated FAQs on the implementation of Council Regulation No 833/2014 and Council Regulation No 269/2014, D. Trade and Customs, 5. Import, Purchase and Transfer of Listed Goods, 13; p.169). The […]

German insolvency law vs. worldwide freezing order 1:0

A worldwide freezing order under English law is a legal instrument that allows to freeze a defendantโ€™s assets located across the world, and not limited to just one jurisdiction.ย In contrast to an arrest, a worldwide freezing order has no effect in rem, but ad personam. It may exert enforcement and good conduct pressure on internationally […]

No protection for trademarks in Russia

On 2 March 2022, the Arbitrazh Court of the Kirov Region rendered a judgement which will potentially make a little piglet which is rather popular among 3-6 year olds famous with IP lawyers. The original of the judgement can be found here, a translation into English is provided below. The story is simple: The holder […]

Extension of arbitration clauses to third parties

French and Russian courts extend arbitration clauses to parent companies

The extension of arbitration clauses to third parties, especially parent or affiliated companies, is a kind of “french speciality”. Since the “dow chemical” decision in 1982 which is often quoted to have established a “group of companies” approach in arbitration, there are a number of decisions that extended arbitration clauses to non-signatories of the arbitration […]

Fraud via GAFTA-Arbitration

a brief case study

Internet fraud is a very common and presumably profitable business. We have come across a number of schemes over the years, the most common one being the interception of communication and the exchange of payment details in invoices, so that the payment is diverted to a third party who then cannot be traced. Recently, we […]

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