This review is prepared based on the general jurisdiction and arbitration courts’ decisions on the issue of deprivatization (in Russian).

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The article briefly highlights the results of seven years of consumer bankruptcy, analyzes the problem of classifying citizens as honest and bona fide debtors. The author analyzes the practice of refusing to discharge debts due to a significant amount of claims against the debtor or a consistent increase in debt to creditors in the absence of the required level of income, as an independent basis for refusing to discharge debts and comes to the conclusion that the balanced approach proposed by the Supreme Court helps prevent indiscriminate failures. The author examines and highlights key points of the precedent ruling of the Supreme Court on the issues of malicious evasion of repayment of debts.

Lidings in cooperation with Pravo Tech, an innovative educational project in Russia, will run a free webinar Subsidiary Liability in 2023: New Approaches in Judicial Practice scheduled to take place on Friday, 12 May 2023, at 11:00 MSK.

Lidings takes high positions in the new rating of the leading legal advisors in Russia based on the analytical research held annually by the “Kommersant” newspaper. In 2023 the firm is ranked among the TOP leading legal advisors in Russia. 

Lidings’ partner, head of the dispute resolution practice Alexander Popelyuk takes part in the Far East Legal Forum, 6-7 September 2022 at Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.

On July 13, 2022, the Government amended its Decree No. 497 of March 28, 2022 and clarified the list of persons who are not subject to the general moratorium imposed on April 1, 2022.

Partner and Head of the Lidings’ Dispute Resolution practice Alexander Popelyuk will take part as a speaker in a conference Criminal and Subsidiary Liability for Management and Owners in 2022 organized by Kommersant newspaper.

A Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation introduced a moratorium on initiating of bankruptcy cases at the request of creditors for the second time. The previous moratorium was imposed to support the most affected by the coronavirus economy sectors and lasted for 9 months. The current moratorium has been introduced for half a year, but the possibility of its extension cannot be excluded.

Lidings takes high positions in the new rating of the leading legal advisors in Russia based on the analytical research held annually by the “Kommersant” newspaper.