Sergei Bakeshin commented for RBC on what the court's decision to seize shares of the Plant from private investors may be based on

On 22 March 2024, Commercial Court of the Perm Region satisfied the claim of the prosecutor's office to seize shares from all private investors of Solikamskiy Magnieviy Zavod plant (Solikamsk Magnesium Plant). The reason was the illegal privatisation of the enterprise in 1992. The court's decision for the first time also extended to minority…


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…


In a commentary for DP Nikita Deynega has suggested on what grounds structures associated with Roman Abramovich could have been excluded from the data on the founders of the companies reconstructing New Holland

The Unified State Register of Legal Entities has become inaccessible to information on participants of Novaya Gollandiya Development LLC and a number of other companies, the owner of which until recently was considered to be the Cyprus-based Protonius Investments Ltd, which in turn is considered to be controlled by Roman Abramovich. Nikita…


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…


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…


Anastasia Samusenko told Pravo.ru whether the board of directors can ignore a shareholder proposal

A shareholder of Technodinamika, which owns 31% in the authorised capital of Velkont, proposed to the Board of Directors of the latter to include in the agenda of the annual general meeting an issue on the distribution of the company's profit based on the results of the financial year, and also outlined his wording of the resolution on it. The…


Anastasia Samusenko has commented for NP on the appearance of a CEIF among the owners of Gatchinskiy Myisokombinat meat processing plant

The ownership structure of Gatchinsky Myisokombinat meat processing plant has changed. Entrepreneurs Andrei Nesterov and Klavdia Kalnitskaya retained their stakes. The rest of the shares have passed to Danil Dolgikh, ex-owner of the Oktyabrsky Cognac Factory  and RSP Group CEIF. They split 50% stake that was previously…


Pravo-300 legal rating once again confirmed the highest level of expertise of all Maxima Legal practices

On 7 December, the results of Pravo-300, the key Russian rating of law firms, were announced. According to the results of the research, Maxima Legal has once again confirmed the highest level of expertise of all practices of the firm, having received professional recognition in 19 areas of the research. Nearly 600 law firms took part in the…


Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper recommends 9 Maxima Legal lawyers in 11 areas of legal support

For the first time ever, Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspapaer conducted a large-scale survey of the Russian legal market and compiled its own Rating of Lawyers and Their Companies. The professional recognition was given to 9 Maxima Legal specialists practising in 11 of the 16 main categories of the ranking. According to the publication, "getting into the…


Natalia Diatlova has analysed for EJ-Jurist the Review of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on corporate disputes on provision of information by business companies

The right to information is one of the basic rights for a shareholder of participants of LLCs and shareholders of JSCs. In order to clarify special situations related to its realisation, the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has summarised judicial practice in 19 paragraphs of the Review on corporate disputes on the…