Ivan Veselov

ALUMNI Partners team has acted as legal advisor to VimpelCom PJSC, defending the client's interests in the first instance and appeal courts in two disputes over recovery of coupon yield and interest on Eurobonds issued by VEON Holdings B.V.

Successfully represented Fives Group in a dispute over recovery of an advance payment under a construction contract and damages from a Russian subsidiary of the international industrial engineering group Fives totaling about RUB 600 million and recovery of the cost of works and damages totaling about RUB 1 billion on a counterclaim in its favor, resulting in the amicable settlement.

Acted for Rusagro Group in a dispute over recovery of over RUB 1 bn in damages from Agrosnabsakhar LLC, belonging to the TRIO Group, one of the biggest land users in the Lipetsk Region. During the litigation, we managed to defend our client’s position on intricate matters of interpreting the offer and acceptance notice served by the parties, on whether the agreement had been concluded and the price of replacement transactions was reasonable.

Representing the client in a complex, multi-stage dispute arising from failure by the grantor (a Russian region) to meet its obligations to reimburse the concessionaire (our client) for costs incurred in constructing the region’s biggest sports infrastructure facility under a concession agreement.

Provided support to Great Wall Motors, a major Chinese car manufacturer, on a complex project for recovering over RUB 3.3 bn in debt under international sale and purchase agreements from a bad faith Russian counterparty undergoing controlled bankruptcy proceedings.

Represented Rolf Group of Companies in a precedent-setting case on recovery of property for the benefit of the state totaling about RUB 20 billion.