Artur Oganesov

Associate, Astana

Biography

Overview

Artur is an Associate in the Astana Dispute Resolution practice. He specializes in commercial and corporate litigation, international arbitration, restructuring and insolvency and international private law. He represents Russian and foreign companies in proceedings before Russian commercial courts in various regions and at all levels, in complex, cross-border disputes over corporate, finance, construction, real estate and other business-related questions often involving states, multinational corporations, and high net worth individuals.

Bars and Courts
Qualified to practice law in the Russian Federation
Education
LLM
National Research University Higher School of Economics
LLB
Kutafin Moscow State Law University
Languages
Russian
English
German

Experience

Representation of Dekhkanabad Potash Plant, the sole potash fertilizer producer in Central Asia, in a number of cross-border disputes with its Russian contractor (undergoing bankruptcy), in connection with the construction of a potash plant in Uzbekistan.

Representation of a leading U.S. and Uzbekistan-based automobile manufacturer in a series of interrelated bankruptcy cases involving mortgagee banks with total claims exceeding US$250 million. *

Representation of a major international gaming corporation in a complex class-action dispute with total claims exceeding US$3 million. *

Representation of a global agricultural trading firm in a complex dispute involving an attempted unlawful takeover of its headquarters in Moscow. *

Representation of a major French retail chain in a dispute over recovery of US$1.6 million as income during unlawful use of retail premises. *

Representation of a private client in an inheritance dispute over the execution of a will under English law on the territory of the Russian Federation. *

Representation of the chief executive of a Latvian bank in a dispute regarding subsidiary liability in the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. *

Representation of a French luxury design house in disputes with the Moscow City Government on demolition of unauthorized constructions and recovery of a fine under the lease agreement. *

* Experience prior to joining White & Case