Alexandra Alimova

Representing:

• a private client in several high-profile criminal investigations in the EU, in which investigative measures—unprecedented in both scale and media exposure—were found unlawful
• a private client in a large-scale criminal investigation in an EU Member State concerning alleged money laundering, in which the authorities ultimately declined to bring charges, found no criminal conduct, and closed the case with prejudice, fully preserving the presumption of innocence
• a private client in proceedings concerning alleged violations of foreign trade regulations in an EU Member State, including challenges to extensive searches aimed at identifying and seizing blocked assets initiated by the national sanctions enforcement authority
• a private client in a mutual agreement procedure under a double tax treaty between Russia and an EU Member State in connection with tax claims amounting to hundreds of millions of euros
• a private client in a dispute in an EU Member State against a subsidiary of Switzerland’s major bank, concerning liability for losses caused by breaches of a banking services agreement and banking secrecy obligations

Representing / advising:

• a private client in a series of judicial and pre-trial proceedings in EU jurisdictions regarding the protection of the client’s honour, dignity, and business reputation in the face of past and current defamatory publications
• a major private client’s PR function in developing an integrated legal and communications strategy for working with media, including demands for opportunity to respond, corrections, and retractions
• in developing an integrated legal and communications strategy for working with media, including demands for opportunity to respond, corrections, and retractionsand their affiliated companies in designing a comprehensive strategy to counter persistent negative portrayals, including litigation to protect the honour, dignity, and business reputation of our client and the affiliates; this resulted in injunctions, written undertakings to cease dissemination of defamatory statements, corrections of publications, and the publication of retractions

Advising:

• a Russian financial group on restructuring its corporate structure following its designation
• Russian companies on conducting comprehensive legal due diligence