Russian business operates in an unprecedented economic situation: foreign sanctions and Russian counter-sanctions, disruption of payment and supply chains, massive failure to fulfill obligations by counterparties, tightening government regulation and control. In such circumstances, bankruptcy becomes a real threat not only for debtor companies, but also for their founders, partners, and management.

Timely monitoring of risks associated with the bankruptcy of the company and its counterparties, as well as a well-thought-out strategy for protecting rights, will allow you to cope with a difficult situation in an optimal way.

MEF LEGAL provides a full range of legal services related to protecting the rights of companies in bankruptcy cases:

• bankruptcy compliance

• development of a bankruptcy strategy and roadmap for debtors and creditors

• full support of bankruptcy procedures

• inclusion of claims in the register of creditors' claims and countering the unjustified inclusion of claims in the register

• challenging transactions on general and special grounds of bankruptcy law and protecting against challenging transactions and payments on claims of a bankrupt counterparty

• bringing controlling persons to subsidiary liability and collecting damages

• protection of the controlling persons of the company from being brought to subsidiary liability and recovery of damages

• challenging transactions and holding controlling persons liable for the company’s debts outside of bankruptcy, as well as representing defendants in this category of disputes

• disputes with the arbitration manager, including appealing his actions/inactions and collecting damages

• representing the interests of defendants in claims brought by the arbitration manager