Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm has successfully represented Ukraine's State Enterprise Ukrinterenergo in a dispute with the Russian state-owned CJSC Inter RAO UES regarding the supply of Russian electricity to Ukraine's Luhansk and Donetsk territories, still occupied by Russian-supported separatists.
According to an Ilyashev & Partners representative, "the dispute was about supply of electricity from Russia to Ukraine through stations located in Luhansk and Donetsk regions. When separatists took control over that part of the border, they also occupied the stations. Ukrinterenergo notified Inter RAO that Ukraine did not obtain the electricity supplied to these stations, but Inter RAO continued supplying electricity for some time, and asked Ukrinterenergo to pay for it."
"The case was initially heard by the ICAC at the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry," the spokesperson explained, "which decided in favor of Russia. Ukrinterenergo's appeal of the decision to a Russian court was unsuccessful. However, Inter RAO failed to ask the Russian court to recognize the executive order and had no option but to go to the Ukrainian court."
Ilyashev & Partners Senior Partner Roman Marchenko did not mince words in his description of the case. “Despite the absolutely biased decision of the ICAC at the Russian Chamber of Commerce, as a result of which the Ukrainian company was ordered to pay USD 6.7 million in favor of Russia for electricity supply to separatists, lawyers of the Russian office of Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm managed to prevent the receipt of an executive order in the case.”
The dispute is currently being considered by the Ukrainian court, where the interests of Ukrinterenergo are represented by the Kyiv office of Ilyashev & Partners.
Previously, Ilyashev & Partners represented Ukrinterenergo at the Russian Arbitration Court regarding its application to have a decision delivered by the ICAC at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry against Rusneftedobycha recognized.
