Vladislav Pichugin
counsel
Moscow
Vladislav specialises in complex commercial litigation and insolvency issues.
For 11+ years, he has acted for clients in lawsuits over performance of contractual obligations, protection of violated rights, and asset recovery.
Vladislav also regularly advises on complex insolvency proceedings, debt recovery and related enforcement.
Advised a Russian oil&gas logistics operator on debt collection from a major Russian refinery in the context of the latter's bankruptcy. Matter value: ₽130 bn+ ($1.8 m+) (2019 – 2021)
Victory in a precedent-setting (Supreme Court of Russia) insolvency dispute over the right of competing creditors to contest judicial acts in defence of the interests of a construction company in recovery of debts under ten subcontractor agreements. Matter value: ₽1.3 bn ($21 m+) (2015 – 2020)
Judicial protection of a major Russian fishing group in a precedent-setting court dispute on invalidating a ruling by the Russian competition authority, which could have led to the cancellation of the client’s quotas for seafood catches and significant economic loss (2019)
Represented a Russian business person and his group of companies, which had been a major Russian fruit importer, in a number of complex interrelated disputes regarding insolvency of the business person and several companies of the group in the UK and Russia. Amount due to creditors: $1 bn+ (2012 – 2016)
For 11+ years, he has acted for clients in lawsuits over performance of contractual obligations, protection of violated rights, and asset recovery.
Vladislav also regularly advises on complex insolvency proceedings, debt recovery and related enforcement.
specialisation
experience
Protected IP rights of Russia’s biggest textile manufacturer in litigation against Adidas, Europe’s biggest sportswear manufacturer. Matter value: ₽250 m ($3.5 m+) (2019 – 2022)Advised a Russian oil&gas logistics operator on debt collection from a major Russian refinery in the context of the latter's bankruptcy. Matter value: ₽130 bn+ ($1.8 m+) (2019 – 2021)
Victory in a precedent-setting (Supreme Court of Russia) insolvency dispute over the right of competing creditors to contest judicial acts in defence of the interests of a construction company in recovery of debts under ten subcontractor agreements. Matter value: ₽1.3 bn ($21 m+) (2015 – 2020)
Judicial protection of a major Russian fishing group in a precedent-setting court dispute on invalidating a ruling by the Russian competition authority, which could have led to the cancellation of the client’s quotas for seafood catches and significant economic loss (2019)
Represented a Russian business person and his group of companies, which had been a major Russian fruit importer, in a number of complex interrelated disputes regarding insolvency of the business person and several companies of the group in the UK and Russia. Amount due to creditors: $1 bn+ (2012 – 2016)
