Defence · Disputes · Assets

We trace the threads.
We restore control.

We act in complex legal conflicts — protecting business, assets and reputation, and building the position for negotiations, audits, investigations and court.

Results & cases Our practice

Corporate registry analysis Beneficiary tracing Transaction chains Arbitration Subsidiary liability Forensics Collateral valuation Enforcement liaison Corporate investigations Hidden assets Insolvency Asset recovery Corporate registry analysis Beneficiary tracing Transaction chains Arbitration Subsidiary liability Forensics Collateral valuation Enforcement liaison Corporate investigations Hidden assets Insolvency Asset recovery

About the bureau

Who we are

Ad'Lex is a bureau of economic and legal security. We work where law, business, assets, corporate conflict, criminal-law risk and reputation meet.

Clients come to us when a matter has outgrown ordinary legal support: the dispute has become systemic, negotiations have stalled, control is at risk, an inspection has begun, the threat of prosecution has appeared, or an asset must be protected without delay.

Our task is not to create the appearance of activity but to return to the client a clear understanding of what is happening and control over what comes next. To that end we study the documents, the factual picture, each side's economic interest, the procedural risks and the ways the conflict may unfold.

We do not promise the impossible and we do not substitute loud statements for strategy. A strong legal position is built on facts, evidence, precise characterisation and timely action.

«Know the cause, and you hold half the answer»

after Aristotle

Principles that matter more than promises

Precision

We do not build a position on emotion or generalities. The work rests on documents, facts, evidence and precise legal characterisation.

Confidentiality

We handle a client's information with care and discuss sensitive matters only to the extent the work requires.

Strategy

A strong position accounts for more than the law: the other side's conduct, the economic interest, procedural deadlines and the consequences of every step.

Honest assessment

We say up front where the weak points, risks and limits of the legal tools are — so decisions are made without illusions.

Restraint

In a hard conflict, loud statements often do harm. We prefer precise action, carefully drafted documents and controlled communication.

What we do

Practice areas

We take on matters where the cost of a decision is high: criminal defence, litigation, asset recovery, corporate and tax disputes.

Criminal defence

Economic, official-misconduct and sensitive cases.

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Litigation

Arbitration, civil and corporate disputes.

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Asset recovery

Tracing, freezing, interim relief and enforcement.

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Corporate conflicts

Partner disputes, control, shares, governance.

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Tax & financial risk

Audits, reassessments, disputes with state authorities.

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Complex private & family disputes

Property, inheritance, reputation, safety.

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Proven results

Results & selected cases

We measure success not in documents but in value restored, funds recovered, assets protected and risk brought under control. The anonymised examples below show how we work.

Case 1

Acquisition cost

₽209 m

Recovered

₽1.7 bn

Timeline

2.5 years

Recovery built on tracing stripped assets back to the ultimate beneficiary

The matter began with the purchase of a debt from a registered creditor in a bank's insolvency. The assets had been stripped, the deal structure ran several layers deep, and the liability of the ultimate beneficiaries had to be proved from the ground up. The team ran a financial and legal investigation into the stripping scheme, rebuilt the transaction chain, identified who had taken the value, and set the legal course.

Financial and legal investigation of the bank's asset-stripping scheme; full review of the DIA file.
Arbitration and challenges to the transaction chain, all the way to the ultimate beneficiary.
The case file to pursue those responsible on a subsidiary-liability basis.
Work with law enforcement; seizure of the beneficiary's assets.
Recovery secured by releasing the frozen assets through the enforcement service.

The takeaway. In a hard recovery, everything turns on rebuilding the real economic picture — who held the strings, where the value went, and which moves bring it back.

Case 2

Acquisition cost

₽57 m

Recovered

₽434 m

Timeline

1 year

A debt bought at auction, then recovered through interim relief and negotiation

It started with a search for corporate debt across court channels and trading platforms. Before committing, the team ran a financial and legal assessment of the debt and examined the collateral and the litigation history. With the debt secured at auction, a strategy of lawful pressure was built around it.

A financial and legal read on the debt, and a search for collateral, before any commitment.
Acquisition of the debt at auction on a regulated platform.
Arbitration and challenges to the transaction chain, up to the ultimate beneficiary — the pledgor.
A freeze on real-estate registrations and interim relief over the bank accounts.
The dispute moved onto our terms; the debtor paid voluntarily.

The takeaway. Price a debt correctly — knowing where recovery comes from, which levers exist and how the key players behave — and it becomes an investment.

Results, 2017–2023

₽6.4 bn

Total portfolio

> 90%

Recovery rate

3–11

Months to recover, on average

> 50%

Resolved by settlement

These numbers promise nothing universal; they confirm a method. Deep analysis, a precise strategy and relentless project management raise the odds of recovery — even in the hardest disputes.

A hard situation calls for a strategy, not an opinion

Whether the matter is recovery, distressed debt, protecting an asset, valuing an investment or investigating what really happened — Ad'Lex helps you see the real picture and chart a practical way through.

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