Georgiy Sukhov Counsel
+7 (495) 150-05-05
rkp@rkplaw.ru
EDUCATION

2001 - Rostov State Univerdity, Law

2002 - Rene Cassen International Institute of Human Rights, International law

Georgiy has been admitted to the Bar since 2018.

Flient in English and French

CAREER
2025 - Rustam Kurmaev & Partners
2021 - private law practice
2016 - "Sovetnik", Rostov law firm

Georgiy has been representing the interests of Russian and international companies in litigation complicated by a foreign element for over 20 years, protecting the interests of clients both in Russia and in foreign jurisdictions. Georgiy also advises clients on issues related to sanctions risks and restrictions. Georgiy's industry focus is the financial and banking sector, industry and construction.
Georgiy's area of research interests is the constitutional foundations of protecting public order in the Russian Federation. Georgiy has experience in recognizing and enforcing decisions of Russian courts abroad.
He is fluent in English and French.

Projects
Some successful projects implemented by Georgiy: 

Protection of the interests of the principal in establishing the exclusive competence of the Russian arbitration court and resolving the merits of a dispute regarding the ownership of sea vessels;

Protecting the interests of the largest metallurgical company in the Russian Federation in a dispute with a foreign supplier of software solutions for production management worth over 1 billion rubles;

Protecting the interests of an international banking group in a series of disputes with domestic banks on issues of changing the terms of loan agreements and debt collection;

Support in the recognition and enforcement in the Russian Federation of several interrelated decisions of the Swiss Chambers’ Arbitration Institution on debt collection in the amount of over USD 30 million;

Protection of the principal in the Russian arbitration court of the first and cassation instances from recognition and enforcement in the Russian Federation of decisions of foreign courts to recover an amount of over 500 million rubles;

Support in recognition and enforcement of interrelated decisions of Russian courts of general jurisdiction in the territory of EU countries on disputes on debt collection, foreclosure on real estate in the amount of over 5 million euros;

Support in recognition of inheritance rights, registration of rights and taking possession of inherited property in the UAE in the amount of over 4 million US dollars;

Supporting corporate restructuring in the interests of Russian beneficiaries in foreign jurisdictions, considering new risks that have arisen after 2022.;

Support in numerous litigations in Switzerland, the Netherlands, the British Virgin Islands, Cyprus, England and Wales, including corporate disputes, debt collection disputes, disputes over the recovery of property from someone else's illegal possession and others;

Support for the search and return (civil and criminal mechanisms) of stolen property in the territory of a country that is a member of the EU, in the amount of over 8 million euros;

Protection of major transactions in bankruptcy proceedings in Russian arbitration courts, including bank bankruptcy. Transactions protected, including those involving real estate worth over 400 million rubles;

Protection of interests of persons brought to subsidiary liability in bankruptcy proceedings, as a result of disputes, judicial acts were issued on refusal to bring to subsidiary liability, on other qualification of relations - recovery of damages, with a multiple reduction of the amount collected;

Representation of interests of independent creditors in consideration of separate disputes on inclusion in the RTC of claims of persons controlling debtors, including taking into account legal positions on subordination, as well as representation of interests of creditors in the opposite situation - protection of their claims from subordination.