St Petersburg legal community named Maxima Legal one of the best law firms in the city, and Leonid Filanovskiy was named the Advocate of the Year
For the fourth time Delovoy Peterburg newspaper summarised the results of "Yurtop: Team Scoring" the rating, a survey of St Petersburg based law companies on the assessments of the market participants. The opinion of the professional community once again confirmed the level of Maxima Legal's expertise. The company was ranked among the…
24.04.2024
Kirill Katkov commented for DP on the introduction of fines for spam calls
The President of the Russian Federation has signed a federal law introducing liability for intrusive and misleading advertising calls. Fines for companies will be from RUB 300 thousand to 1 mn, for officials - from RUB 20 thousand to 100 thousand, for individuals - from RUB 10 thousand to 20 thousand. The fines for banks and microfinance…
10.04.2024
Sergey Tarasevich told Novy Prospect about the importance of being present at the workplace at the time of inspections
Despite Russia's moratorium on inspections, regulatory authorities continue to carry out control measures. These include inspections of premises, interviews with employees and document requests. At the same time, unlike a full-fledged field inspection, regulatory authorities are not required to notify the inspected entity of their visit, which, in…
09.04.2024
Dmitry Uryakin has commented for NP on the termination of the bankruptcy case arising from a debt of over RUB 1 bn
The Commercial Court of St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region decided to terminate proceedings on a claim filed by Rosselkhozbank to declare Molochnaya Kultura (Dairy Culture ) LLC, a company of the same name holding, bankrupt. The court also ruled on the insolvency petition of Seltso JSC, which is part of Molochnaya Kultura. The dispute is about…
08.04.2024
Dmitry Uryakin has assessed for Pravo.ru the position of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on the issue of joint and several liability for reimbursement of court expenses
In a recent dispute, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation reminded us that the separate filing of complaints by different persons when their claims have not been satisfied does not entail a joint and several liability to reimburse expenses. In this case, the money should be recovered on a shared basis, taking into account the procedural…
27.03.2024
For the fifth time Pravo-300 rating included Maxima Legal team in the list of recommended lawyers
Pravo-300, the key Russian legal ranking, has published individual recommendations of lawyers practising in various areas of law. According to the results of the survey for 2023, personal recognition in 11 areas of law was given to 8 Maxima Legal lawyers who played a leading role in the firm's most highly rated projects for the period from…
19.03.2024
Kirill Katkov has analysed for Pravo.ru the conclusions of the Russian Supreme Court on the possibility of refusing to supply goods due to sanctions
The Supreme Court of the Russain Federation considered a dispute in which a retail chain refused to supply a customer with a paid-for order, referring to its unavailability due to sanctions. At the same time, the item was available on the retailer's website, but at an increased price. The company returned the full price of the device to the buyer,…
06.03.2024
Maxima Legal and Nextons have represented the sellers in the deal for Yandex's acquisition of eLama technology platform
By the middle of this year, Yandex plans to close a deal to buy eLama technology platform that allows to run advertising campaigns in 19 internet systems, including Yandex, VK and Telegram. Maxima Legal and Nextons are acting as legal advisors on the sellers' side. At the current stage, the firms supported the negotiations and ensured the…
16.02.2024
Nikita Deynega raised the personnel issue at a roundtable discussion at the newspaper Delovoy Peterburg
On 26 January 2024, Delovoy Peterburg newspaper gathered representatives of St Petersburg's legal business to discuss the results of the past year and the challenges of the coming year. The discussion also touched upon the issue of staff shortage, which has remained one of the pressing problems over the past few years. "In June last year we faced…
06.02.2024
Maxima Legal's official telegram channel was included in the list of the most reputable legal channels
Maxima Legal's telegram channel has been ranked among the Top 100 legal channels and Top 50 corporate legal channels in terms of audience engagement, taking 47th and 28th places respectively. The research was conducted by Veta Expert Group, the Flavita bureau and more than 80 legal market experts. For the first time, about 450 legal telegram…
30.01.2024