Valeria Kamyshnikova

Representing/advising:

• 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

Representing:

• a private client before law enforcement authorities in an EU Member State (including filing a criminal complaint), as well as in several other jurisdictions, in connection with a coordinated defamation campaign conducted via an anonymous Telegram channel
• the PR department of a major Russian investment group in judicial and pre-trial proceedings in Russia and abroad concerning media relations, including claims for responses and corrections, pre-action work, and representation in court (arising from past and current defamatory publications)
• a private client before law enforcement authorities in an EU Member State (including filing a criminal complaint), as well as in several other jurisdictions, in connection with a coordinated defamation campaign conducted via an anonymous Telegram channel

Developing:

• a comprehensive strategy to counteract the creation of a negative public image of 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

Representing/advising:

• a private client in connection with the preparation of arbitration proceedings against two European states for breaches of investment protection treaties