Corporate law

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Australian-Egyptian gold-mining contract terminated by high court

An Egyptian court has invalidated a gold-mining contract signed in 2004 between the Egyptian government and Australian-based Centamin Egypt.

11:53 31.10.2012

Opposition leader Navalny's motion in Rosneft case to be heard Dec. 13

The Moscow District Federal Commercial Court will hear opposition leader Alexei Navalny's appeal of the courts' refusals to require Rosneft to provide him with the company's documents.

15:43 29.10.2012

Cyprus court allows replacement of Nemiroff's Ukrainian subsidiary heads

A Nicosia court has sided with Nemiroff holding co-owners Yakov Gribov and Alexander Kipish in a shareholders' dispute with 25.04 percent shareholder Alexander Glyus, according to the press service report of Nemiroff Vodka Rus, which is representing Gribov and Kipish.

11:16 31.08.2012

Lawsuit against Ingosstrakh board decision adjourned

The Moscow Commercial Court has postponed until August 22 a lawsuit filed by Ingosstrakh minority shareholders to invalidate a board decision made on May 28, 2010.

18:13 15.08.2012

Appeal of $53 mln Silvinit judgment filed

An appeal was filed against the judgment awarding Silvinit shareholder Anatoly Lomakin roughly $53 million. The hearing is set for August 8. Lomakin claims his stake in Silvinit having been illegally written off.

15:03 06.08.2012

Navalny's high-profile Rosneft lawsuit dismissed

The Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals has upheld the Moscow Commercial Court’s decision dismissing Rosneft minority shareholder Alexei Navalny’s lawsuit over the production of company documents.

14:38 06.08.2012

Lithuania commends ruling in Gazprom case

The Lithuanian Energy Ministry has commended the Stockholm Arbitration Court's decision that Gazprom cannot prohibit the government from discussing whether Lietuvos dujos management duly executes its duties in court.

17:11 01.08.2012

Antitrust watchdog, Telenor agree to appoint Russian VimpelCom chief

The Federal Antimonopoly Service and Telenor have agreed to appoint a Russian citizen as the chief of VimpelCom Ltd.

15:29 31.07.2012

Norilsk Nickel appeal of disclosure order to be heard on Sep.10

The Third Commercial Court of Appeals will hear on September 10 Norilsk Nickel's appeal against a lower court order obligating the company to give copies of various business documents to Rusal.

15:16 31.07.2012

Replacement of major Ukrainian vodka distillery CEO validated

On Tuesday, the Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's dismissal of the Ukrainian Nemiroff Distillery lawsuit to reverse the resolution of the Nemiroff Trade House members meeting to replace the company's CEO.

11:59 25.07.2012

Medvedev abstained from resolving corporate disputes

President Dmitry Medvedev abstained from settling any corporate disputes during his presidency, says presidential aide Arkady Dvorkovich.

11:00 02.05.2012

Future of Ingosstrakh at stake due to shareholder clash

Minority shareholders of Ingosstrakh insurance company have complained about malpractice in the selection process of the company's board of directors.

11:14 20.04.2012

U.S. court dismissed shareholder's action against Mechel

The U.S. Court of Appeals has upheld the lower court's dismissal of a lawsuit filed by shareholders of Mechel mining corporation against the company and its management.

17:04 19.04.2012

Major insurer fined for nondisclosure

The Moscow District Federal Commercial Court has upheld the lower-court judgment supporting the financial markets authority's decision to fine Ingosstrakh for failing to provide engagement letters to its minority shareholders.

13:26 18.04.2012

Minority shareholders complain about utility's non-transparency

Minority shareholders of the Territorial Generating Company-2 filed a lawsuit against the company for withholding information about candidates nominated to its board of directors.

10:25 05.04.2012

Amendments to Civil Code to affect corporate law

Amendments to the Civil Code will entail modifying the corporate legislation, but will not cause any difficulties to companies.

11:06 04.04.2012

Leading Russian insurer obligated to open contracts to shareholders

The Supreme Commercial Court has dismissed Ingosstrakh's appeal to suspend a court ruling forcing the company to submit interested-party contracts to its minority shareholders, who jointly own a 38.5 percent stake in the company.

13:44 15.03.2012

Presidential council reports to Medvedev on amendments to combat corporate raids

Head of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights Mikhail Fedotov has delivered to President Dmitry Medvedev a report on the implementation of legislative amendments intended to combat corporate raids.

12:17 28.12.2011

Medvedev signs business partnership legislation

President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a federal law on the establishment of business partnerships, the Kremlin reported on Tuesday.

17:12 06.12.2011

Bankruptcy administrators to get more power to search for debtors' assets

The Ministry of Economic Development proposed to extend the authorities of bankruptcy administrators on searching assets of debtors, that could be intentionally withdrawn from a company on the verge of bankruptcy.

14:34 06.12.2011