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Lawyers of Genuine Arbitration Service Ltd. have an extensive track record in international commercial arbitration as well as in proceedings before Russian state commercial courts and courts of general jurisdiction. Our first cases before the Russian state courts date back to 1999 whereas our practice in international arbitration started in 2002. Since then we have accumulated invaluable experience in representing Russian and foreign companies as well as individuals in various sorts of cases, including a vast amount of disputes wherein private international law has applied.

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"We have been representing Russian and foreign companies in international commercial arbitrations since 2002"
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The name of our company - Genuine Arbitration Service Limited (G.A.S. Limited) - reflects the experience we gathered in early years of our practice in international arbitrations and court trials: we mostly represented oil and gas companies before international arbitral tribunals and Russian state commercial courts. Since then our client base has significantly diversified embracing now companies from engineering, agricultural, building, IT, services and other sectors of economy.

Some lawyers of our company hold LL.M. degree (Master in Law) received in one of the UK most prestigious law schools (universities).

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"Alongside the representation of clients in international commercial arbitrations we also provide legal services in the recognition and set aside proceedings"
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Alongside the representation of clients in international commercial arbitrations we also provide legal services on the recognition of arbitral awards in those states where the award-debtors are registered or where their assets are located.

We also render legal services in set aside proceedings handled by competent national authorities (courts), i.e. in those where a party dissatisfied with an arbitral award challenges the latter. Although as a general rule such a challenge can be admitted on limited grounds, it is a rare case when a dissatisfied party does not have recourse to the set aside proceedings.
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"At the request of our clients we organize a search of debtors' assets and enforcement of international commercial arbitral awards in a wide range of jurisdictions"
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Apart from the above, if a client so requires we organise and control the enforcement of arbitral award proceedings in those states where the debtor's assets are located.

We benefit from a wide network of local consultants in different jurisdictions whom we collaborate with while dealing with cases where courts procedural and enforcement particularities existing in the respective jurisdictions should be heeded to (e.g. in the aforementioned recognition or enforcement proceedings in those states where the respondent is registered or his property is located).

At the request of our clients we organize as well a search of the debtor's assets in a wide range of foreign jurisdictions involving for these purposes trusted partners. Such a search can be of real use, particularly, while deciding whether arbitral proceeding against a debtor should be initiated and expenses associated therewith should be incurred, given the likelihood of the enforcement of a prospective award.
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"Extensive experience in international commercial arbitrations expands our abilities of drafting and negotiating international commercial contracts"
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Extensive experience in international commercial arbitrations with application of international private law and/or the laws of different jurisdictions expands also our abilities to provide clients with effective consultancy support at the stage of drafting and negotiating international commercial contracts.

The principal category of cases our lawyers handle before Russian state commercial courts includes private law ones and those against regulatory authorities; among the latter the most prominent are tax disputes. By way of illustration, as fas as tax disputes are concerned, to date, our lawyers' successful representations have led to courts declaring invalid tax authorities’ decisions for a sum total over RUB 2.9 billion on (i) tax debts, penalties and fines collection, (ii) tax offset, (iii) tax refund refusals; tax refunds of over RUB 92 million have been collected from tax authorities and interest for tax refund delays amounting to over RUB 76.4 million have been recovered as well.

One of the key principles of our work is attention to detail. We believe that it is the small details which often play a crucial role in the correct understanding of the client’s position and are frequently a key to the successful outcome of arbitral/courts proceedings.

In our work we try to avoid both low efficiency and incompetence; we are bolstered by our passion for international arbitration and court proceedings - these are things we do enjoy doing.

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"Affordable fees and free analysis of an arbitration prospects represent our undoubted competitive advantages"
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Affordable fees represent our undoubted competitive advantage on the market. They are considerably below the fees of many law firms specializing in the resolution of international commercial disputes.

Another important benefit for our clients lies in the fact that we analyze the probability of success of a client's case without any payment obligations on the client's part, i.e. free of charge. The analysis includes an assessment of success as a percentage and brief grounds for such a conclusion with the references to applicable laws.

Being not a large company, we are focused on providing high-quality specialized services for a reasonable price. We strive to find financial solutions benefiting both clients and lawyers which take into account the financial capacity of our clients.

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Genuine Arbitration Service Ltd. represented us in an arbitration against Brazilian supplier of agricultural goods. The arbitration was conducted under the Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) with the seat in London; the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods applied to the substance of the dispute with subsidiary application of the English law. We are very satisfied with the quality of services provided by Genuine Arbitration Service Ltd. Apart from that matter, this law firm advised us (i) on certain issues of arbitrations under the arbitration rules of the Federation of Oils, Seeds and Fats Associations Ltd (FOSFA) and of the Grain and Feed Trade Association (GAFTA), as well as (ii) on several issues of English law. We would like to express our thanks for a consistently high professional level of services and extraordinary dedication to the client. Reasonable fees charged by the firm for such a high-quality job is of a special note.

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Vladimir Khomyakov
Deputy Head of Legal and Corporate Affairs, Rusagro Group of Companies, Moscow
We would like to thank Genuine Arbitration Service Ltd. for their invaluable services rendered in an arbitration administered by the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA). The lawyers carried out an enormous work with a high level of professionalism and patience. The case was resolved in our favour.

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Alina Yakhlakova
Representative of Petrovector Energy Ltd., British Virgin Islands
I would like to thank Genuine Arbitration Service Ltd. for their priceless assistance in an arbitration administered by the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. This case was a very complicated one; I believe it was one of the 10 most difficult cases I participated in in terms of fundamental issues of law which had to be dealt with.

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Maxim Kulkov
Head of Dispute Resolution Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Moscow (now – Managing Partner at Kulkov, Kolotilov and Partners)
I would like to express my gratitude to Genuine Arbitration Service Ltd. for the successful representation of our company in two arbitral proceedings: one was administered by the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and another – by Gazprom arbitration court. In each of these proceedings Genuine Arbitration Service Ltd. showed a competent approach to handling the cases, professionalism and high level of discipline.

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A.Y. Yuriev
Commercial Director, Svarog LLP
Our success in litigations has become possible only due to the job of professionals from Genuine Arbitration Service Ltd.

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Fedor Dryamin
COO, Inform Standart Ltd.


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Genuine Arbitration Service Ltd.'s Profile: Legal services for the representation of clients in international commercial arbitration, including those administered by ICAC, ICC, LCIA, SCC | Legal services in cases relating to the recognition of international arbitral awards in Russia and abroad | Legal services in cases relating to the challenge of international arbitral awards in Russia and abroad | Legal services for taxpayers during tax audits | Legal services connected to the preparation of objections to a tax audit report | Legal services for the preparation of an appeal petition in response to a resolution on the imposition of sanctions for the commitment of a tax offence | Legal services relating to the representation of taxpayers’ interests in tax disputes before Russian State courts of all instances | Legal services relating to the representation of taxpayers’ interests in the course of enforcement proceedings | Legal services relating to the representation of clients before Russian State courts in disputes with other regulatory authorities | Legal services in civil and corporate disputes before Russian State courts | Legal services relating to the representation of clients in domestic arbitration in Russia as well as in cases of enforcement and challenge of domestic arbitral awards before Russian state courts

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