Enforcement proceedings / Federal Law No. 229-FZ
Enforcement proceedings following Russian commercial court judgments
A judgment is only part of the task. The next step is to turn it into actual recovery—or to challenge unlawful enforcement. Federal Law No. 229-FZ provides mechanisms including attachment of accounts, challenges to bailiff action or inaction, and reversal of enforcement.
I handle enforcement work after judgments of Russian commercial courts under Federal Law No. 229-FZ: identifying debtor assets, coordinating with bailiffs, challenging bailiff acts and decisions under Article 121, and seeking reversal of enforcement under Article 326 of the Russian Commercial Procedure Code after the underlying judicial act is set aside. For debtors, work may include instalments or deferral and challenges to disproportionate enforcement measures or attachments that obstruct business operations.
Initial assessment
When assistance may be needed and what the work can cover
IndicatorsSigns that the issue is already active
- you have a writ of execution, but the bailiff is inactive or enforcement is moving slowly
- bailiffs have imposed measures that interfere with business operations, such as attachment of accounts or property
- the judicial act was set aside on appeal or cassation after money or property had already been recovered
- the counterparty is concealing property or moving assets and urgent enforcement action may be required
Work that may be requiredSteps that affect the position
- enforcement strategy: asset search, work with bailiffs and coordination with banks
- challenges to bailiff acts, omissions and decisions under Article 121 of Federal Law No. 229-FZ before a Russian commercial court
- applications for reversal of enforcement under Article 326 of the Russian Commercial Procedure Code after the judicial act is set aside
- debtor protection: instalments, deferral and challenges to disproportionate enforcement measures
Tools
What may be used to defend the position
Removal of unlawful enforcement measures and recovery of funds wrongfully debited
Proper reversal of enforcement and return of what was recovered under a judicial act that was later set aside
Need a position on the case?
Describe the matter on Telegram: the document received, its date, the amount at risk and what has already been sent to the other party or authority.
Initial contact
Describe the situation — I will start with the document and deadline
Describe what you received, the date, the amount at risk and what has already been submitted. The first practical step will be clear after review.
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