MOSCOW, August 3 (RAPSI) – UniCreditBank has filed a claim with the Moscow Commercial Court seeking collection of 1.4 billion rubles ($21 million) from “Firma “Anta” company, the owner of Carlo Pazolini shoe retailer’s brands, according to court records.
Date of pretrial hearing has not been scheduled yet.
Earlier, another bank, Alfa-Bank, filed a lawsuit demanding to recover $11.01 million in debt from Carlo Pazolini Trade Limited, Carlo Pazolini Participations and Carlo Pazolini (Switzerland) SA under a loan agreement signed on December 10, 2012. “Firma “Anta” is named as the third party in the case. The claim also includes demand to recover jointly from the companies EUR 8.4 million in debt. The court will consider the lawsuit on October 5.
Moreover, Alfa Bank has lodged a bankruptcy claim against Firma “Anta”.
Carlo Pazolini trademark was created in 1991. There are more than 180 company stores on Russia, Italy, China, Greece, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova, according to the retailer’s website.