Three international bidders, having enlisted the services of world famous architects, vied for the right to commit over $300 million to an extremely complicated redevelopment project with vague payback prospects. What's more, the outcome was known in advance. The intrigue was maintained till the very last moment with each of the bidders, it seemed, being firmly convinced they would win...
Russian lawyers have challenged fines imposed by Norway on the Arkhangelsk Trawler Fleet Company concerning the Captain Gorbachev vessel...
An article by Ilya Nikiforov, a managing partner of EPAM’s St. Petersburg office and associate lawyer Sergey Golubok outlining the new rules for international commercial arbitration in Moscow was published in the February edition of the International Bar Association 's information newsletter on Arbitration.
The Spanish courts, acting on a request filed by Russian lawyers, have impounded three fishing trawlers that had earlier been confiscated from their Russia owners...
The lawyers to the Arkhangelsk Trawler Fleet will object to charges brought against two Russian trawlers in the Norwegian court, a source in the EPAM Law told Itar-Tass on Friday...
The Moscow Arbitration Court has rejected an appeal from Sibneft against a ruling to overturn a decision from a meeting of Yugraneft shareholders on August 1, 2005, Sibir Energy, the main Yugraneft creditor, said in a press release. The Moscow Arbitration Court also rejected a Sibneft appeal against a Moscow Arbitration Court ruling from September 8, 2005, which rejected a Sibneft request to suspend the Yugraneft external manager...
The Moscow Arbitration Court has rejected an appeal from Sibneft against a ruling to overturn a decision from a meeting of Yugraneft shareholders on August 1, 2005.
Sibir Energy, which is battling Sibneft for the return of the Yugraneft asset, achieved a major victory over Roman Abramovich's company yesterday. The Moscow District Federal Arbitration Court reduced Sibneft’s claims to Yugraneft by a factor of nearly 25. Experts believe the court’s ruling will potentially make life for Sibneft much more complicated...
Britain's Sibir Energy recorded an "important victory" on August 9 when the Moscow Arbitration Court rejected an appeal by Sibneft against an April ruling that placed OAO Yugraneft under external administration in connection with the company's bankruptcy...
Britain’s Sibir Energy has won a victory against Sibneft in the battle to control Yugraneft. A court ruled on Wednesday that external administration had been lawfully introduced and that there was no need to liquidate the company...
The Moscow District Federal Arbitration Court today rejected Sibneft's appeal of an April ruling by a Moscow court of original jurisdiction that placed OAO Yugraneft under external administration in connection with the company's bankruptcy.
British company Sibir Energy is trying to regain a 50% stake in Sibneft-Yugra, a joint venture with Sibneft. The joint venture was established on a parity basis in 2000.
Britain's Sibir Energy recorded an "important victory" on August 9 when the Moscow Arbitration Court rejected an appeal by Sibneft against an April ruling that placed OAO Yugraneft under external administration in connection with the company's bankruptcy.
Law students from 14 European countries are in St. Petersburg to take part in the annual meeting of the European Law Students’ Association (ELSA) that convened Wednesday and runs through Sunday...
ELSA is the world’s largest independent, non-political and non-profit law student association with more than 25,000 members — students and recent graduates who are interested in law and have demonstrated commitment to international issues.