Evgeniya Neverova

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 regarding alleged money laundering, where the authorities ultimately declined to bring charges, confirmed the absence of any criminal offence, and closed the case with prejudice
• 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

Advising:

• a Russian legal entity on risks of asset attachment and enforcement pursuant to a US arrest warrant
• a major Russian airline on exposure to asset seizures and on risk-monitoring measures across 15 jurisdictions

Representing:

• a confidential client in an LMAA arbitration in London arising from non-performance of a sale and purchase agreement due to EU sanctions

Advising:

• a private client on the feasibility, procedure, and prospects of initiating investment arbitration against states that have frozen the client’s assets under their sanctions regimes
• an international organisation on potential arbitration proceedings against a sovereign state following termination of its membership, including prospects for recovery of the membership fee

Representing and 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 major private clientand 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
• разработка комплексной стратегии a 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

Advising:

• two major real estate developers and a leading Russian transport and logistics group on preparing prospectuses for IPOs and Eurobond offerings