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A bill providing for restrictions on foreign companies returning to the Russian market in terms of exercising buyback options was approved in the second parliamentary session. The BIRCH team has analyzed the potential changes and their impact on foreign companies’ return to the Russian market.

A new “Review of judicial practice on the imposition of administrative liability for violations of antimonopoly legislation” was approved. The BIRCH team prepared an overview of the top 13 positions of the SC, which may affect the application of the Competition Law and the the CoA.

The BIRCH team reviewed the Supreme Court's ruling and broke down the key takeaways that could impact the court practice in disputes over recovery of damages for unlawful bonuses paid to a company's director and employees.

Since 2022, the Prosecutor's Office has filed a significant number of lawsuits compared to previous years aimed at seizing the assets of individuals in the Russian Federation. The BIRCH's Dispute Resolution team prepared an overview of disputes involving claims of the prosecutor's office.

Evgeny Oreshin, Partner of the Dispute Resolution Practice,  prepared a legal alert with the main conclusions of the Russian Supreme Court in Case No. А40-167352/2023 on the joint and several liability of a Russian company for the obligations of a foreign group company.

The BIRCH Tax team prepared a brief overview of the new Double Tax Treaty between Russia and the UAE.

The BIRCH team prepared an overview with general observation on issues involving the Russian arbitrazh courts’ application of interim measures, recall the cases and mention tendencies in court practice as well as provide you with several lifehacks.

Senior Associate Yury Knyazev expounds in his article for PRObankruptcy on why the bankruptcy of foreign companies in Russia is not and will not be a ubiquitous instrument for recovering debt.