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
Sergei Bakeshin has commented for Novy Prospect on the attempt to declare the company managing Pyaterochka retail chain bankrupt
Voronezh-based Soyuz LLC filed a bankruptcy petition against Agrotorg LLC, which operates Pyaterochka retail chain. Sergei Bakeshin, Counsel, Head of Dispute Resolution & Insolvency Practice at Maxima Legal, reminded Novy Prospect that the amount of Agrotorg's capital and retained earnings at the beginning of last year totalled almost RUB 77…
17.01.2024
Sergei Bakeshin has commented for Novy Prospect on the acquisition of rights of claim and property of the debtor plant by different companies
Vsevolzhskiy zavod allyuminievih splavov (Vsevolozhsk Aluminium Alloys Plant) LLC has completed bankruptcy proceedings. The material assets and rights of claim of the plant were acquired by various companies as part of the bankruptcy proceedings. In particular, the rights of claim to Zeppelin Rusland LLC, Unitok LLC and other companies…
11.01.2024
Sergei Bakeshin helped Delovoy Peterburg select top insolvency cases for St Petersburg businesses
Delovoy Peterburg newspaper asked lawyers to analyse bankruptcy practice in St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region and select cases important for business. Sergei Bakeshin, Counsel, Head of Dispute Resolution & Insolvency Practice at Maxima Legal, drew attention to the case of RedSys, once one of St Petersburg's largest IT companies. In this…
09.01.2024
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…
08.12.2023
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…
05.12.2023
Sergei Bakeshin has commented for Legal Information Agency on the specifics of compensation for moral damages in cases of administrative offences
The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has confirmed the right of bona fide citizens and businesses to recover legal expenses and compensation for moral damages from complainants. A precedent-setting decision was made in the bankruptcy case of Ob"yedinennaya Stroitel'naya Kompaniya Moscow based construction company. Several…
04.12.2023
Sergei Bakeshin has characterised for Pravo.ru the current practice on the issue of the right of a trustee in insolvency to bring claims on behalf of a liquidated firm
After a company has been removed from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, it may discover assets of interest to creditors and participants of the liquidated firm, such as accounts receivable. In such a case, the trustee in insolvency through the court may request the appointment of a procedure for the distribution of the discovered…
29.11.2023
Sergei Bakeshin has commented for Delovoy Peterburg on the statistics of bringing to subsidiary liability
The Commercial Court of St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region refused to bring to subsidiary liability the beneficiaries of two large business empires: ex-senator Alexander Sabadash for RUB 4.3 bn debts of Liviz vodka plant as well as Mushvig Abdullayev, former owner of Trade House Intertorg, which managed SPAR, Semya and Narodny…
27.11.2023
Sergei Bakeshin helped Delovoy Peterburg to understand the desire of the ex-head of Baltinvestbank and Deposit Insuranse Agency to settle the dispute amicably
In 2019, the former chairman of the board of directors of Baltinvestbank, Yury Rydnik, was declared bankrupt. According to the decision of the courts of the first two instances, the businessman's financial manager should sell Rydnik's country house, which is pledged by Gazbank, also declared insolvent, with the Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA)…
01.11.2023