Denis Bekker
Denis Bekker, from the litigation team, is a very competent lawyer. He is a real legal machine. He is creative, flexible and hardworking.
Denis Bekker is a Senior Associate in the Dispute Resolution, Restructuring and Insolvency, Competition and Antitrust, White Collar-Crime, Compliance and Investigations Practices at ALRUD Law Firm, Advocate.
Denis has experience in representing clients in commercial courts and courts of general jurisdiction, involving disputes in various areas. These include commercial disputes (including disputes about damages), real estate disputes, antitrust disputes, customs disputes, corporate disputes, disputes related to international commercial arbitration and application of foreign law. Denis also has experience in representing clients in arbitration, under the rules of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation (ICAC at the RF CCI), the Grain and Feed Trade Association (GAFTA), etc.
Denis has also participated in numerous complex bankruptcy cases, including representing interests of clients, with an inclusion of claims in the register of creditors, disputing transactions, bringing to subsidiary liability, prevention of controlled bankruptcy.
Denis has worked in supporting complex projects, including, in addition to litigation, interaction with governmental authorities, criminal and other investigations and settlement negotiations. Denis joined ALRUD in 2015.
Denis graduated with honors from Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Law. Denis successfully received a Master's Degree in Private Law.
Denis is a member of the International Bar Association.
Includes advising and representing:
VOLKSWAGEN Group Rus
in a number of disputes with dealers, securing a recovery of losses amounting over 15 billion Roubles, caused by the termination of a dealership agreement.
AUCHAN
in a precedent-setting dispute over the proposed demolition, as unauthorized construction, of one of the largest shopping centers in Moscow.
Maersk Line
on challenging the decision and resolution of FAS Russia (Federal Antimonopoly Service) in one of the largest antitrust disputes in Russia.
Sova Capital Limited
a major UK investment company, in a large-scale corporate dispute on recovery of losses, valued at US$ 200 million.
SSI SCHÄFER
a world leader in intra-company material handling and logistics, in one of the largest insurance disputes in Russia, on recovery of losses amounting to over USD 50 million.
Nabors Industries Ltd.
a global drilling contractor, in several precedent-setting disputes with FAS Russia, due the application of the Russian strategic investment legislation, including representing the Client in the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court.
One of the world's largest investment funds
in consideration of the claim of the FAS Russia involving an alleged violation of the Strategic Investments Law, in relation to one of the largest Russian metallurgical plants.
Major development company
in a large-scale dispute, under a lease agreement, with respect to some of the largest land plots in Moscow, worth more than US$ 400 million.
Subsidiary investment company of one of the largest Russian banks
in several bankruptcy disputes, challenging transactions concluded in the framework of a large infrastructure PPP project, amounting to over US$ 85 million.
Major Russian steel company
in arbitration proceedings under the LCIA Rules, in a corporate dispute worth approx. US$ 700 million, concerning shareholding in a major Russian steel plant.
Major French retailer
in arbitration proceedings, under the LCIA Rules, in a complex lease dispute with the owner of a major Moscow shopping center.
Subsidiaries of the largest in Saudi Arabia producer of chemical production and polymers
in a case of bankruptcy of Russian company and, during the dispute, on collecting of damages over $ 1 billion Roubles.
Large Czech producer of glass equipment
in case of bankruptcy of several Russian plants, including, participation in development of strategy of protection against various requirements of the receiver about the contest of transactions between the debtor and the client, in the Supreme Court of the RF.
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Pravo-300, 2023 recommends Denis Bekker for Arbitrazh proceedings (сommercial disputes: High Market), Foreign economic activity: customs law. |
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Best Lawyers, 2022 recommends Denis Bekker for Litigation. |
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Best Lawyers, 2021 recommends Denis Bekker for Litigation. |
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The Legal 500, 2020 recommends Denis Bekker for Arbitration and mediation. |
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