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English Litigation

Fortior Law (UK) LLP is authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and represents clients in complex commercial litigation and court proceedings in England and Wales. Our lawyers act in high-value disputes involving commodity trading, finance, shipping, shareholder conflicts, insolvency, civil fraud and cross-border asset recovery.

We regularly advise on urgent court measures in England, including worldwide freezing orders, proprietary injunctions, disclosure orders, third party debt orders, interim asset preservation and evidence preservation. Our team has substantial experience in High Court proceedings involving fraud, enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards, cross-border insolvency, restructuring disputes and strategic recovery actions.

We work closely with leading barristers’ chambers in London, allowing us to assemble the right advocacy team for each matter, from high-stakes Commercial Court disputes to cost-sensitive interim applications and enforcement proceedings.

Vitaliy Kozachenko

Head of practice

Rusudan Gergauli

Youjin Jo

Dmitry Zagorodnyuk

Galyna Carey

Vitaliy Kozachenko

Managing Partner

Rusudan Gergauli

Partner

Youjin Jo

Senior Associate

Dmitry Zagorodnyuk

Partner

Galyna Carey

Partner

Team members

Vitaliy Kozachenko

Rusudan Gergauli

Dmitry Zagorodnyuk

Services

Commercial litigation

Corporate litigation

Fraud and asset recovery

Funding and financing dispute resolution

Restructuring and insolvency

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Publications

Force majeure cannot be invoked if it could have been overcome

Force majeure cannot be invoked if it could have been overcome

The shipowner could not invoke force majeure as he had not even tried to overcome it. Force majeure could have been overcome by accepting payment in euros rather than in US dollars (as provided in the charter). Learn more

Enforcement of Judgments and Arbitral Awards in England and Wales

Enforcement of Judgments and Arbitral Awards in England and Wales

Enforcement strategy should always be considered before proceedings are started. Otherwise, you risk investing a substantial amount of money in litigation or arbitration, only to realise that despite having the judgment, you can never actually get any money from your opponent. This article starts by outlining possible steps you should consider before commencing proceedings. It then deals with post-award / post-judgment enforcement mechanisms available in England and Wales. Learn more

English Third Party Debt Orders: How they work and when English courts have jurisdiction

English Third Party Debt Orders: How they work and when English courts have jurisdiction

TPDO is a method of enforcing money judgments. Where a judgment creditor has a judgment against a judgment debtor, and the judgment debtor is owed money by a third party, the judgment creditor can ask the Court to order that the third party pay directly to the judgment creditor. Learn more

Fortior Law represents successful respondents against a Summary Judgment Application filed by Bank GPB International S.A (a Subsidiary of Gazprombank Moscow)

Fortior Law represents successful respondents against a Summary Judgment Application filed by Bank GPB International S.A (a Subsidiary of Gazprombank Moscow)

Fortior Law represents the successful respondents in the High Court in London against Bank GPB International S.A., a subsidiary of Moscow’s Gazprombank, in the Bank’s application for summary judgment. Judgment was handed down by Mrs Justice Moulder on 24 March 2022 in the case Integral Petroleum S.A. & Ors v Dun & Ors [2022] EWHC 659 (Comm). Learn more

The parties may imply during negotiations that a contract will be concluded only upon its signing

The parties may imply during negotiations that a contract will be concluded only upon its signing

We analysed the decision in Jamp Pharma Corporation v Unichem Laboratories Limited [2021] EWHC 1712 (Comm), according to which the parties may impliedly agree during negotiations that the contract will be concluded only when it is signed by both parties. In other words, the negotiations may imply that the agreement is "subject to contract", meaning the contact comes into effect only when its terms are set out in a formal document signed by both parties. Learn more

The Dog That Did Not Bark: When Silence Contributes to Winding-Up

The Dog That Did Not Bark: When Silence Contributes to Winding-Up

In our recent case, Melars Group Ltd, a Maltese company, was wound up by the Companies Court under English law. Learn more

Vitaliy Kozachenko obtains a worldwide freezing injunction against London Football Exchange and its owners and directors

Vitaliy Kozachenko obtains a worldwide freezing injunction against London Football Exchange and its owners and directors

This article addresses the recent decision of the High Court of Justice in Blockchain Optimization S.A.and Petrochemical Logistics Ltd v LFE Market Ltd, LFE Group Holdings Limited, James (Aka Jim) Aylward, Benjamin Leigh Hunt, White Tiger Global Opportunities Fund and White Tiger Asset Management Ltd [2020] EWHC 2027 (Comm). Learn more

WFO: limitations on extending relief against third parties to the arbitration agreement

WFO: limitations on extending relief against third parties to the arbitration agreement

This article addresses the decision of the High Court in Trans-Oil International SA v Savoy Trading LP, Ivan Melnykov [2020] EWHC 57 (Comm). Learn more

Fortior Law obtains a post-judgement freezing order in the High Court in London for the amount of US$4,5 million, and registers a BVI judgment

Fortior Law obtains a post-judgement freezing order in the High Court in London for the amount of US$4,5 million, and registers a BVI judgment

There are cases where a final court judgement does not actually mean that the debtor will reimburse the sums due to the creditor. Learn more

Contempt of Court: De facto directors found in contempt of Court for their Companies’ failure to comply with Court injunctions

Contempt of Court: De facto directors found in contempt of Court for their Companies’ failure to comply with Court injunctions

This note addresses the recent decision of the High Court in the Integral Petroleum SA v Petrogat FZE and San Trade GMBH and (1) Mr Klaus Sonnenberg, (2) Ms Mahdieh Sanchouli, (3) Mr Hosseinali Sanchouli and (4) Mr Kanybek Beisenov [2020] EWHC 558 (Comm). Learn more

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