Mikhail A. Rozenberg

Partner

Practice Description

Representative Matters

• Acted as Russian law expert in a proceeding initiated against our client in the High Court of Justice Queen's Bench Division Commercial Court in London with more than US$1 billion at stake in the proceeding.
• Recently won a complex multi-million dollar case representing a Russian power generating company in the International Commercial Arbitration Court under the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the RF (ICAC) in a dispute over an agreement for the reconstruction of a major hydropower station in Russia where the general contractor did not fulfill its obligations.
• Represented a Ukrainian subsidiary of a Turkish construction company (as claimant) in the ICAC in a multi-million dollar dispute with its client related to a construction agreement. The parties reached a settlement in the case.
• Prepared expert evidence on Russian law for a multi-million dollar case considered by the High Court of Justice Queen's Bench Division Commercial Court in London. 
• Successfully represented a major international auditing firm in a Moscow court in a case where the claimant sought to recover damages from the loss of value of Yukos shares, having relied on the auditors' reports.
• Acted as Russian law expert for the receiver of Yukos Oil Company on several international arbitration and court matters.
• Successfully represented a subsidiary of a major Russian state oil company in the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) with claims amounting to more than$1 billion dollars in connection with two disputes against a major foreign oil company.
• Secured a precedent-setting victory in the Russian Federation Supreme Arbitration Court on two related tax claims in favor of Fluor Daniel Eurasia, Inc., a U.S. oilfield services company operating in Russia.
• Successfully worked with Ukrainian law experts in a dispute brought before the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, between a minority shareholder of Dynamo Kyiv, Ukraine's leading football club, and the other shareholders.
• Advised a major Russian oil company and a Cyprus holding company of a major Russian investment company in two separate litigation proceedings held in the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in the High Court of Justice, British Virgin Islands, prepared Russian law expert evidence 
• Successfully represented an international accounting firm in numerous claims filed in Russian arbitration (commercial) courts by an investment fund with respect to audit reports on a Russian natural monopoly.
• Acted as the lead partner advising a multilateral lending institution on Russian legal issues related to security packages under loans granted to Russian companies and restructuring debts under loan agreements.
• Advised a multilateral development bank with regard to two LCIA arbitrations brought against a major Russian automobile company and a Russian shipping company. 
• Acted as the lead lawyer for several prominent banks in the establishment of their banking operations in Russia.
• Assisted the first U.S. bank in obtaining a general banking license in Russia in 1993.
• Represented a prominent international corporation in the creation and operation of numerous joint ventures in Russia.
• Represented a multilateral lending institution in negotiations to restructure a loan facility granted to a major Russian automobile company.
• Represented a multilateral lending institution in a debt/equity swap involving the conversion of bonds into shares of the debtor, a major Russian truck manufacturing company.
• Represented a multilateral lending institution in restructuring a loan to a Russian supermarket company and subsequently amending all of the related security documents.
• Led the due diligence review and prepared a related Russian-law legal opinion in connection with the provision by a multilateral lending institution of political risk coverage to a foreign company for a proposed investment in a Russian steel company.
• Represented a foreign investor, as a minority shareholder in one of Russia’s largest steel producers, in successful litigation proceedings.
• Represented foreign minority shareholders in a claim against one of Russia’s largest metallurgical factories.
• Represented a foreign trading company with respect to export and tolling operations involving the same factory, including in arbitration proceedings in Switzerland.
• Provided legal assistance to the largest U.S. and Japanese automakers in product liability cases in Russia.

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