Controlled bankruptcy: interested arbitration managers

In October 2023, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation issued a review on the participation of arbitration managers in the bankruptcy case. It was noted again that in order of rejection the proposed candidacy or dismissal the manager from his duties, it is only necessary to create reasonable doubts about his independence from the debtor or its affiliated persons. In her article Rimma Fatykhova, a senior lawyer of the ANP ZENIT, analyzes under what circumstances the courts have that reasonable doubts and what signs cannot indicate the dependence of the arbitration manager on the creditor.