Interlegal reports success in Ukraine bunker claims

Interlegal, a legal network made up of independent commercial law firms in over 40 countries, says it has successfully helped three “large” bunkering companies to get a refund for costs from their respective bunker supply operations.

“The Ukrainian non-resident bunkering companies filed a request for debt recovery upon bunker supplies,” it said in a statement.

“Three long-term commercial court proceedings resulted in making decisions on claim satisfaction and debt recovery from the defendant.”

According to Interlegal, the defendant’s two vessels were located and arrested in Ukraine and sold at the “SETAM” online auction – a government-backed electronic trading system for arrested property at Ukraine.

Interlegal junior lawyer Juliya Kubarskaya and lawyer Vitalii Tolstik, under the general supervision of senior lawyer Alexey Remeslo, led the case.

Publication date: 12 January, 2018