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Denuo strengthens Corporate offering with promotion of Leonid Kropotov to partner
Denuo has promoted Leonid Kropotov to partner in its Corporate practice in the St Petersburg office.
Appeals court partially supports the declarer in a dispute on the inclusion of dividends in customs value
On 25 April 2024, the Twelfth Arbitration Appeals Court issued a ruling partially upholding the importer’s petition to annul decisions of the Astrakhan Customs House that served as a basis for including dividends in customs value and charging additional customs payments.
Denuo strengthens Dispute Resolution offering with hire of Andrey Panov as partner and head of International Arbitration and Litigation practice
Denuo announces that Andrey Panov has joined the firm as a partner and head of the International Arbitration and Litigation practice.
Disputes continue regarding the application of anti-suit injunctions and force majeure due to sanctions
Russian courts continue to consider disputes related to sanctions restrictions imposed by foreign states. In March 2024, further rulings were adopted which developed the existing practice of applying the provisions of article 248.1 of the Arbitrazh Procedure Code of the Russian Federation (exclusive jurisdiction of Russian courts), article 248.2 of the Arbitrazh Procedure Code of the Russian Federation (anti-suit injunction) and article 401 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation (force majeure) in connection with the imposition of sanctions. Read further in our legal update.
Court rules in favour of importer on the inclusion of royalties in the customs value of imported goods
In late 2022, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation set aside two court rulings in favour of importers regarding the inclusion of licence fees (royalties) in the customs value of imported goods.
In the course of the retrial of the cases, the lower courts ruled in favour of the customs authority and upheld the decisions that royalties shall be included in the customs value. Such approach has become commonly applied to other cases. However, despite the negative practice for importers, in a number of cases participants of foreign economic activity have been able to defend the position that royalties should not be included in the customs value of imported goods. Read further in our legal update.