Maxima Legal was again recognised by Pravo.ru in the national ranking of lithigators
Based on a nationwide statistical survey of the litigation market, Pravo.ru has once again included Maxima Legal among the best teams in the field of litigation. The firm was listed among 45 recommended regional firms, ranking 10th in total claim amount, 11th in number of cases, and 15th in average claim amount.…
20.05.2025
Kommersant Publishing House has included Maxima Legal in the list of leaders of the legal market in Russia-2025
Kommersant Publishing House has published the results of its own annual survey of the legal business in Russia. Maxima Legal has confirmed its reputation as one of the leading domestic legal consultants, having been recognised in 25 rating categories, 18 of which are in the 1st band of the survey. It should be noted that Kommersant has included…
24.04.2025
Novy Prospect and Mashnews quoted Dmitry Uryakin's commentary on the corporate conflict in the fish farming industry
A corporate conflict is gaining momentum at Organicheskiy Rost (Organic Growth) company, that develops large fish farms in the Leningrad and Murmansk regions. In particular, Victoria Bykova, a blogger and an co-owner of the company, has filed a lawsuit to invalidate the decision of the extraordinary general meeting of participants on the early…
24.03.2025
Kirill Katkov has commented for Novy Prospect on Yandex's disputes with a Swiss company over the Ultima brand
Yandex is trying to have the Ultima trademark cancelled in Russia through the courts. The brand is registered to Ultima Capital, a Swiss luxury housing operator, which is engaged in leasing elite residences, chalets and villas in Switzerland, France and Greece. The Ultima brand is used by Yandex for Yandex Go luxury taxis, food delivery from…
13.03.2025
Pravo-300 rating included Maxima Legal team in the list of recommended lawyers for the sixth time
Pravo-300, the key Russian legal rating, has published individual recommendations of lawyers practising in various areas of law. According to the results of the research for 2024, personal recognition in 11 nominations was given to 9 Maxima Legal lawyers who played a leading role in the firm's most highly rated projects for the period from…
12.03.2025
Dmitry Uryakin analysed for Delovoy Petersburg the situation with corporate conflicts in St. Petersburg
The editors of Delovoy Petersburg asked experts to assess the situation with corporate conflicts in St. Petersburg in 2024. According to Dmitry Uryakin, Senior Associate and Head of Corporate Law Practice at Maxima Legal, there was no growth or decline in the number of corporate conflicts last year. ‘Since September last year, court fees have…
04.03.2025
Sergei Bakeshin has commented for DP on the corporate disputes around a food hall in St Petersburg
Rodina Vkusa LLC, known for Balagan food hall in St Petersburg, is suing the structures of Andrei Pertsev. Mr Pertsev was a member of the company until February 2025, and also the general director of the company until September 2024. In particular, the company demanded RUB 127 m. from Andrey Pertsev as a solo interprener, as well as RUB…
03.03.2025
Dmitry Uryakin told Pravo.ru about the difficulties, up to 2025 present in determining the jurisdiction of disputes on lease agreements subject to state registration
Pravo.ru legal media pointed out that despite the fact that Chapter 4 of the Code of Commercial Procedure sets out in detail the nuances of determining the jurisdiction of disputes in the sphere of real estate, including emphasising that claims about immovable property must be filed exclusively at its location, the question of what applies to…
25.02.2025
Dmitry Uryakin has commented for Mashnews on the prospects of realising the pledged property of the Gatchina Feed Milling Plant at auction
The production facilities, equipment and land plots of the Gatchina Feed Milling Plant are being tried in a court by the Moscow-based company SBC Grand. It bought RUB 1.7 bn of the plant's debts to Sberbank for a quarter of the face value and now insists on the recovery of the property that the plant pledged as collateral for loans. In February…
21.02.2025
Sergei Bakeshin has commented to DP on the court's refusal to recover damages for the idle premises on Dumskaya Street
The Commercial Court of St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region has denied Moika 22 LLC, which is associated with banker Andrei Isaev, to recover about RUB 60 mn in damages for the idle premises on 26 Griboedov Canal Embankment from the Investigative Committee, which had imposed restrictions on access to them. In fact, these are facilities on…
07.02.2025