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Cases & results

What stands behind our numbers — anonymised stories of complex matters.

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.

Clients

Who we act for

  • Entrepreneurs and business owners
  • Private clients
  • Companies
  • Senior executives
  • Families in property disputes
  • Foreign and Russian structures
  • Clients in criminal and court matters

A confidential practice

Most of our work is not public. We do not disclose case details, publish clients' names or use clients' conflicts for self-promotion.

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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