Tatiana Petrova

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 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 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 a mutual agreement procedure (MAP) under a double tax treaty between Russia and an EU Member State regarding tax claims amounting to hundreds of millions of euros
• a private client in an EU Member State in a dispute against a subsidiary of a major European bank, seeking liability for losses caused by breaches of banking services agreements and bank secrecy obligations

Representing:

• a European automotive group in a dispute arising out of supply and leasing agreements
• a German cosmetics manufacturer in a dispute concerning the protection of exclusive rights to a trademark
• a German agricultural machinery manufacturer in a dispute over recovery of damages from the former CEO of its Russian subsidiary

Representing:

• 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 
• the PR department of a major Russian investment group in Russian and foreign proceedings concerning media relations, including claims for responses and corrections, pre-action work, and representation in court (arising from past and current defamatory publications)

Developing comprehensive strategies:

• a comprehensive strategy for a major private clientin 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
• an integrated legal and communications strategy for a major private client’s PR function to work with media, including demands for opportunity to respond, corrections, and retractions