Lessons that May be Learned from Failed Transactions and a Proposal for Owners of Aircraft and Yachts on the OFAC SDN List

While it is possible to buy a grounded Russian owned aircraft if the owner and the aircraft are not on the OFAC SDN List (the U.S. Office of Foreign...

Bruce Marks, Managing Member of Marks & Sokolov, LLC, speaks at the XII St. Petersburg International Legal Forum held on June 26-28, 2024

Bruce Marks, Managing Member of Marks & Sokolov, LLC, is invited to speak at the XII St. Petersburg International Legal Forum held on June...

$7,695,000 Claim Against Kanye 2020 Presidential Campaign Successfully Dismissed

Marks & Sokolov attorneys Bruce Marks and Tom Sullivan successfully obtained dismissal under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) of a $7,695,000 claim against...

Bruce Marks gives interview to Russian NTV

Bruce Marks, former republican Pennsylvania State Senator, gives interview to Russian TV on Trump and Biden's Michigan visits  

Marks & Sokolov, LLC Obtains Recognition of Over $20 Million in Russian Judgments, Update

In November 2021, Marks & Sokolov obtained a significant victory in the Supreme Court of the State of New York on behalf of a leading Russian...

RBK – Russia gets new lawyers to represent its interest against Yukos

Россия нашла адвокатов для защиты от ЮКОСа, несмотря на санкции По меньшей мере три западных юрфирмы решили не представлять интересы России в...

Sergey Bespalov represents the relatives of the victims of the Sinai crash for 1.4 billion euros

by | Dec 21, 2017 | M&S in Press, M&S Updates

Sergei Bespalov, of counsel to Marks & Sokolov, LLC, was retained as lead counsel to represent families of victims of the tragic Metrojet Flight 9268 crash, which occurred on October 31, 2015.  The flight crashed in the Sinai, while en-route from Sharm El Sheikh to St. Petersburg, Russia.  All 217 passengers and seven crew members were killed.   The lawsuit, which was filed on behalf of 149 plaintiffs  in the Zamoskvoretskiy court in Moscow, Russia, in October of 2017, seeks damages in excess of €1.4 billion.Сергей Беспалов, консультант компании Маркс и Соколов, ЛЛСи,  представляет интересы родственников погибших в результате трагической авиакатастрофы рейса 9268, авиакомпании “Когалымавиа” (бренд Metrojet). Самолет, летевший из египетского курорта Шарм-эш-Шейх в Санкт-Петербург, разбился на Синайском полуострове 31 октября 2015 года.  На борту самолета находились 217 пассажиров и семь членов экипажа. Иск был подан от имени 149 человек в Замоскворецкий суд г. Москвы в октябре 2017 года на общую сумму более 1,4 миллиарда евро.