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
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
Arina Merkureva has explained to Delovoy Peterburg newspaper why after the death of one of the founders, a business can be declared bankrupt and its co-founders can be held subsidiary liability
RostFinance Bank is seeking to recover RUB 23 m. from a businessman who died in 2022. The businessman acted as a guarantor on a loan to a business in which he was a co-founder and pledged his flat and land plot as security. At the bank's request, the Commercial Court of St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region declared the deceased citizen…
04.03.2025
Sergei Bakeshin commented for Kommersant on the bankruptcy of the Seven Suns structure
Commercial Court of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region introduced a supervision procedure in Seven Suns Development SPb Vostok LLC (part of Seven Suns Development). As stated in the court materials, in 2021 the Seven Suns structure agreed with Moscow Credit Bank (MCB) to open a credit line with a limit of RUB 4.5 bn. As a pledge the developer…
21.02.2025
Novy Prospect and Mashnews quoted Sergei Bakeshin in the atricles about the attempt of the bank to bankrupt the co-owner of Ladoga DSK
Russian Bank for Support of Small and Medium Enterprises applied to the Commercial Court of St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region to declare insolvent Yuri Vorobyov, CEO and, according to market participants, co-owner of Ladoga DSK, which is currently in bankruptcy. The amount of the bank's claims against Yuri Vorobyov is RUB 63.5 mn. ‘If a…
12.02.2025
Sergei Bakeshin commented for Delovoy Petersburg on the bankruptcy of the son of the former vice-governor of St. Petersburg and ex-billionaire Alexey Govorunov
The Commercial Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region has ruled on the lawsuit filed by R.E.D. LLC against Alexey Govorunov, the son of the former vice-governor of St. Petersburg, who used to be included in Delovoy Petersburg's Billionaires Rating with a fortune of RUB 3.3 bn. Govorunov was declared bankrupt and a debt restructuring…
24.01.2025
Sergei Bakeshin commented for Delovoy Petersburg on the bankruptcy of Metrostroy
The bankruptcy procedure of OJSC Metrostroy - until recently the only contractor of metro construction in St. Petersburg - has passed an active phase and may soon be completed. According to Alexey Kuznetsov, the bankruptcy trustee of Metrostroy, the main measures for the sale of the debtor's property and collection of receivables will be completed…
23.01.2025
Sergei Bakeshin has explained to Novy Prospect why a settlement agreement in a bankruptcy case may be challenged
The Commercial Court of St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region has approved a settlement agreement in the bankruptcy case of Udarnik poultry farm. Its terms can be called favourable for the enterprise: the company will be able to repay RUB 2.7 bn of debts within 14 years. However, the banks, which are the main creditors of Udarnik poultry…
16.12.2024
Pravo-300 rating once again has confirmed Maxima Legal’s leading position in the Russian legal services market
On 5 December, the results of Pravo-300, the key Russian rating of law firms, were announced. Maxima Legal once again confirmed the highest level of expertise of all practices of the firm, have received professional recognition in 15 areas of research. At the same time, more than half of the company's awards were ‘gold’.On 5 December, the results…
06.12.2024
Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper recommended 12 Maxima Legal lawyers in 12 areas of legal support
For the second time, Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper conducted a large-scale survey of the Russian legal market and compiled its own ‘Rating of Lawyers and Their Companies’. According to the newspaper, ‘getting into the rating is the result of recognition of the quality of work and reputation of a particular specialist’: more than 2,000 applications…
05.12.2024