Stepan's main specialization is the support of projects to resolve special situations, as well as mergers and acquisitions, and business restructuring. Stepan has experience in implementing projects for the insurance, pharmaceutical and technology companies, including the largest players in the digital health market.
Selected Experience
Resolution of international disputes and investigations
Stepan advised:
the largest metallurgical group, in a global commercial dispute involving more than 15 jurisdictions; the team acted as the main coordinating consultant;
a principal, in connection with unfair claims in the High Court of Justice of England and Wales in order to establish control over a large block of shares in a leading Russian industry company;
a principal, as part of an investigation into corruption schemes, including forced disclosure of information to support foreign proceedings against an opponent, a large Western corporation, in connection with its illegal activities in various countries;
a principal in connection with the unlawful confiscation and subsequent resale of a significant asset by a foreign country, including support for international investigations and lawsuits in a number of jurisdictions;
a principal, in connection with the negative international media campaign against the principal and his business abroad.
Corporate projects and transactional experience
Stepan advised:
an investment fund, in the acquisition of a large mining company, including legal due diligence, analysis of regulatory risks, and drafting project documentation;
investors, when forming a strategy to restore interrupted trade and economic ties, resolve legal risks and form sustainable mechanisms for international cooperation;
a group of market companies, when developing a set of measures aimed at countering unfair industry competition, protecting their rights and legitimate interests, as well as increasing transparency and improving the regulatory environment for business;
a Russian investor, when structuring, creating and subsequently managing an investment fund in Hong Kong, including an analysis of industry regulation;
a principal, as part of the comprehensive support of legislative initiatives aimed at improving the legal regulation of the use of big data in healthcare, including the development of concepts and drafts of regulatory legal acts, including a draft federal act;
one of the largest automobile dealers in Russia, on the issue of paying excise duty and recycling fees for Category M1 electric vehicles, as well as on the issue of obtaining unjustified fiscal advantages due to individuals transporting electric vehicles from China through the territory of Belarus and Kyrgyzstan to Russia.