Доктрина конфликта интересов в российском корпоративном праве: от теоретической конструкции к инструменту судейского усмотрения (на примере споров об ответственности руководителя)

Закон. 2025. № 12. С. 85–101.

Zhukova Y., Podmarkova A.

The article explores controversial issues concerning the formation of key positions in judicial practice regarding the liability of a corporation's manager for infringement of losses under the influence of the conflict-of-interest doctrine as interpreted in modern Russian corporate law. The study is based on trends that have developed both before and after the adoption of Resolution No. 62 by the Supreme Arbitration Court of Russia on directors' liability up to recent attempts to systematize main positions in the Review of Judicial Practice of the Supreme Court of Russia dated July 30, 2025. The gaps and contradictions in applying the legal category of “conflict of interest” when resolving disputes about managers’ liability are analyzed, with special attention given to existing presumptions as an essential tool for distributing the burden of proof. Shortcomings in implementing theoretical models into law enforcement practices due to their incomplete perception are identified. The research findings allow for retrospective evaluation of emerging tendencies in the development of judicial practice from the perspective of reliance on the content of the basic duty of a manager to act in the interests of society, thus providing guidelines for reconsideration of the legal significance of conflicts of interest and its implications for qualifying the behavior of individuals managing corporations

Keywords: конфликт интересов, недобросовестность, обязанность действовать в интересах общества