Our client entered into a contract to provide services to a Russian industrial group. Our client later came to believe that the group in question had seriously misrepresented itself in a series of transactions, so terminated the relationship.
The industrial group served a writ in London stating that the termination was unjustified and were claiming damages in excess of $100 million.
We gathered evidence in preparation for the trial and intensively investigated the industrial group and its principals. In the course of the latter we established conclusive information linking the group to serious corruption as well as involvement with organised crime. With the prospect of this information being voiced in open court, the group, which was planning an ADR issue, decided to abandon its case.
