International rating of Best Lawyers has ranked Maxima Legal in four areas of law
For the eleventh time, the international rating of Best Lawyers presented a list of Russian lawyers recommended by various branches of law - this year, four lawyers from Maxima Legal were included in the ranking. Maxim Avrashkov, Managing Partner, Head of the General Business Law Practice, was among the leading lawyers in Corporate Governance…
24.05.2019
International rating Legal500 has again included Maxima Legal
Independent international rating agency, the Legal500, has published the results of its research into the legal market in 2018 and has included Maxima Legal among the leaders in the Russian legal market. The rating has for a number of years included Maxima Legal in its list of experts in the commercial and corporate law, M&A, public-private…
10.04.2019
Maxima Legal has become an official partner of bank, Private Banking St Petersburg
Maxima Legal and bank, Private Banking St Petersburg, have signed a framework agreement on future collaboration. “We are happy to add to the pool of our business partners not only one of the largest banks in the north-western Russian but a company that shares a similar background to our own. Just as Maxima Legal, Private Banking St Petersburg…
30.01.2019
Russian's leading legal ranking agency Pravo.ru 300 has again ranked Maxima Legal strongly
On 5 December the results of Pravo.ru 300's research of the legal services market in Russia for 2018 was published; Maxima Legal was again included in the list of leading law firms in six areas of law. Maxima Legal was ranked as a leader in the corporate law/M&A and commercial property and construction categories, being placed in the first…
06.12.2018
Maxima Legal has strengthened its position in international rating IFLR1000
Independent rating agency IFLR 1000, which specialises in the analysis of international legal services market for financial and corporate law has again included Maxima Legal in three categories. специализирующийся на анализе международного рынка юридических услуг в сфере финансового и корпоративного права, вновь отметил Maxima Legal в трёх…
02.11.2018
Maxim Avrashkov has met with investors and entrepreneurs from Hong Kong
Managing Partner from Maxima Legal, Maxim Avrashkov, has taken part in a business meeting with representations from the Better Hong Kong Foundation. The delegations from Hong Kong included businesspeople from the manufacturing, aviation, transport, construction and property sectors as well as financial investors. “Over the past few years we have…
01.10.2018
Maxima Legal is assisting an American IT company with entering the Russian market
An American software developer has instructed Maxima Legal to provide legal assistance with establishing the company’s subsidiary in Russia. Our firm developed the optimal structure for the corporation and the drafted terms and documents to protect the company’s intellectual property, which will be used in a number of countries in the future.…
24.08.2018
Maxima Legal has succeeded in getting a client’s tax bill lowered by three times
As part of an appeal procedure in the regional department of the Federal Tax Service, lawyers from Maxima Legal were able to prove that part of the claims resulting from a tax audit were groundless and achieved a reduction of the claims against the client for taxes, penalties and fines by almost 500 million roubles. “Paying taxes on time is a…
13.08.2018
Maxima Legal has strengthened its PPP Practice
Maxima Legal continues to strengthen its team of leading specialists in the legal market with Olga Batura joining the firm as Counsel. Olga is well-known in the sector for her experience working in public-private partnership projects, concession agreements and as a member of the Expert Council of the National PPP Centre. “The PPP Practice at…
27.06.2018
Maxim Avrashkov has provided his comments on the toughening of regulations on bank accounts in Cyprus
According to Russian media sources on Friday 1 June, Cypriot banks received an instruction from the Cypriot Central Bank to close the bank accounts of offshore companies which are not engaged in genuine commercial activity. Under new regulations, companies are required to declare their ultimate beneficiaries, sources of income as well as any…
05.06.2018