DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Verkhovodko & Partners is proud to have a reputation of the leading law firm on the Belarusian legal market when it comes to commercial dispute resolution, among which are arbitration, litigation, as well as forum and jurisdictional advice. 

 Professional knowledge together with the considerable experience in litigation and arbitration allow our lawyers to procure the most effective representation of the clients’ legal rights and interests.

We are not only aware of the peculiarities of the economic and arbitration procedure, but also have extensive experience  in dealing with a great range of specific categories of commercial disputes (disputes arising out of the administrative and other public relations, disputes arising out of or in connection with the execution, modification and termination of the agreements, disputes related to the invalidity of the agreements, corporate disputes, disputes arising out of supply and delivery, construction works, lease, and many others.).

We win the majority of cases handled by us.

We consider each lawsuit as a virtual chess game, at the same time we always remember that real persons are behind these chess pieces.

Our litigation team can offer not only how to settle the dispute amicably, but can also give the most effective advice on the court process itself, including the best court strategy and legal stand point, as well as prepare all documents necessary for the proceedings, crafty handle the case and efficiently collect the debts and execute judicial orders.

We provide a comprehensive set of legal services with respect to dispute resolution, including, but not limited to:

• alternative dispute settlement, starting from negotiations with the counterparty and all the way to drafting the necessary documents, managing the communications and exchange of documents  between the involved parties (claims, replies, amicable settlements, agreements, etc.);
• developing court strategies and tactics, starting from evaluation of possible procedural acts of the opponents and all the way to conducting several connected litigations;
• preparing all of the necessary procedural documents, starting from the statement of claims and all the way to motions of various nature and content, including seeking the interim measures, preparing statement of defense and objections;
• participating in the negotiations and mediation both in-court and out-of-court;
• representing clients in the courts of first instance, including under public cases, challenging the acts of state and other authorities, as well as in appellate, cassation and supervisory courts;
• administering and representing the clients in permanent and ad hoc international arbitration tribunals;
• procuring speedy and efficient enforcement of the court decisions, debt-collection and other judicial acts, cooperation with bailiff service;
• recognizing and enforcing awards of international arbitration courts (tribunals).

Projects:

• Mercedes-Benz Leasing GmbH - Representing in economic courts of the Republic of Belarus under a claim in the amount of several million;
• Microsoft Corporation – advising on the matters arising in connection with protection of the intellectual property rights, representing the client in courts, in particular, a successful representation in the litigation proceedings in arbitration courts of the Russian Federation regarding the transfer of «windows.ru» domain;
• Association of Commercial Banks of the Republic of Belarus – representing the interests in the economic courts of the Republic of Belarus under the claims seeking the invalidation of the non-regulatory acts of state authorities;
• Afin Leasing AG – a leasing company of Iveco Group and its Russian daughter companies – comprehensive consulting services and representation in arbitration, economic courts and commercial arbitrations;
• A large leasing company – representing interests in numerous bankruptcy cases;
• International Financial and Industrial Group Belrusavto – legal support with respect to commercial activities and representation in courts;
• «Sandvik AB» (Sweden) – representing the client in economic courts;
• BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO Smoking Tobacco and Cigars (export) B.V. - representing under a case seeking the termination of arrest and release of the arrested property by Brest customs authorities;
• A German company – importer of agricultural equipment - representing in the International Arbitration Court of Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry under a debt-collection case exceeding USD 2 MLN;
• Baltic International Bank – representing interests under several lawsuits;
• EPAM Systems, Inc. - representing the client in International Arbitration Court of Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry;
• A joint venture  (owner of an oil pipeline terminal at Belarusian-Polish border) – representing interests in economic courts;
• International Automobile Holding «Atlant-М» (Belarus, Russia, Ukraine), official dealer of Volkswagen, Skoda, Mazda, Opel, Ford, Chevrolet, Cadillac, Land Rover, KIA, Renault and others  - representing interests in arbitration and economic courts;
• A German company - representing in economic courts of the Republic of Belarus under the claim seeking the release of passenger buses from arrest by Brest customs authorities, adjudication of a large amount out of the state budget in favor of the client;
• A Russian company  - representing in Russian courts in several court disputes arising in connection with rights to gas pipeline;
• Naftan - representing the largest Belarusian oil refinery, in economic courts and international commercial arbitrationst;
• Belagroprombank – advising, successful representation the interests of one of the largest Belarusian banks-lender under the claim in the amount exceeding USD 30 MLN in the bankruptcy procedure of the borrower;
• KONE (one of the largest global elevator producers) - successful representation in the International Arbitration Court of Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry under the claim of Minsk City Executive Committee seeking the collection of EURO 0.5 MLN as liquidated damages under an agreement for the supply of elevators for the National Library of the Republic of Belarus. As the result the claim was denied;
• IBA - representing the Russian division of IBA in the International Arbitration Court of Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry under the claim in connection with improper performance of the contractual obligations of the counterparty under a supply agreement;
• Pipeline «Druzhba» (a Gomel oil transporting enterprise Druzhba) representing the interests in economic courts of the Republic of Belarus under the debt-collection claims;
• Priorbank - consulting and representing the client in the economic courts;
• Belgazprombank - consulting and representing the client in the economic courts;
• Belpromstroibank - consulting and representing the client in the economic courts;
• Belinvestbank - consulting and representing the client in the economic courts;
• MTBank - consulting and representing the client in the economic courts;
• RRB-bank – consulting and representing the client in the economic courts.