Yuriy Samoletnikov
Associate, Attorney
Yuriy’s legal expertise enables him to engage in comprehensive support in bankruptcy disputes and complex commercial disputes. Yuriy’s area of expertise includes development of strategy and tactics for bankruptcy project management; preparation of legal opinions and adaptive strategies; review of prospects for individual disputes, whether related to bankruptcy procedures or not, as well as direct legal support in disputes.
Yuriy demonstrates his competence not only in his professional activities, but also by actively contributing to the professional community as a speaker at legal conferences and an instructor for lawyers and students of leading universities.
Yuriy demonstrates his competence not only in his professional activities, but also by actively contributing to the professional community as a speaker at legal conferences and an instructor for lawyers and students of leading universities.
Education
Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL), Law Faculty, Major in Civil Law (2016).
projects
Project Experience Highlights
Проект
Bankruptcy
Клиент
Описание
Representation of a major investment company on recording a claim in the register following cancellation of recording and referral of the dispute by the court of appeal to be reconsidered. As a result, the principal’s claim worth more than RUB 1 billion was recorded in the register.
Recognition of the debtor’s transactions on alienation of the rights to claim with the market value exceeding RUB 900 million as invalid. The dispute was complicated due to the fact that the assets had been withdrawn via a series of transactions for the benefit of formally non-affiliated persons. The combination of general and special grounds for challenging the transactions helped successfully return the asset to the debtor’s bankruptcy assets.
Challenging of the transaction that served as grounds for recording the lender’s claim worth more than RUB 500 million in the register (non-bankruptcy challenging approach).
Representation of a leading Asian food supplier in Russia in a dispute on recognising a transaction with such supplier as invalid. The purpose was to protect the Principal’s transaction on the purchase of a production complex completed 7 months before the seller’s bankruptcy from being challenged. The transaction defence was successful with the production complex retained by the Principal.
Representation of a major pharmaceutical company in a case aimed at imposing liability on a beneficiary of a dissolved legal entity. As a result, the subsidiary liability was imposed on the beneficiary of the legal entity, moreover, such liability was imposed within a tighter deadline.
Successful representation of a major oil refining company acting as the Debtor’s counterparty in order to challenge the transaction under the bankruptcy procedure. The purpose was to protect the acquisition of the lender’s major asset by the Principal (the former general director of the insolvent party) from being challenged. The transaction defence was successful with the asset retained by the Principal.
Representation of the beneficiaries of an authorised economic operator under the bankruptcy procedure with the project successfully completed, thereby the company’s liabilities worth more than RUB 70 million to major banking chains were terminated pursuant to Article 1002 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation.
Successful defence of a food manufacturer acting as the lender’s beneficiary from subsidiary liability. The Principal’s liabilities were reduced to the manager’s expenses incurred while implementing the procedure (the bankruptcy was complicated due to a corporate conflict between the insolvent party’s owners).
Development of a crisis response and prevention plan to protect the controlling parties from recovery of damages and imposition of subsidiary liability for a major international children’s and teenager clothing brand and children’s goods distributor in Russia.
Recognition of the debtor’s transactions on alienation of the rights to claim with the market value exceeding RUB 900 million as invalid. The dispute was complicated due to the fact that the assets had been withdrawn via a series of transactions for the benefit of formally non-affiliated persons. The combination of general and special grounds for challenging the transactions helped successfully return the asset to the debtor’s bankruptcy assets.
Challenging of the transaction that served as grounds for recording the lender’s claim worth more than RUB 500 million in the register (non-bankruptcy challenging approach).
Representation of a leading Asian food supplier in Russia in a dispute on recognising a transaction with such supplier as invalid. The purpose was to protect the Principal’s transaction on the purchase of a production complex completed 7 months before the seller’s bankruptcy from being challenged. The transaction defence was successful with the production complex retained by the Principal.
Representation of a major pharmaceutical company in a case aimed at imposing liability on a beneficiary of a dissolved legal entity. As a result, the subsidiary liability was imposed on the beneficiary of the legal entity, moreover, such liability was imposed within a tighter deadline.
Successful representation of a major oil refining company acting as the Debtor’s counterparty in order to challenge the transaction under the bankruptcy procedure. The purpose was to protect the acquisition of the lender’s major asset by the Principal (the former general director of the insolvent party) from being challenged. The transaction defence was successful with the asset retained by the Principal.
Representation of the beneficiaries of an authorised economic operator under the bankruptcy procedure with the project successfully completed, thereby the company’s liabilities worth more than RUB 70 million to major banking chains were terminated pursuant to Article 1002 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation.
Successful defence of a food manufacturer acting as the lender’s beneficiary from subsidiary liability. The Principal’s liabilities were reduced to the manager’s expenses incurred while implementing the procedure (the bankruptcy was complicated due to a corporate conflict between the insolvent party’s owners).
Development of a crisis response and prevention plan to protect the controlling parties from recovery of damages and imposition of subsidiary liability for a major international children’s and teenager clothing brand and children’s goods distributor in Russia.
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