Pro
Bono

Since the very foundation of the firm, BGP Litigation lawyers have considered social projects to be an important part of their work and have been actively helping both individuals and companies. One of the main achievements in the development of the firm's corporate social responsibility was the creation of the charitable foundation ‘Lawyers Help Children’, which protects the interests of children in difficult life situations.

BGP Litigation became one of the first participants of Legal Charity, Russia's first platform for charitable legal services. The firm's lawyers regularly participate in Legal Run races.

In each of the projects BGP Litigation team has directly participated and provided legal services on a pro bono basis or with the minimum possible fee. You can read more about the firm's pro bono work below.

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Lawyers Help Children Charitable Foundation

BGP Litigation established the ‘Lawyers Help Children’ fund to protect the welfare of children in difficult life situations. The Foundation's activities are aimed at strengthening children’s legal position within the family and society as being particularly vulnerable to human rights violations. Even before the Foundation was established, the firm's lawyers had been defending children’s interests for many years pro bono.

Russia Loppet

BGP Litigation actively supports mass sports. As part of cooperation with Russia Loppet, a sports community and competition organiser of fifty marathon ski races in Russia, BGP Litigation helps reduce tax and legal risks involved in holding sporting events.

One area of BGP Litigation's work with Russia Loppet was in developing amendments to the Federal Law “On Physical Culture and Sports” and drafting proposals for developing mass sports, which the lawyers prepared and submitted to the specialised committee of the Federation Council.

Legal Run

Since 2015, BGP Litigation has not only provided sponsorship support but also actively participated in charity races organised by Legal Run. Every year, employees of Russian and foreign law firms, inhouse lawyers, law students and lecturers take part in the race. The firm's partners are active participants in marathons all over the world but Legal Run is always a special race for BGP Litigation personnel.

Legal Charity

Legal Charity is the first platform in Russia for collaboration between law firms and charitable foundations to provide people with pro bono legal assistance. BGP Litigation was one of the first law firms to join the project because the platform’s values are very close to the ideas inherent in the charity projects the law firm implements.

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News

04/14/2026 04/14/2026 Press-release

BGP Litigation Secures Reversal of Appellate Ruling in a Dispute over Reclamation of Property from a Good-Faith Purchaser
BGP Litigation's Dispute Resolution team helped its client, Blago Ertil LLC, an agro-industrial company, secure a reversal of the appellate court ruling in a dispute over the reclamation of the value of several hundred tonnes of sunflower oilseeds stolen by fraudsters.

The dispute involved reclaiming the commodity value from a bona fide purchaser as unjust enrichment.  The cause of action was based on the circumstances of the loss of possession of the commodity by the original owner as a result of the fraud.  The appellate court, referring to the final and binding verdict in a criminal fraud case, concluded that the property had been withdrawn from the original owner's possession against his will and ruled that the defendant should pay the value of the commodity.

BGP Litigation's team joined the proceedings at the cassation appeal stage.  The lawyers revised the defence strategy, focusing on application of Article 302 of the Russian Civil Code.  Having taken the account of the current case law of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, our firm's dispute resolution practitioners substantiated the necessity of distinguishing between a disposal of property at an owner's will and a disposal against such will, even in case of a fraud.

In the cassation appeal, our dispute resolution professionals proved that in the case in question, the original owner had voluntarily performed the legally binding acts to transfer the commodity, for which reason the commodity had been withdrawn from his possession at his own will.

Following the review of the cassation appeal, the district commercial (arbitrazh) court reversed the appellate court's ruling and upheld the decision of the first instance court to reject the claim.

Our lawyers' position helped develop a precedent-setting approach to application of Article 302 of the Russian Civil Code.  The court upheld that a fraud conviction did not preclude the necessity of analysing the nature of the owner's intentions and the circumstances surrounding the property transfer.  Such an approach is essential for safeguarding bona fide purchasers and further development of the case law.

BGP Litigation's dispute resolution team engaged in the project comprised Partner Vladimir Efremov, Senior Associate Igor Vershinin, and Junior Associate Marfa Makarova.

04/08/2026 04/08/2026 Press-release

BGP Litigation Recognised as a Leading Law Firm in the Middle East: 2026 Research by Pravo.ru

03/26/2026 03/26/2026 Mass-media

BGP Litigation assisted the clients with recognition and enforcement of the Russian arbitral awards in Germany, Canada, and the UAE

02/13/2026 02/13/2026 Press-release

BGP Litigation’s Partner Vladimir Efremov Secures Spot Among Top 100 Most Influential Bankruptcy Professionals

12/04/2025 12/04/2025 Press-release

BGP Litigation Strengthens its International Capabilities and Launches the Fintech and Digital Economy/ТМТ Practices

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10/09/2025 10/09/2025 Press-release

BGP Litigation Was Ranked among Leaders in International Arbitration according to Pravo.Ru