Liubov Makhlai

*Including experience prior to joining KIAP

Dispute resolution

• Successfully assisted in collecting over 200 million Russian rubles on behalf of an international company after the interest and default interest had been included in the principal amount; took part in drafting a debt repayment agreement and debt collateral arrangements;

• Defence of a company's director in a corporate conflict resulting in rejected claims to challenge the validity of a transaction and to recover damages in the amount of RUB 20.5 million;

• As part of a team, participated in challenging the validity and enforcement of three LCIA decisions against the client in the territory of Russia. The decisions were not enforced as a result.

Anti-monopoly law

• Conducting antitrust audit for food manufacturer, one of the world leaders in its segment.

• Successful negotiating the acquisition of one of the largest pulp and paper companies with the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia.
  

• Approving withthe Russian Federal Anti-Monopoly Service of a cooperation agreement between one of the largest chains selling home and repair goods, a well-known wood manufacturing plant and a local manufacturer of home furniture.
  

• Obtaining an approval from the Russian Federal Anti-Monopoly Service for a transaction involving one of the largest Russian wine manufacturers' purchase of shares in authorised capitals of rival companies as part of the campaign to acquire vineyards in the Russian Federation.

• Drafting a memorandum on expediency of disclosing a chain of owners / beneficiaries of a company for bidding purposes in accordance with Federal Law No.44-FZ dated 05 April 2013 and Federal Law No.223-FZ dated 18 July 2011, including reviewing bidding documents of over 50 companies.

Bankruptcy

• Successfully protected the chair of a bank's supervisory board against joint responsibility amounting to over 1 billion Russian rubles at the second round of the legal proceedings;

• As part of a team, worked on the bankruptcy proceedings of a largest bank in Nizhny Novgorod, including purchase of the claims of independent creditors, representing interests of the bank's shareholders and creditor committee in individual disputes to challenge transactions and include them in the list of creditors (estimated 11 billion Russian rubles). As part of this project, she successfully challenged the argument of the Deposit Insurance Agency on the bank's having concealed records;

• Represented interests of a leading Malaysian manufacturer of latex gloves in a bankruptcy case against their importer. As a result of her work, some of the claims of the creditors affiliated with the debtor were subordinated and the rest of the claims were rejected and not included in the creditor list; remedies were obtained with respect to assets of the controlling persons for the amount of over 70 million Russian rubles.