Yevgeny
Gorbunov

Partner

Experience

Since 2009

Teaching experience

Higher School of Economics (HSE University)

Scientific activities

Publications on law in leading legal journals and translator of scientific articles from English and Polish.

Scientific interests include general civil law issues, history and theory of law, comparative private law (with an emphasis on Polish private law).

Languages

English and Polish

Education

Higher School of Economics (HSE University)

Russian School of Private Law

Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (MSSES)

Expertise

Civil law Сivil proceedings Corporate law Carriages Employment law Energy Law Maritime law Antitrust law

Key cases

  • Successfully represented an industrial electricity consumer in litigation against electronetwork companies over the "last mile" issue, including in a dispute over compulsion to conclude an agreement on electricity transmission services. The Client obtained the conclusion of a "direct" electricity transmission contract with the Unified National Electricity Grid (UNEG) management organisation. The territorial grid organisation's unlawful claims for higher tariff payments were rejected by the court.
  • Successfully represented the clients in a dispute with the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia over invalidation of a decision and instruction on a monopolistically high prices case. The companies' market share within the borders of the Russian Federation, as assessed by the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia , was about 100%.
  • Representation of an employer in an employment dispute with a senior employee who breached a fiduciary duty and attempted to usurp a corporate opportunity. The dismissal was found to be lawful.
  • Represented railway rolling stock operators in a dispute with the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service seeking to invalidate an injunction issued as part of economic concentration control. The court recognised that the Federal Antimonopoly Service's order issued in connection with an M&A transaction put the applicants in an unequal position with other market participants, which could lead to their withdrawal from the market.