Briefing «Individuals' Bankruptcy: legal grounds, consequences, practical application. Individual's properties in Russia and Abroad as a collection object (UK focus)»
January 22, 2016 LLC PRESIDENT CONSULT in cooperation with the Russian-British Chamber of Commerce in Saint- Petersburg, the Consulting firm Edwin Coe LLP, London, and Hansson Asset Management Ltd, London, and with the participation of Vladimir Miroshnichenko, a judge of the Arbitration Court of Saint-Petersburg and Leningrad Region, held an information event devoted to the norms of the Russian legislation on bankruptcy of physical persons as well as involvement of individuals’ foreign assets in the process of bankruptcy.
Michael Onatsky, the Managing Partner of LLC PRESIDENT CONSULT, gave a presentation of the main provisions of the law on bankruptcy of physical persons. Vladimir Miroshnichenko, the judge of the Arbitration Court of Saint- Petersburg and Leningrad Region and the chairman of the bankruptcy court, made a report about the current practice of the law on bankruptcy of physical persons’ implementation. Alexander Muksinov, the lawyer of Edwin Coe LLP, spoke about the comparative aspects of the bankruptcy of Russian citizens on the English law and the Law of the Russian Federation, and Lyudmila Lipskaya, the representative of Hansson Asset Management Ltd, told about procedures and opportunities provided by the British legislation for the detection of individual property and bringing it into bankruptcy process.