Ivan specialises in counteracting hostile takeovers and protecting companies and their managers and owners from economic crimes committed by their former counterparties and business partners.

He represents our clients on a regular basis during various investigative activities carried out by the Department for Economic Security and Anti-Bribery (DESAB), including searches and inspections, collection of explanations, and criminal proceedings.

• Opening a criminal case for a hostile takeover of a foreign company in Russia.
•  Closing a high-profile criminal case against a foreign person.
•  Defending a large-scale company before the DESAB in relation to a theft of $500,000 by its counterparty.
•  Defending a large-scale construction company in relation to an alleged theft of money in the course of performance of a state contract to build a seaport.
•  Defending an international trading company in relation to an audit initiated by the DESAB upon request of its former employee.
•  Defending a large-scale construction company in relation to an alleged failure to pay taxes in an especially large amount.
•  Defending a logistics company and managing its efforts to open a criminal case in relation to a theft of goods worth EUR 500,000 on a Russian border.