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Inna Ivanikova

Senior Associate, Attorney

Corporate Law and M&A Dispute Resolution

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+7 (495) 374-74-03

inna.ivanikova@verba.legal

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Languages

Russian, English

Inna has ample experience in support related to corporate conflicts of varying complexity, including management of 70 concurrent disputes in the Russian Federation pertaining to the same conflict. She is also engaged in support related to major commercial disputes.

Inna’s customer portfolio includes major retailers, such as Lacoste, SuperStep, Benetton, Re, NGKM Group, Hopper-IT, PSK Pharma.

Selected Experience

Corporate Disputes

Inna advised:

a minority shareholder in a large-scale corporate conflict involving the largest company in the field of pipeline and onshore construction, encompassing over 70 court disputes with aggregate claims exceeding RUB 3.5 billion; the dispute was settled through a comprehensive settlement agreement;

a shareholder of a hotel complex in a dispute over recovery of the true value of shares; following a judicial expert examination covering 27 real estate objects, over RUB 500 million was recovered;

shareholders of a major IT company in a prolonged corporate conflict aimed at consolidating shares and excluding a hostile shareholder; within the project, damages were recovered from the former general director, transactions were challenged, his personal bankruptcy proceedings were initiated, culminating in a settlement agreement and share consolidation in 2023;

shareholders of an IT company in a corporate dispute related to the return of a trademark transferred to a controlled entity; the objective was achieved through conducting four parallel court proceedings;

founders in recovering damages exceeding RUB 500 million from the former general director of a major development company in the KhMAO; following recovery, his personal bankruptcy proceedings were initiated;

a minority shareholder of a group of companies in the field of design, landscaping, and greening of territories; the dispute was settled through mediation with compensation of RUB 80 million paid to the client;

a client in a dispute over recognition of a business acquisition agreement as sham; as a result of the court proceedings, 100% ownership of the company was preserved;

a participant in an LLC in a dispute over exclusion of a bad faith participant; the developed strategy allowed preservation of the client's share and exclusion of the second participant for creating obstacles to business operations;

a joint-stock company in a case for judicial liquidation on the grounds of impossibility of profit extraction; the claims for liquidation were dismissed;

a beneficiary in a case for recovery of damages in the form of lost profits within bankruptcy proceedings; following re-examination of the dispute (after the cassation complaint was upheld), the court confirmed absence of damages and issued a dismissal order.

Commercial Disputes

Inna advised:

a major federal developer in a dispute with the administration of Khanty-Mansiysk and a state investor company over recognition of ownership rights to an incomplete construction object worth RUB 1.8 billion; the claim was dismissed in all court instances, including the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation;

a client in a dispute with Promsvyazbank over challenging the largest bank commission as of 2024 recovered under Federal Law No. 115; precedent-setting judicial practice was formed on reducing bank commissions;

Lacoste in a lease dispute with Moscow's largest shopping centre; the dispute was settled through negotiations with the claimant's withdrawal and compensation paid to the client;
SuperStep in a lease dispute aimed at exiting a loss-making lease agreement; the agreement was terminated, and the parties' economic claims were settled;

a client in a dispute over recognition of an agreement as invalid due to conclusion under deception; through negotiations involving Avito and the Internet Initiatives Development Fund, a comprehensive settlement agreement was reached with withdrawal of the claim;

a supplier of industrial equipment in a dispute with a Transneft subsidiary over recognition as invalid of a transaction worth RUB 359 million;

a client—a Hong Kong company—in a dispute with a tin mining enterprise over recovery of debt under an investment agreement in the amount of USD 1.4 million;

United Colors of Benetton in a precedent-setting case for judicial termination of a long-term lease agreement due to material change of circumstances during COVID-19; the agreement was terminated based on Article 451 of the Russian Civil Code;

leasing companies, including "Taxi 2412" Company, Russia's largest urban taxi operator, in a comprehensive dispute including corporate and related civil law matters; the proceedings continue following remand for new consideration by the Supreme Court.

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Ratings and Awards

Inna is recommended by Russian ratings, including: Pravo-300, Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

Pravo-300 in the nominations: Arbitration proceedings (corporate disputes), Arbitration proceedings (large commercial disputes: high market), Bankruptcy (disputes high market)

Rossiyskaya Gazeta in the nominations: Arbitration proceedings, Corporate law