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Author materials by Nikolay Nemkov on the Harant.ru legal platform: litigation, debt recovery, bankruptcy, tax, corporate risks and business protection.
Nikolay Nemkov publishes author materials on the Harant.ru legal platform. Each card links to a specific original article where the full text can be read.
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Legal control of a transaction begins long before a dispute: contracts, correspondence and how decisions are documented determine whether a company can protect its position in court.
Related Practice: Ongoing Legal Support for Business
Business correspondence between employees regularly becomes key evidence in court. How to manage company communication properly to protect its interests.
Related Practice: Commercial Litigation in Russian Courts
When a creditor has inside information about a company, protection begins with an audit and evidence gathering. An analysis of how to minimize legal risks and claims.
Related Practice: Ongoing Legal Support for Business
A court judgment does not return the money by itself. We examine why companies fail to receive awarded sums and what recovery strategy can actually turn a judgment into payment.
Related Practice: Debt Recovery
Result from Our Practice: Client Actually Recovered More Than RUB 15 Million
A counterparty’s bankruptcy can create risks for dozens of businesses: unpaid debt, clawback of payments and challenges to transactions. We explain how to protect your interests in the proceedings.
Related Practice: Corporate Bankruptcy
Result from Our Practice: Prevented Claims Exceeding RUB 7 Million from Being Included in the Creditors’ Register
The tax authority evaluates not only documents but also how a company actually behaves. How to prepare evidence of genuine business purpose and reduce the risk of additional tax assessments.
Related Practice: Tax Disputes
Result from Our Practice: Protected the Client from More Than RUB 4 Million in Tax Claims
Cutting costs without lawful justification turns into tax claims. How a business can optimize expenses without creating the risk of additional tax assessments.
Related Practice: Tax Disputes
Transactions from years ago, including assignments of claims, are challenged in bankruptcy. How insufficient justification of a transaction leads to claims by the receiver.
Related Practice: Corporate Bankruptcy
Result from Our Practice: Preserved More Than RUB 15 Million in a Transaction-Challenge Dispute
Creditors identify a debtor’s hidden assets where they are not usually looked for: through business continuity and challenging transactions. How to return property in the proceedings.
Related Practice: Debt Recovery
A collective decision does not remove the manager’s responsibility. How to reduce personal legal risks when signing documents and protect your interests.
Related Practice: Defense Against Subsidiary Liability in Bankruptcy
A conflict between partners can destroy a profitable business. How a shareholders’ agreement and legal protection can safeguard a company from disputes in advance.
Related Practice: Commercial Litigation in Russian Courts
A company may formally own assets but not actually control them. Access, documents, rights and brands — what to check to avoid losing property.
Related Practice: Commercial Litigation in Russian Courts
A few mistakes in contract drafting lead to million-ruble losses. How legal control of documents protects a business from financial risks and disputes.
Related Practice: Ongoing Legal Support for Business
An employee complaint to the labor inspectorate can lead to a tax audit. How to avoid risks and financial consequences for the business while preserving evidence.
Related Practice: Tax Disputes
After a won case, the debtor may go bankrupt and previously recovered payments may end up in the creditors’ register. How to protect the company’s interests and minimize risks.
Related Practice: Corporate Bankruptcy
Result from Our Practice: Prevented Claims Exceeding RUB 7 Million from Being Included in the Creditors’ Register
Ownership, control and evidence of the origin of assets — what can be lost imperceptibly. How to check risks and protect the company’s property.
Related Practice: Commercial Litigation in Russian Courts
In bankruptcy, the receiver examines old documents: drafting shortcomings and non-obvious connections between parties affect the fate of contracts. A look at typical findings.
Related Practice: Corporate Bankruptcy
Result from Our Practice: Preserved More Than RUB 15 Million in a Transaction-Challenge Dispute
Former partners significantly influence bankruptcy proceedings and the challenge of claims. How a company can protect itself from risks and keep control of the situation.
Related Practice: Corporate Bankruptcy
Result from Our Practice: Prevented Claims Exceeding RUB 7 Million from Being Included in the Creditors’ Register
After leaving, a director may face claims from creditors and subsidiary liability. How to protect yourself and preserve evidence of good faith.
Related Practice: Defense Against Subsidiary Liability in Bankruptcy
A sound strategy and documented justification increase the chances of winning. An analysis of evidence-preparation mistakes that cause businesses to lose cases.
Related Practice: Commercial Litigation in Russian Courts
Tax, contractual and corporate risks often remain unattended until a problem arises. How timely analysis helps avoid disputes and losses.
Related Practice: Ongoing Legal Support for Business
Most requests to a lawyer come only after a conflict has arisen. Why timely consultation helps resolve disputes and protect a business.
A business participant can be deprived of a share by a court decision. An analysis of the grounds and consequences of losing a share to avoid corporate disputes and losses.
Related Practice: Commercial Litigation in Russian Courts
Conflicts between business participants can drive a company to bankruptcy. Legal risks of corporate disputes and ways to prevent them.
Related Practice: Corporate Bankruptcy
Legal review of a contract protects a business from financial and legal risks. Why the absence of document control leads to litigation.
Related Practice: Ongoing Legal Support for Business
Enforcement proceedings may be closed because the debtor has no property. How a claimant can preserve the right to re-collect the debt and continue acting.
Related Practice: Debt Recovery
Result from Our Practice: Client Actually Recovered More Than RUB 15 Million
A court dispute is won not by words but by evidence. How proper preparation and collection of documents increase the chances of a successful outcome.
Related Practice: Commercial Litigation in Russian Courts
A court judgment and an enforcement order do not guarantee the return of money. How to overcome enforcement difficulties and actually recover a debt from an unscrupulous debtor.
Related Practice: Debt Recovery
Result from Our Practice: Client Actually Recovered More Than RUB 15 Million
Subsidiary liability in bankruptcy is a real risk for managers and owners. What they answer for and how to avoid the consequences.
Related Practice: Defense Against Subsidiary Liability in Bankruptcy
Transferring property to relatives before bankruptcy is challenged to protect creditors’ rights. How assets are returned to the estate and what risks the debtor faces.
Related Practice: Corporate Bankruptcy
Result from Our Practice: Preserved More Than RUB 15 Million in a Transaction-Challenge Dispute
Challenging the removal of assets before bankruptcy allows creditors to recover the debtor’s property. Methods for identifying hidden assets and increasing the chances of recovery.
Related Practice: Corporate Bankruptcy
The search for assets in bankruptcy helps the manager satisfy creditors’ claims. How a debtor’s property is identified and what happens to the assets found.
Related Practice: Corporate Bankruptcy
Challenging transactions in bankruptcy allows removed assets to be returned to the estate. How creditors achieve the return of property and protect their interests.
Related Practice: Corporate Bankruptcy
Result from Our Practice: Preserved More Than RUB 15 Million in a Transaction-Challenge Dispute
Analysis of bank statements allows the inspectorate to identify evasion schemes and assess real financial flows. How a business can prepare for tax disputes.
Related Practice: Tax Disputes
Result from Our Practice: Protected the Client from More Than RUB 4 Million in Tax Claims
Under certain conditions, a tax audit leads to the opening of a criminal case for tax evasion. An analysis of the thresholds and risks for business.
Related Practice: Tax Disputes
Result from Our Practice: Successfully Challenged More Than RUB 100 Million in Additional Tax Assessments
The inspectorate identifies artificial operations in supplier chains and assesses additional taxes. How to avoid claims and prepare evidence of the reality of transactions.
Related Practice: Tax Disputes
Result from Our Practice: Protected the Client from More Than RUB 4 Million in Tax Claims
The inspectorate identifies shell companies and challenges transactions with them. How to avoid additional assessments and fines and protect a business during counterparty checks.
Related Practice: Tax Disputes
In tax disputes, a company must confirm the reality of a transaction. Eight types of evidence that help avoid additional assessments and defend the position in court.
Related Practice: Tax Disputes
Result from Our Practice: Protected the Client from More Than RUB 4 Million in Tax Claims
The tax authority increasingly files bankruptcy petitions against debtor companies. When the tax service starts proceedings and what legal consequences await business.
Related Practice: Tax Disputes
Result from Our Practice: Prevented Claims Exceeding RUB 7 Million from Being Included in the Creditors’ Register
A company’s debts can be recovered from a former manager. Six grounds for a director’s subsidiary liability and ways to reduce personal risks.
Related Practice: Defense Against Subsidiary Liability in Bankruptcy
The tax authority freezes bank accounts of companies on various grounds. What this leads to and how to restore operations and lift the freeze as quickly as possible.
Related Practice: Tax Disputes
The tax authority identifies business-splitting schemes by characteristic signs and assesses tens of millions in additional tax. How to avoid additional assessments and fines when splitting a business.
Related Practice: Tax Disputes
Result from Our Practice: Successfully Challenged More Than RUB 100 Million in Additional Tax Assessments
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