Senior Associate
Saint Petersburg State University.
Higher School of Economics.
Moscow Office
g.skutin@sbplaw.ruGrigory specialises in complex commercial disputes, bankruptcy proceedings and corporate disputes.
Grigory has significant experience in advising on Russian law matters in large-scale international proceedings (including in the courts of England and Wales and the British Virgin Islands).
His experience includes supporting projects for the settlement of major conflicts involving numerous proceedings in both corporate disputes and bankruptcy cases.
Preparation of expert reports on Russian law for proceedings in EWHC over insurance indemnities for the aircraft loss due to Russian counter-sanctions.
Multi-jurisdictional corporate conflict in Russian banks (Russia, UK, BVI, Cyprus).
Advising the client with respect to risks for the holding in general and its Russian assets in particular, considering Russian countermeasures as well as recently adopted legislation. SBP team prepared a memorandum, which later on was submitted by the client to the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) to get a license for a potential amicable settlement on the matter.
Representing two foreign companies in the dispute concerning the suspension of their corporate rights in a Russian legal entity due to their compliance with sanctions imposed against other shareholders.
Protecting the client in Russia, UK, and Cyprus in connection with a corporate conflict related to a construction of a premium real estate.
Defending multiple parties in a Norwich Pharmacal application in Cyprus related to potential multi-jurisdictional claims for several billion USD, considering a global settlement agreement and its release provisions preventing further proceedings.
Representing the client within the amicable settlement of a complex conflict involving several legal proceedings related to the construction of an agricultural complex in the Sakhalin region (the total amount of claims exceeded USD 27 million). This resulted in court-approved agreements as well as a successful transaction leading to the buyout of the opponents' shares in the project.
Global amicable settlement involving bankruptcy cases of major Russian agricultural holding across various regions.
Representing the Client in a litigation proceeding within a bankruptcy of a Russian citizen to challenge the debtor's payments to its foreign lawyers who represented him in litigation proceedings in the High Court in London.
