Natalia Demina has given an opinion to RBC on possible changes in the procedure for the division of property during a divorce

Pavel Krasheninnikov, Head of a State Duma Committee, and Tamara Pletneva, Head of the Family Affairs Committee, introduced a bill to Parliament that will create a concept of common property of spouses in the Family Code, which provides for its division in the event of a divorce in a single trial. The explanatory note to the proposal states that…


Natalia Demina has discussed with RBC Pro corporate conflicts caused by divorces

Natalia Demina, Head of Private Wealth Practice, spoke with RBC Pro regarding divorce becoming the subject of not only a matrimonial dispute, but also a corporate one. According Natalia, the domestic business is often about personalities and parties to a joint venture may not want to deal with a business partner’s former spouse, who “in the event…


Maxima Legal has been listed in SPEAR’s Russia Wealth Management Awards 2019 

The SPEAR’s Russia Wealth Management Awards 2019 included Maxima Legal in the award category 'Legal Advisor of the Year'. The category's winners will be selected based on the results of a survey of the profession and with input from a panel. The results are due to be announced in mid-December. The SPEAR’s Russia Wealth Management Awards is an…


Natalia Demina has spoken at the Private Capital Forum in St Petersburg

On September 25 and 26, the Astoria Hotel hosted the V St Petersburg Private Capital Forum, which brought together more than 250 professionals in the private welfare market, investment and advisory companies, family offices, IFAs and private investors as well as directors and business owners. As part of a panel discussion on preserving wealth and…


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…


Kommersant has listed Maxima Legal amongst the leaders in the Russian legal market 

Publishing house Kommersant has included Maxima Legal in its annual ratings for Leaders in Legal Services for 2018 in its sector and individual nominations. Maxima Legal was included in the top 10 leading firms for public-private partnership and for private client, as well as in the top 5 in the category Transport and Logistics. Head of the PPP…


Natalia Demina has talked about inheriting overseas assets

Head of the Private Wealth department at Maxima Legal, Natalia Demina, has talked about the points to consider with foreign assets in succession planning.


Natalia Demina talks about the terms and guarantees of an amnesty on capital

28 February 2019 is the final date for the second wave of the amnesty on capital, which provides Russian tax residents with opportunities to disclose their ownership of foreign assets without any adverse consequences in respect of administrative, tax or criminal liability. Further information about the scheme and its terms and guarantees were…


Lawyers from Maxima Legal have joined an expert centre for development in the Leningrad region

The Leningrad regional department of Delovaya Rossiya has established an expert panel for development and construction matters in the Leningrad region. The organisation provides support to companies in the property market on the basis of being a ‘single window’: from due diligence of land plots, drafting and obtaining planning approval to…


Natalia Demina has talked to Advokatskaya Gazeta about the nuances of protecting right to privacy

The Officer of the High Commissioner of the UN on Human Rights has prepared a report on trends relating to privacy and a right to family life. In particular the report notes that the pace of technology development is creating opportunities for the unprecedented collection and processing of personal data for the purpose of manipulating people’s…