Awards
Denis is PhD in Law (thesis advisor Ye.A. Sukhanov), graduated with honors from Moscow State Academy of Law named after O.E. Kutafin (MGYuA) and master course in the Russian School of Private Law under the Government of the Russian Federation (RShChP).
Fluent in English and German.
He has significant experience of legal support in bankruptcy procedures of groups of companies which carry out their business in various areas of economy (construction, retailing, production of natural resources, agriculture, food and consumer goods production, etc.). He has vast experience in the fields of structuring the big deals with immovable property and legal support of construction, creating joint ventures for managing the immovable property (with the participation of Billa, Apollo, Real, etc.).
Prior to founding MGP Lawyers he served in developer companies, retail businesses and companies engaged in arbitration proceedings and bankruptcy. In 2010, he was a member of the board of directors of OJSC RTM. He has a number of scientific issues published.
The following work is among his projects in the field of bankruptcy and arbitration process:
- acting on behalf of a creditor in the claim amounting to RUR2.3 billion in bankruptcy procedures with respect of a big agricultural holding company in the Krasnodar territory and Rostov region (17 companies were bankrupt simultaneously ; more than 800 immovable property units were returned into the insolvency estate on the contested transactions);
- acting on behalf of Sberbank Kapital and associated companies as creditors on the claims exceeding RUR1.5 billion in the insolvency procedure of a coal producing company in the Kemerovo region;
- acting on behalf of Sberbank Kapital and associated companies as creditors on the claims exceeding RUR1.5 billion in the bankruptcy procedure of a production company in the Rostov region;
- acting on behalf of creditor on the claims exceeding RUR1.6 billion in the bankruptcy procedures of a big holding company carrying out management of shopping centers and supermarket premises in the Novosibirsk and Kemerovo regions (7 companies were bankrupt simultaneously ; more than RUR300 million rubles were returned into the insolvency estate on the contested transactions with immovable property);
- acting on behalf of a debtor in the dispute on claim initiated by CRR BV for the recovery of indebtedness on credit notes exceeding US$127 million (more than 20 isolated accompanying disputes in arbitration courts).
- acting on behalf of a debtor in the dispute on claim initiated by CRR BV for the recovery of indebtedness on credit notes exceeding US$127 million (more than 20 isolated accompanying disputes in arbitration courts);
- acting on behalf of a debtor in the dispute on claim initiated by CRR BV for the recovery of indebtedness on credit notes amounting to US$55 million;
- acting on behalf of a debtor in the dispute on claim initiated by ING Bank for the recovery of indebtedness on loan amounting to US$35 million (more than 15 isolated disputes were considered by International Commercial Arbitration Court under the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, courts of general jurisdiction and arbitration courts; the bank was not satisfied on the claim);
- acting on behalf of a debtor in the dispute on claim initiated by Alfa Bank for the recovery of indebtedness on loan amounting to US$10 million (in an initial judicial proceeding the bank’s claim was dismissed; after a new claim was brought the restructuring was made with the bank).