Anna Kim
counsel
St Petersburg
For 18+ years Anna specialises in Russian commercial litigation and supporting bankruptcy proceedings of big trading and manufacturing companies. She has significant experience in protecting borrowers’ interests in disputes with credit institutions, as well as in representing clients in the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation.
Representing a major Russian producer of technical gases in several potentially precedent-setting disputes over applying a ‘take-or-pay’ covenant under Russian law as part of a project for construction of a large oxygen station. Claim amount: ₽1 bn+ ($8.3 m+) (2018-present)
Acted for the Arsenal machine-building plant (part of the Russian state space corporation Roskosmos) in litigation with the St Petersburg property management authorities over title to treatment facilities (2021-2022)
Represented a major fishery group in a litigation arising from expulsion from a catchers’ association and revocation of certificates allowing export of bioresources. Judicial reinstatement in the association allowed resumption of exports and avoidance of losses of tens of millions of dollars a year (2020-2021)
Advised the construction company Stroygazconsulting on bankruptcy proceedings and restructuring of the group’s debt to a creditor (a big Russian bank), amounting to ₽25 bn ($415 m+) (2015-2019)
Represented the road building company Bashkirdorstroy in a precedent-setting dispute with the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia (FAS) over proper concessions law application to the building of a toll road. Matter value: ₽20 bn+ ($330 m+) (2017)
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Represented Nevskaya Pipeline Company in a case over annulment of the FAS order on state regulation and recognition of Nevskaya Pipeline Company as a natural monopoly (2021-2023)Representing a major Russian producer of technical gases in several potentially precedent-setting disputes over applying a ‘take-or-pay’ covenant under Russian law as part of a project for construction of a large oxygen station. Claim amount: ₽1 bn+ ($8.3 m+) (2018-present)
Acted for the Arsenal machine-building plant (part of the Russian state space corporation Roskosmos) in litigation with the St Petersburg property management authorities over title to treatment facilities (2021-2022)
Represented a major fishery group in a litigation arising from expulsion from a catchers’ association and revocation of certificates allowing export of bioresources. Judicial reinstatement in the association allowed resumption of exports and avoidance of losses of tens of millions of dollars a year (2020-2021)
Advised the construction company Stroygazconsulting on bankruptcy proceedings and restructuring of the group’s debt to a creditor (a big Russian bank), amounting to ₽25 bn ($415 m+) (2015-2019)
Represented the road building company Bashkirdorstroy in a precedent-setting dispute with the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia (FAS) over proper concessions law application to the building of a toll road. Matter value: ₽20 bn+ ($330 m+) (2017)
