Bella Basheva
Associate Litigation, Arbitration, and Employment
Languages
English, Russian
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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As part of the firm’s Commercial Litigation and Fraud team, Bella advises clients on complex commercial disputes, often involving allegations of fraud and dishonesty. Bella's litigation practice focuses in particular on complex civil fraud proceedings and asset recovery, often acting for clients based in the CIS region. Apart from this, Bella provides legal support to clients during investigations by state authorities and conducts internal investigations into allegations of fraud and corruption.
Representative experience
Representing the DIA as a liquidator of Mezhprombank on both the worldwide freezing order to the value of over US$2bn, and English proceedings brought by the DIA against Sergey Pugachev
Advising BTA Bank (Kazakhstan) in asset recovery litigation in Russia concerning fraudulent transactions of more than US$6bn allegedly entered into by former management
Acting for a major distillery business in a corporate conflict with its joint venture partner, the SHA being governed by English law and providing for LCIA arbitration
Advising and acting for a major distillery business in the satellite proceedings before Cypriot courts in order to prevent the opposing side from disrespecting the terms of the SHA
Advising and acting for a major CIS gas supplier in a dispute concerning supply agreement containing ICC arbitration clause with Singapore seat
Defending a major precious metals mining company against fraudulent misrepresentation claim brought by a counter-party to the SPA being governed by English law and providing for SIAC arbitration
Conducting an internal investigation into operations of a major producer of air conditioning equipment in connection with possible violations of the FCPA and conflicts of interest
Conducting an internal investigation into operations of a Fortune 100 company in connection with possible violations of compliance regulations, anti-corruption and competition laws
Advising an international roofing manufacturer in connection with a whistleblower's allegations of fraud and corruption and conducting an internal investigation into the same
Conducting an internal investigation into alleged violations of multinational communications and IT company's conflict-of-interest policies
Representing a Russian HNWI in a transnational divorce proceedings pending before Russian and foreign courts
Advising the heirs of a deceased wealthy Russian individual on cross-border inheritance matters
Credentials
- Law Degree, Lomonosov Moscow State University