A workshop of INFRALEX Bankruptcy practice titled «Liability of controllers in bankruptcy proceedings» was held at HSE Faculty of Law on September 28, 2019.

Head of INFRALEX Bankruptcy practice, lawyer, Stanislav Petrov and lawyer, Sergey Khukhorev held the workshop «Liability of controllers in bankruptcy proceedings» within the master's program «Corporate lawyer» in HSE.

During the masterclass INFRALEX lawyers considered the core aspects of legal regulation of bankruptcy procedure, shared their experience of practical implementation of bankruptcy rules of proceeding on the example of specific cases, and held a business game to analyze a real case.

More than 50 students and graduates of the master's program «Corporate lawyer» of the faculty of law of HSE have attended a workshop of INFRALEX lawyers. Practicing lawyers also attended the event.

The masterclass is part of INFRALEX's strategy of evolving of legal services in the field of Restructuring/Insolvency.

Bankruptcy practice is one of the most significant activities of INFRALEX. Lawyers of the Practice of Bankruptcy annually implement more than a dozen projects concerning bankruptcy, including precedent projects to support clients in cases of bringing controllers subsidiary liable, cross-border debt collection from owners and top-managers of a bankrupt entity, advising controllers on the risks of bringing them subsidiary liable. In addition, INFRALEX lawyers protect clients' interests in claims for holding transactions invalid, as well as conduct pre-bankruptcy audits and support the activities of bankruptcy managers, including strategy development. Major banks and state-owned companies, owners and top-managers of financial institutions, industrial enterprises, construction and management companies are among our clients.

INFRALEX managing partner, attorney Artem Kukin, and Head of Bankruptcy Practice, attorney Stanislav Petrov are recommended by Best Lawyers.

Artem Kukin is also recommended by Legal500, Chambers&Partners and IFRL1000 as an expert in corporate law, dispute resolution and bankruptcy.