Maxim Avrashkov has discussed with RBC scenarios for unblocking Russian investors' accounts with European depositories

Russian investors were cut off from their securities in spring. In early June, the EU imposed sanctions against the National Settlement Depository (NSD), which legitimised the previous restrictions and increased investors' fears. Maxim Avrashkov, Managing Partner at Maxima Legal, told RBC about the reasons for the blockage and possible ways to…


Maxim Avrashkov has explained to Delovoy Peterburg the pricing of dispute resolution

The geopolitical situation, which has changed dramatically over the last six months, has affected all sectors of the economy. One of the key factors affecting the legal services market has been the withdrawal of foreign business from Russia. This has led to the almost complete disappearance of the high-cost sector, which was predominantly handled…


Maxima Legal announces launch asset rescue project blocked by EuroClear

In March 2022, the National Settlement Depository (the NSD) reported that its account operations were restricted by EuroClear; in June, the depository was officially added to the sanctions list. The situation is exceptional and no unequivocally effective way to resolve it has been formed so far. Therefore, Maxima Legal launched several legal…


Winners of the "Jurtop: Team Score" rating told "Business Petersburg" about the principles of teamwork

On April 13 Delovoy Peterburg summarized the results of its annual ranking " Jurtop: Team Score". A dispute over the distribution of property of a liquidated legal entity, which was accompanied by Maxima Legal lawyers, became the winner in the "Process of the Year" nomination. The project team included Maxim Avrashkov, Managing Partner at Maxima…


Maxima Legal won the "Process of the Year" nomination in the Delovoy Peterburg team legal ranking

On 13 April Delovoy Peterburg announced the results of its annual ranking "Jurtop: Team Score" marking the strongest teams among the city's law firms. Maxima Legal team including managing partner Maxim Avrashkov, Head of Dispute Resolution and Insolvency Practice Sergei Bakeshin and Head of Real Estate and Construction Practice Konstantin Boytsov…


Kommersant Publishing House has confirmed Maxima Legal's expertise in 36 nominations of its own legal rating

Kommersant Publishing House has published its own annual research of legal business in Russia. According to the results, Maxima Legal has confirmed its reputation of one of the leading legal advisors in Russia with 34 rating nominations. In particular, the Kommersant has included the company in its list of recommended law firms in 13 practice…


Maxima Legal has launched Maxima Legal Alert telegram channel

Dear All!  Due to the current unstable situation and constant changes in the legal field Maxima Legal team has launched a special Maxima Legal Alert telegram channel for prompt legal assessment of changes in the legislation and other significant events. For transparent navigation in the information field there are hashtags, by clicking on…


Forbes has included Maxima Legal in its list of firms recommended for HNW-clients

Based on the results of its own analysis of the market of law firms practicing in the field of protection of interests of HNW-clients, Forbes Russia magazine has included Maxima Legal into the list of the recommended firms in 4 areas of legal support: Conflict Resolution Crisis Management - Subsidiary Liability Involvement Criminal Defence…


Maxima Legal has expanded its presence on the Pravo.ru-300 rating and entered top-4 law firms by the total number of industry awards and top-7 by the number of first level awards

On December, 2 the results of  the key Russian rating of law firms, Pravo.ru-300, were published. Maxima Legal has once again proved the high level of expertise of its practice areas and collected a total of 18 industry awards, a third of which were "gold". It should be noted, that the firm entered TOP-7 of legal advisers by the…


Maxima Legal is among the Russian law firms recommended by Leaders League

Leaders League international information and rating agency has presented its own version of the list of "Russia's best law firms". Three practices and 4 specialists of Maxima Legal received professional recognition according to the results of 2021. In particular, Maxima Legal's corporate law expertise allowed the firm and personally Maxim…