Anastasia Konstantinova

Representing:

• a major Russian oil company in High Court litigation in England concerning claims exceeding USD 300 million, including applications for a worldwide freezing order against four well-known businessmen and Norwich Pharmacal disclosure orders ;against four prominent businessmen and Norwich Pharmacal disclosure orders, in connection with allegations of a large-scale multi-jurisdictional fraud. The case resulted, among other things, in a precedent-setting judgment of the English Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• a major Russian business group in the British Virgin Islands courts in a USD 1 billion dispute out of a joint venture in the power generation sector, involving allegations of fraud, collusion, and misrepresentation
• a major Russian energy company in proceedings seeking to impose secondary liability on a former Russian minister and other individuals for the debts of a large engineering group in bankruptcy, including coordination of multiple successful ancillary proceedings in courts of several jurisdictions

Representing:

• a major power generation company in investigations and court proceedings in Cyprus and Singapore aimed at obtaining evidence for use in Russian litigation, including securing multiple Norwich Pharmacal disclosure orders against dozens of respondents

Representing:

• a major Russian oil company in confidential applications to US federal courts under 28 U.S.C. §1782 to obtain documents and information from several major New York correspondent clearing banks in support of litigation in Europe
• a major Russian oil company in obtaining Norwich Pharmacal disclosure orders from the courts ;the information and documents obtained were subsequently used in substantive proceedings in the High Court in London

Advising:

• an innovative ride-hailing service on its expansion and operations in Russia
• a major company in connection with a USD 1.78 billion transaction under which a leading Russian mobile operator acquired one of the key 4G providers in Russia
• a major Russian business group on the consolidation of its stake in a logistics and warehousing operator, as well as on the subsequent sale of 100% of the company’s shares
• a major Russian group in connection with the shareholding restructuring of a Russian mobile network operator valued at USD 8.5 billion
• clients on investment strategies for non-state pension funds

Representing:

• clients in obtaining antitrust clearances for the acquisition of Russian companies