Mark specializes in defending against subsidiary liability, recovery of damages, challenging transactions, as well as supporting bankruptcy proceedings of large organizations.

State University of Land Use Planning

• Successful representation of a client who performed subcontracting works under a concession agreement for the construction of a federal facility (Bridge). The general contractor, which was part of the same group of companies as the concessionaire, refused to perform the contractor agreements with the client and, without accepting the work actually performed, demanded the return of the advance payment in the amount of more than RUB 500 million. In fact, the general contractor's debt to the client, taking into account the actual work performed, amounted to more than 85 million rubles, which the lawyers of Sudohod's dispute resolution practice managed to prove.
• Defense of Scania in a dispute over the termination of service contracts worth 65 million rubles, whereby the lessor was obliged to provide a list of maintenance and repair services. As part of the dispute it was proved that the refusal to perform the contracts was related to the sale of 100% of the client's share in the authorized capital in December 2022 and difficulties in organizing the supply of components, therefore the provisions of Article 451 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation were applicable.
• Support of several separate disputes on recovery of damages and challenging transactions in a bankruptcy case of a construction company for a total amount of 1.5 billion rubles. It was possible to prove that there was no intent to harm creditors in making the transaction and that there was no causal link between the client's actions and damage to the legal entity.
• Successful execution of an amicable settlement agreement at the stage of considering the validity of the bankruptcy petition. Following the conclusion of the amicable settlement agreement, we managed to reduce the total amount of liabilities by 45% (reducing it to 2.2 billion rubles), as well as to determine the repayment term within 3.5 years.
• Successful defense of ultimate beneficial owners in a local bankruptcy of an estate in the Russian Federation. We managed to terminate bankruptcy proceedings and prove the absence of liabilities to the tax authority.