Successful projects

Selected projects in which NSN Alliance lawyers represented and defended the rights and interests of clients:

• A major international manufacturer of food packaging products in a successful resolution of the tax dispute resulting in the right for the VAT deduction, as well as immunity from collection of VAT, fines and interest totaling to over 3 million USD.
• A major international manufacturer of confectionary products in a successful representation under the criminal case related to the tax dispute.
• Successful resolution of a tax dispute worth approximately US$4.5 million involving a major hotel chain, including a hearing by the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation
• Successful resolution of a number of tax disputes involving a major international oil producer in connection with a VAT refund of approximately US$15 million, including a hearing by the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation
• Successful and precedent-setting representation of a contractor and subcontractors under a production-sharing agreement in tax disputes over the deduction of VAT (to our knowledge, the first experience with tax disputes involving production sharing agreements on Sakhalin)
• Successful resolution of a number of tax disputes involving a division of a major Japanese manufacturer participating in the Sakhalin-2 Production Sharing Agreement in connection with a VAT refund of approximately US$2.5 million
• Successful resolution of a tax dispute worth approximately US$200,000 involving a major Moscow hotel
• Successful resolution of a tax dispute worth approximately US$1.5 million involving a major German cosmetics manufacturer
• Successful resolution of tax disputes worth approximately US$24 million involving a major international manufacturer of photographic equipment
• Successful resolution of a tax dispute worth approximately US$4 million involving a Russian company dealing in real estate (land)
• Successful resolution of a tax dispute worth approximately US$6.8 million involving a major international tobacco company
• Successful resolution of tax disputes worth approximately US$2 million involving a major producer of nonalcoholic beverages in numerous tax episodes
• Successful resolution of a tax dispute worth approximately US$8 million involving a major international tobacco company
• Successful and precedent-setting resolution of a tax dispute involving an international air carrier, saving the client over US$600,000 in overdue turnover taxes and over US$570,000 in tax sanctions
• Successful resolution of a tax dispute involving an international company engaged in heavy machine building which saved the client over US$1.3 million in VAT and over US$380,000 in penalties and fines
• Successful resolution of a tax dispute involving a major international oil producer which saved the client US$4 million in profits tax and penalties
• Legal aid in criminal actions brought in connection with international tax disputes
• Successful resolution of a tax dispute involving a top world software developer in connection with the transfer of intellectual property rights, saving the client approximately US$6 million in VAT and profits tax and over US$400,000 in fines
• Successful resolution of a number of tax disputes involving a major Russian developer in connection with industrial real estate construction, as a result of which a VAT deduction was allowed, and the client saved approximately US$8 million in VAT, penalties and fines
• Successful resolution of a tax dispute involving an international air carrier, saving the client over US1.1 million of taxes and sanctions
• Successful resolution of the series of tax disputes involving one of the largest international oil and gas production companies resulting in withholding tax refund from the state budget amounted to over 5 million USD
• Successful resolution of a tax dispute involving an international air carrier, saving the client over US1.3 million of taxes and sanctions
• Successful resolution of the tax dispute involving an international manufacturer of the power generation and transmission equipment resulting in profits tax and VAT relief, as well as immunity from collection of fines and interest totaling to over $560,000 USD
• Successful resolution of the tax dispute involving an international manufacturer of the woodworking equipment resulting in profits tax and VAT relief, immunity from collection of fines and interest totaling to over 1,7 million USD, as well as avoidance of initiation of the criminal case in connection with this dispute

• Representation of a foreign construction company in connection with a countersuit against a Russian company in the food industry for a total of over $89 million
• Protection of the interests of an international cosmetics manufacturer in a suit involving trademark infringement by means of cybersquatting — illegal registration of a domain name for speculative resale
• Protection of the interests of a pipeline owner in a number of disputes involving land and environmental issues
• Court representation of a foreign investor's interests in a group of related shareholder disputes with Russian partners in a joint venture
• Successful resolution of a labor dispute involving an international construction-chemical producer, preventing a former employee from wrongfully collecting substantial compensation and being reinstated
• Representation of a major international company in a number of civil disputes worth a total of over US$3 million, including corporate-law and commercial issues

This list is not exhaustive. For your information, we have presented some of the more significant cases in terms of complexity and precedent.