Practice areas

About
Nikita specializes in dispute resolution, including corporate, commercial and family disputes.
Nikita also advises Russian and foreign companies on conducting business in the Russian Federation, including on contractual and commercial law issues, as well as analyzing counter-sanctions legislation.
Experience
- representing the interests of a design and survey institute in a dispute over the recovery of damages from a state customer involving the adoption and cancellation of interim measures
- representing contractors in disputes with a state customer under contracts for the production of design projects for college premises and facades
- representing an individual creditor in a case on the bankruptcy of a citizen in terms of the consideration of a claim for debt collection under an agency agreement
- preparing a legal due diligence report on the assets of a large freelance platform involving intellectual property rights and contracts with counterparties
- drafting marriage contracts and alimony agreements, as well as representing a spouse in a divorce dispute; representing a citizen in a dispute with a supplier of mining equipment
- representing an energy company in a dispute over recovery of unjust enrichment from a guaranteeing supplier
Nikita's experience includes his projects before joining BIRCH LEGAL.
Education
2023–2026St Petersburg University, postgraduate program in Private Law (Civil) Sciences
2024Law Institute "M-Logos", advanced training program "Contract and Obligation Law"
2023St Petersburg University, Master’s Degree
2021Russian State University of Justice, Bachelor’s Degree in Law
Languages
- English
- Russian
Career
2024–pres.Junior Associate, BIRCH LEGAL
2023–2024Associate, Ru.Courts
2021–2023Assistant Attorney at law, Anatoly Sobchak Baltic Bar Association
Media
Interim measures
The BIRCH team prepared an overview with general observation on issues involving the Russian arbitrazh courts’ application of interim measures, recall the cases and mention tendencies in court practice as well as provide you with several lifehacks.
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6 February 2025