About company
The law firm Vinder specializes in representing the interests of medium and large businesses, as well as resolving issues requiring the highest qualifications. It was founded in 2009 by graduates of the Ural State Law Academy, which is considered one of the strongest law schools in Russia.
Today, Vinder has three offices in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Yekaterinburg, over 50 highly qualified lawyers, vast experience in over 1500 legal proceedings, and approximately 200 billion rubles of protected assets.
We take special pride in our clients, which include PIK, Medsi, Magnit, Gazprom neft, other major corporations, and private investors. Thanks to their trust, we implement unique solutions that often shape judicial practice.
For over 10 years, Vinder has achieved high ratings in major international and national legal rankings. In 2022, we received 9 nominations from «Pravo.ru» and entered the TOP-20 legal companies by revenue and number of lawyers.
Our work has resulted in over 90% of successful project completions. The qualifications of Vinder specialists provide clients with services in a wide range of areas, from dispute resolution to criminal law practice. Regardless of the project's complexity, our team guarantees an individual and comprehensive approach to work with maximum results.
Partners
Abramov Artyom
Managing partner
Head of litigation department of the company. The main areas of expertise are arbitration proceedings, dispute resolution in courts of General jurisdiction and arbitration courts, enforcement proceedings, as well as insolvency and bankruptcy cases, tax law, corporate and contract law.
Artem is experienced legal advisor. He represented corporations and individuals in large-scale, high-profile cases in courts. He accompanied mergers and acquisitions projects, which resulted in the formation of new or largest companies in their industries. Under his leadership, implemented projects for clients such as: A1 (Alfa Group consortium), Marathon Group, SIA International Ltd, Rosvodokanal, SIBUR LLC, «SIBUR-Neftekhim», NPO «Mostovik», «Corporation SPLAV», «Koltso Urala».
Goryunov Artyom
Senior partner
Senior partner, managing the company's offices in St. Petersburg and Ekaterinburg. Artem heads the department of transaction support. The main areas of expertise are legal support of investment projects, M&A transactions, due diligence of companies and assets, as well as support of bankruptcy procedures.
Oshivalov Dmitriy
Senior partner
Dmitriy heads the department of Real estate and Intellectual property. The main areas of expertise are energy, Real Estate and construction, telecommunications.
Dmitriy is a practicing lawyer since 2002. He has extensive experience in managing the legal service, working in large international corporations, advising on dispute resolution, legal support of enterprises and corporations, legal representation.
Maksim Matsenko
Partner, lawyer
Partner leading a criminal practice, attorney at law. Graduated from The Ural State Law Academy in 2004. 16 years experienced lawyer including the managing positions, such as an officer of Russian Prosecutor's Office and a head of attorney's office.
Romashechkina Alisa
Partner
Alisa heads the department of Corporate M&A practice. The main areas of expertise are arbitration, corporate law, bankruptcy.
Alisa has more than 12 years of experience, including in-house, in a large seaport of Leningrad region, as well as in legal consulting. Regularly improves her skills. She participated in projects on acquisition on registration of venture financing of groups of companies, on realization of the right of the client to claim to the large enterprise on purchase of shares. Successfully represented clients in courts in the cases of bankruptcy of large enterprises and pharmacy chains.
Osipov Nikita
Partner
Key competencies: bankruptcy proceedings support, challenging transactions, dispute resolution.
From 2019 to 2021, personally acted as a liquidator, providing comprehensive assistance in the liquidation of the SIA holding, consisting of 40 legal entities, due to its acquisition by the «Magnit» Group. During this process, successfully settled creditors' claims, including those resolved through legal proceedings. Additionally, resolved corporate law issues, licensing, asset transfer, and personnel matters.
In 2021-2022, played a co-author role in several legislative initiatives related to significant changes in the Town Planning Code of the Russian Federation. These initiatives involved departmental regulatory acts in the construction industry, which underwent discussions and were subsequently adopted.
Currently, providing a series of interconnected bankruptcy procedures for a group of individuals, complicated by the involvement of a foreign element, challenging complex transactions, and bringing to subsidiary liability.
Egoryan Gor
Partner
A lawyer with an MBA degree (MANCOSA) and 14 years of practice. Possesses diverse experience, including the public sector, management consulting, development, and entrepreneurship. Primary specialization lies in M&A, including provided transactional support of major transactions in the field of medical services and property management in Russia. Joined Vinder as a Senior Lawyer in 2017. Fluent in English.
Syrenko Viktor
Junior Partner
Before joining Vinder Law Office, held the position of Senior Lawyer at one of the largest auto center networks in St. Petersburg (dealerships for KIA, FIAT, Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, SsangYong).
Provided legal support the termination of proceedings in bunkruptcy case which had been lasting over 8 years , involving a shareholder joint-stock company listed as a strategic organization. Managed the acquisition of shares in this company and the formation of its new government bodies.
Handled negotiations and concluded a deal for the supply of foreign-made components to a medical equipment manufacturer, totaling over 13 billion rubles.
Successfully defended the former director of one of the "Marchellis" restaurants, previously part of the «FOOD RETAIL GROUP» group of companies, from being held subsidiarily liable for the company's debts amounting to approximately 1.3 billion rubles.
Provided legal support to clients in significant corporate conflicts involving «Ulmart Holdings», GC«RusBioAlliance» and «Asbestos Trading House».
Supported creditors or arbitration managers in major bankruptcy cases involving GC«Healthy People Group», «Archcomhoz Municipal Unitary Enterprise» and «Onego Shipping LLC».
Fattahov Marat
Junior Partner
Marat holds a Master's in Private Law from the Russian School of Private Law (Research Center for Private Law named after S.S. Alexeev under the President of the Russian Federation) and serves as a consultant in the Department of Corporate Legislation at the S.S. Alexeev Research Center of Private Law under the President of the Russian Federation.
Marat advises Russian and international companies, as well as their owners, specializing in complex corporate and other economic disputes, insolvency (bankruptcy) settlement, corporate law, and real estate.
Highlights of Marat's work include:
1. Handling one of the first precedent-setting disputes after the adoption of the decision of the Constitutional Court No. 49-P dated November 16, 2021, regarding the implementation of procedural rights by a person subject to subsidiary liability within the bankruptcy procedure, successfully defending against liability.
2. Providing acquisitional support the acquisition of GC PIK management companies in Moscow, the Republic of Tatarstan, Volgograd, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Penza, and Chelyabinsk regions, with successful pre-trial settlement of tax authority claims.
3. Coordinating the development of Federal Law No. 287-FZ «On Amending Parts One and Three of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation» (introduction of the institute of personal funds) in collaboration with the working group at the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia.
4. Representing a creditor in a dispute involving the subsidiary liability of the largest state-involved grain exporter and reaching a settlement agreement.
5. Handling a corporate conflict and defending Ulmart Holdings LTD in a corporate dispute complicated by bankruptcy proceedings of subsidiaries and beneficiaries.
6. Representing the plaintiff in a dispute over the approval of the procedure for distributing discovered assets of a liquidated legal entity with the annulment of unlawful court acts in the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.
7. Defending the interests of a tenant in a dispute over reducing the rent to zero due to the inability to use the leased property.
8. Representing the interests of a shareholder of a major natural gas supplier in one of the regions of Russia and reaching a settlement in a corporate dispute involving the repurchase of shares amounting to over 650 million rubles.
9. Resolving a long-standing corporate conflict in a company engaged in the construction of metro and tunnels for various purposes in one of the regions of Russia.
Perov Aleksandr
Partner, criminal law practice
Partner at Vinder Law Office in Yekaterinburg, specializing in criminal law.
Graduated from the Ural State Law Academy with over 20 years of legal experience. Alexander has worked in investigative bodies, focusing on complex economic crimes, including those related to the defense industry, illegal VAT reimbursement, foreign economic activities, and budgetary relations affecting state interests.
Practices
The core activity of our company is dispute resolution including general, commercial litigation and arbitration. Due to our diverse professional background we succeed in forging and defending legal positions in complicated real estate, liability, corporate, tax, administrative, labor and intellectual property disputes.
For many years criminal defence lawyers of Vinder Law Office are succed in comprehensive protection of witnesses, suspect and accused persons. We advise victims on real estate, economic and corporate crimes. Our experienced attorneys at law also committed and able to handle hostile takeovers including from the state, represented by law enforcement and supervisory authorities. Our legal team is at the cutting edge of dealing with felony and particularly serious crimes against the person, public order and state security cases.
The practice includes structuring and complex support of transactions related to construction, acquisition, lease and alienation of real estate, enterprises (property complexes), taking into account the specifics of civil and administrative regulation of relations related to real estate, including the rules of land turnover for various purposes.
By drawing on the Vinder’s highly regarded skills and years of experience, business executives and owners get help at every stage of their growth and development, and in all aspects of their businesses. Our focus is on advising businesses through the business life cycle: formation, financing, operation, growth, and transitions. Businesses rely on us for a range of legal services, including representation and advice regarding:
- Closely-held and start-up business formation, operation, and exit strategies
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Capital markets activities, including debt financings, and private placements
- Securities law compliance
- Organizing, structuring and operating business entities, including governance issues
- Intellectual property protection and transactions
- Entity and transactional tax matters, including stock options.
Legal support in the process of acquisition, restructuring, sale of business. Complex legal audit (Due diligence). Development and implementation of a strategy to protect the interests of the client in corporate conflicts, including when leaving the business, when making or challenging transactions by legal entities, their shareholders/ participants, when invalidating decisions and actions of management bodies of legal entities.
Our practice distinguishes itself by providing interdisciplinary counsel that can handle virtually any issue that might arise in a corporate distressed situation. We have broad experience in complex bankruptcy cases, in-court and out-of-court workouts, investigations by court-appointed fiduciaries. We advise a diverse group of clients on insolvency, creditors' rights, distressed acquisitions, structured financing and securitization matters.
We provide practical and innovative tax advice to our clients and possess sophisticated knowledge of the latest laws, regulations, decisions and trends in this ever-changing area. Our extensive experience and skill set enable us to be a true partner with our clients and to assist them in achieving their goals from a tax and business perspective.
Legal expertise in respect of intellectual property, ensuring judicial protection of the interests of copyright holders. Comprehensive support in the use and protection of company names, trademarks, software and other results of intellectual activity. Support of transactions on the disposal of rights to the results of intellectual activity.
Resolution of disputes related to the establishment and application of tariffs in the fields of electric power, heat supply, water supply and sanitation, as well as in the sphere of activities of natural monopolies. Conducting pre-trial procedures and representing clients in court. The practice is in demand among resource-supplying organizations and consumers. The Vinder Law Office team has a successful experience in appealing regional tariff regulations in court, forming a positive judicial practice applicable throughout Russia.
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