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Yuriy Sbitnev

Partner. Advocate. LL.M. Expertise
  1. Corporate disputes
  2. Arbitrations/Tribunals
  3. Bankruptcies
Educational background
  1. State Educational Institution of Higher Vocational Training Moscow State Juridical Academy (2006. Majored in Jurisprudence. Degree with Honors).
  2. State Educational Institution of Higher Vocational Training Russian School of Private Law (institute) (2008. LLM in Private Law. Degree with Honors).
  3. Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration (2008. Comparative Law. Practical Training Course).
Professional Experience
More than 10 years experience in major litigations and handling corporate law related disputes.
  1. -Acting for a German engineering holding company (a leader in production of processing equipment for powder handling) in the course of bankruptcy proceedings of a Russian debtor company;
  2. -Recovering in favor of a debtor company (bankrupt) of the amount of damages caused by unfair actions by a person performing as the sole executive body (general director);
  3. -Protecting the interests of a holder of preference shares, a natural monopolist, specializing in provision of services on oil and petroleum products transportation via main pipelines in the Russian Federation;
  4. -Initiating and implementing, by the means of the creditor, bankruptcy proceedings against a major regional developing company, resulting in a complete settlement of all claims and reestablishment of the debtor’s solvency;
  5. -Protecting the interests of a leading German group company in its dispute with a Russia publicly owned oil and gas company related to collection of penalties for improper performance of a contract for assembly and commissioning of turbine equipment;
  6. -Acting for a major leasing company in a dispute related to transfer of air crafts;
  7. -Representing a Russian publicly owned energy company involved in geological exploration, extraction, transportation, storage, processing and sale of gas in a litigation concerning performance of contractual obligations;
  8. -Acting for a foreign international airline in a series of litigations concerning performance of contractual obligations;
  9. -Representing the interests of a major Russian producer of technology intensive components for key sectors of the national economy (aircraft industry, space industry, energy sector, mining industry) in shareholders’ disputes related to reestablishment of control, challenging resolutions rendered by the board, invalidation of a rights issue;
  10. -Acting for a national retailer in a claim filed by the prosecutor’s office to ban the exploitation of a trade and entertainment center, for the object of capital development to be held as a lawfully constructed property.
Publications
Author of more than 30 scientific articles and publications.
  1. -The Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation retains corporate control over a limited liability company // Commercial Arbitration Practice. 2013. No. 12.
  2. -Opinion: “The Presidium of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation attempted to loosen too tight a grip by courts …”. // Banking Law. November 2013.
  3. -New positions of the Presidium of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation on matters related to charging bank fees // Legal Practice in a Lending Institution. 2012. No. 4(34).
  4. -Administrator’s involvement in bankruptcy cases. The Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation opening new possibilities for its removal // Commercial Arbitration Practice. 2012. No. 10.
  5. -A settlement results in termination of a rights dispute // In-house Council. 2012. No. 2.
  6. -Court practice related to disputes on payment of fees in the loan sector has been shaping in favor of borrowers // Commercial Arbitration Practice. 2012. No. 2.
  7. -Disputes related to a contract claimed unconcluded: claimant’s and defendant’s positions // Commercial Arbitration Practice. 2011. No. 3.
  8. -Cooperation or non-involvement? // Bailiffs’ Bulletin. 2011. No. 3(6).
  9. -Damage Caused to Leased Property // Enterprise’s lawyer in Q&A. 2010. No. 6.
  10. -A bailiff’s resolution as the grounds for debiting funds // Legal Practice in a Lending Institution. 2010. No. 4(26).
  11. -Appealing judgments. Pros and cons of the new procedure // In-house Council. 2010. No. 10.
  12. -Insider won’t pass // Online version of Lawyer magazine (Ezh-Yurist) ст. 2010. No. 33.
  13. -Default on the market of subfederal borrowings: legal aspects of debt enforcement // CbondsReview 2010. May.