Bankruptcy

CLS associates have in-depth expert knowledge in the field of bankruptcy of legal entities and individuals and have successful practical experience working both on the side of debtors (including supervisors and management) and on the side of creditors.

The CLS team specializes in restructuring, protection from subsidiary liability, contesting transactions and claims, interaction with managers and comprehensive support of bankruptcy procedures, including bankruptcy of credit institutions.

Expertise

Our services on bankruptcy of individuals and legal entities
  • Comprehensive support for a bankruptcy procedure representing a debtor or a creditor
  • Contesting and defense of transactions within bankruptcy proceedings (suspicious transactions, transactions with preemptive satisfaction, etc.)
  • Preliminary analysis of risks of transactions being contested in the interests of a debtor's contracting parties
  • Revealing a debtor's assets
  • Subsidiary liability and recovering losses from controlling persons
  • Defense in subsidiary liability disputes
  • Developing and introducing a system/regulations for adjusting business processes in order to exclude/minimize the respective risks of management being held liable
  • Anti-crisis planning and development of strategy for bankruptcy cases
  • Interaction with receivers at all stages of bankruptcy
  • Challenging claims of creditors on inclusion in the creditor claims register
  • Challenging actions of a bankruptcy receiver
  • Coordination of procedures, monitoring progress of the case, other procedural and organizational issues



Practice Team

Pavel Kislovskiy

Of Counsel

Victoriya Smirnova

Senior Associate





Directories & Rankings


16 leading positions in the "Best Legal Practices and Industries" section, 9 lawyers ranked individually.

2026


CLS was recognized in 16 categories of the largest national legal ranking.

Высокая оценка экспертов за успешные судебные кейсы и стратегию защиты интересов клиентов.

Основные достижения:

  • Победы в арбитражных судах
  • Сложные финансовые споры
  • Корпоративные конфликты

2025


CLS was recognized in the nomination “Comprehensive Support of Bankruptcy Proceedings.” Two CLS lawyers were recognized in the individual ranking of top bankruptcy lawyers.

Опыт сопровождения трансграничных сделок и работы с иностранными инвесторами делает компанию лидером в международных проектах.

Ключевые направления:

  • Трансграничные сделки
  • Консультирование иностранных инвесторов
  • Работа с международным правом

2025



News

CLS Among the Leaders of PRO Bankruptcy

The results of the “Leaders PRO Bankruptcy. Law Firm Ranking 2025” have been published, identifying the leading law firms and the…

Analytics

Bankruptcy news. 1st quarter of 2020

On April 1, 2020, Article 9.1 was added to the Federal law for maintaining economic stability, providing the Russian Government…

Media about us

Bankruptcy trends: expert opinions for Delovoi Peterburg

Partner and head of the Bankruptcy practice at Capital Legal Services Irina Onikienko in an interview for the Delovoi Peterburg…

Analytics

Bankruptcy is now an independent practice at Capital Legal Services

The team of Irina Onikienko, Partner, has gained a wealth of experience in providing legal support during bankruptcy procedures…