The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation Prohibited Employers from Concluding Fixed-Term Employment Contracts with Heads of Structural Subdivisions of Organisations
On 19 December 2023 the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation issued Resolution № 59-P/2023 “On the Case Concerning the Verification of the Constitutionality of Paragraph Eight of Part Two of Article 59 of the Labour Code of the Russian Federation in Connection with the Complaint of Citizen E. A. Selkova” (hereinafter - the “Resolution”).
Lidings Achieved Recognition and Enforcement of FOSFA Arbitration Court Decision in Russia
Lidings Dispute Resolution practice team achieved recognition and enforcement of an arbitration award of the Federation of Oils, Seeds and Fats Associations (FOSFA) in favor of a major German food producer in a dispute against a Russian agricultural manufacturer.
Pravo - 300 Rating: Lidings Strengthens its Position as Leading Legal Advisor in Russia in Key Practice Areas
On 7 December 2023 the results of the annual Pravo-300 law firms’ ranking were announced at an awarding ceremony at The Carlton Hotel in Moscow. This year Lidings expertise is highly praised in 15 key practice areas.
Judicial Practice on Challenging Restriction Measures: Main Trends
Recently the judicial practice on challenging sanctions imposed on Russian persons has begun to shape. We have already written about the first successful case with the participation of Russian person Dmitry Ovsyannikov, the former governor of Sevastopol, who managed to have himself excluded from the sanctions list.
Since that case was decided in February 2023, the sanctions removal practice has enriched by several other notable cases.
Review of Court Decisions on the Issue of Deprivatization

This review is prepared based on the general jurisdiction and arbitration courts’ decisions on the issue of deprivatization (in Russian).
The Withdrawal from The Russian Market Has Resulted in Multimillion-Dollar Lawsuits for IT-Companies
Over the past two years, the number of arbitration disputes on the recovery of unjust enrichment from foreign IT-companies has increased significantly. For the period from 2022 to 2023, according to the Arbitration Case File, dozens of claims were filed by Russian legal entities against the largest foreign software manufacturers: IBM Eastern Europe/Asia LLC, Dell LLC, Hewlett Packard Enterprise LLC, and HP Inc LLC.
Penalty for Suspension of Commercial Activity (In Russian)
Will Assurances of Circumstances Protect Against Counterparty Bad Faith? (In Russian)
Legal Digest: International Сommercial Arbitration and Arbitration Under Sanctions Restrictions - 1st Half of 2023

Review of the most notable court cases in international commercial arbitration and under sanctions restrictions - 1st Half of 2023 (in Russian).