Alexander Korkin represents clients in arbitrations and in courts in commercial, administrative, antitrust, and labor disputes. He has experience representing clients before the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.
Represented a major construction company in two disputes with a contractor related to a major building project in Russia. In the first case the courts of 4 levels including the Supreme Court confirmed our client’s position that arbitration agreements providing for ICC arbitration seated in London were valid and enforceable, and that the English law applied to the arbitration agreements. Therefore, the claim against our client was left without consideration. The second proceedings were within a bankruptcy case of the subcontractor and the subcontractor’s bankruptcy administrator filed for invalidation of arbitration agreements based on grounds in the bankruptcy laws. The court dismissed the claims in full, having established that the arbitration agreements had been entered into without any violations.
Defended a creditor client in an LCIA arbitration for the recovery of a multi-million debt. Repayment by the principal borrower was impossible due to its liquidation, but the obligations were secured by a personal guarantee from the beneficial owner. The work also involved tracing foreign assets and initiating and coordinating multiple parallel foreign court proceedings to arrest the assets and enforce the arbitral award against them.
Represented an international company in arbitrations under HKIAC and SCC rules, including obtaining emergency relief from the arbitrator to prohibit parallel proceedings in Russia and interim measures to prevent the infringement of the client’s rights for the duration of the proceedings.
Represented an international software provider in disputes related to the termination of license agreements for reasons beyond the client’s control. The counterparty refused to settle mutual obligations and filed a claim to recover all previously made payments, as well as a claim to invalidate the agreement under which the client had obtained sublicensing rights. The work included representing the client in courts of several instances, gathering evidence, and obtaining an expert opinion. The courts dismissed all claims against the client in full.
Represented a beverage producer in a number of court proceedings initiated to deprive the client of trademarks. Our lawyers were able to convince the courts of first instance and appeal of the groundlessness of the claim, where the claimant asked to invalidate the auction based on which the client received the key trademarks for its business. The work involved collecting additional evidence to strengthen the client’s position in the case. In two other cases, the legal team was able to prove in the court of first instance the groundlessness of the claims to invalidate transactions for the transfer of rights under applications to register trademarks to a joint venture between the client and its partner. Due to this decision, the joint venture retained the rights to the key assets — five trademarks. The court also confirmed the abusive behavior of the client’s opponent, which was important for the further resolution of the corporate conflict.
Represented a number of Russian and foreign companies in cases seeking to impose joint and several liability on them for the obligations of affiliated entities, despite the clients having committed no violations and not being involved in the disputed legal relationships.
Represented a Chinese manufacturing company in a number of disputes concerning the invalidation of a construction permit and the positive opinion of a state ecological expert study. The environmental protection prosecutor’s office and other complainants contested these documents permitting the construction of a factory in a special ecologic zone.
Prepared statements of claim to invalidate the decisions of the State Commission on Radio Frequencies and represented an international supplier of marine equipment in the courts of first instance and appeal. In addition, we advised the client on issues regarding contacting various state bodies to cancel the adopted restrictive measures and we prepared the relevant applications.
Defended an international electronics manufacturer, an international bank, and a foreign video game publisher in numerous consumer disputes in courts of several instances, including the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.
Represented a number of financial, trading, manufacturing, and transportation companies before the antimonopoly authorities in cases concerning abuse of a dominant market position, concerted actions, and unfair competition, as well as challenging the authority’s orders and decisions, including recovering legal costs from the antimonopoly authority after winning the main case.
Professional membership
St. Petersburg International Business Association (SPIBA) — Co-chair, HR Committee.
Education
St. Petersburg State University, Ph.D. in Law, 2012.
Irkutsk State University, Law Degree with Honors, 2007.
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