Vasily Bakumenko

Representing:

• a major Russian gas producer in four LCIA arbitrations arising out of option agreements, with claims totalling EUR 5 billion
• a leading Russian private airline in a USD 100 million HKIAC arbitration arising out of aircraft sale and purchase agreements
• a leading operator engaged in the construction and operation of a gas processing plant in SCC arbitration proceedings against an international engineering group of companies
• a Russian state corporation in an LCIA arbitration under an ISDA agreement for USD 150 million
• a leading Russian gas producer in a SIAC arbitration over the alleged wrongful suspension and termination of an equipment supply agreement due to EU/US sanctions (claims exceeding USD 100 million)
• a leading Russian gas producer in a SIAC arbitration over the alleged wrongful suspension and termination of a capacity reservation agreement due to EU/US sanctions (claims exceeding USD 50 million)
• a Russian company in an SCC arbitration concerning alleged wrongful non-payment under a supply contract due to EU/UK/US sanctions

Coordinating actions of:

• an English counsel in High Court proceedings under an ISDA agreement involving USD 150 million worth of claims
• a Chinese counsel in seeking interim measures in Mainland China in support of an HKIAC arbitration and in connection with the enforcement of a Russian arbitral award

Representing:

• a leading operator engaged in the construction and operation of a gas processing plant in a dispute with an international engineering group
• the Russian subsidiary of a Dutch bank in a dispute over joint and several liability for non-performance of a loan agreement
• a major Russian leasing company in a dispute under a bareboat charter of a seagoing vessel
• Russia’s largest operator of an oil and gas field development project in a dispute under a vessel charterparty

Representing:

• Russia’s leading logistics assets operator в России in the bankruptcy of a major Russian pharmaceutical distributor
• a French automobile supplier in the bankruptcy of its counterparty, in disputes brought by the insolvency administrator seeking to invalidate transactions and claw back several real estate assets into the insolvency estate
• one of the world’s largest commercial aviation companies in the bankruptcy of a Russian airline