Pravo.ru-300 ranking has personally mentioned 7 lawyers of Maxima Legal

Pravo.ru-300, the key Russian legal ranking, has published individual recommendations of lawyers practicing in various fields of law. According to the results of the 2022 survey, personal recognition in 13 areas of law was awarded to 7 Maxima Legal lawyers who played a leading role in the firm's most highly rated projects between September 2021…


Sergei Bakeshin commented for Mashnews on the dispute between companies related to Alexander Yebralidze

Europe's largest producer of glued laminated timber, "Sovremennye Tekhnologii Obrabotki Drevesiny" LLC (STOD), is demanding the invalidation of three transactions with the company "Talion" JSC worth more than RUB 27 bn. Both companies, as well as their beneficiary - St. Petersburg billionaire Alexander Yebralidze - are in bankruptcy proceedings.…


Sergei Bakeshin outlined for Novy Prospect the prospects of bankruptcy of the co-owner of the Vyborzhets agroholding company

The Commercial Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region has decided to restructure the debts of Alexander Zaklepkin, co-owner of Vyborzhets Holding, the largest greenhouse vegetable producer in the North-West of Russia. The restructuring will be carried out on the basis of a bankruptcy petition filed by FIC…


Sergei Bakeshin commented for Novy Prospect on the intention of a third party to settle the claims of creditors of a debtor pharmaceutical plant

The pharmaceutical plant under the name of Filatov, in relation to which the bankruptcy receivership procedure was introduced last year, is emerging from bankruptcy. The Moscow-based Dialog LLC, which is engaged in wholesale trade, has expressed its intention to repay all claims of the debtor's creditors in the amount of RUB 1.2 bn. The…


Sergei Bakeshin has explained to Kommersant whether the unpaid penalty could lead to the bankruptcy of the Chinese entrepreneur and the business he owned  

Russkiy Torgovo-Promishlenniy Bank (The Russian Trade and Industry Bank) has filed bankruptcy petitions with the Commercial Court of St Petersburg and  the Leningrad Region against the structures of Hua-Zhen Group, which is engaged in hotel, restaurant and development business in St Petersburg. The bank is also trying to declare insolvent…


Maxima Legal has increased its presence fivefold in the Forbes Club Legal Ranking, a survey of the best Russian HNWI practitioners

Forbes Russia has presented the results of its own analysis of law firms practicing in the field of private wealth, highlighting Maxima Legal's expertise in 21 areas of legal support. The company was named a leader three times, a leading firm 10 times, and a recommended firm 8 times. In addition, we note that the company was recognised in all 6…


Sergei Bakeshin has commented to Delovoy Peterburg on the dispute between St Petersburg's cultural institutions and the ticket aggregator

Oktyabrsky Concert Hall, Music Hall theatre and a other cultural organisations in St Petersburg initiated litigation against Sofit ticket aggregator. Contracts had been concluded between the plaintiffs and the defendant under which Sofit was obliged to transfer money for the tickets sold, but failed to do so or did not transfer the money in full.…


The Pravo.ru-300 ranking has once again confirmed the high level of expertise of all Maxima Legal's practices

The results of the key Russian ranking of law firms Pravo.ru-300 were announced on December 2. According to the results of the research, Maxima Legal has once again confirmed the high level of expertise of all the firm's practices, receiving professional recognition in 18 areas of the research. At the regional level the firm has maintained its…


Sergei Bakeshin has analysed the amendments to the Bankruptcy Law for EJ-Jurist magazine

A draft law amending Articles 126 and 134 of the Bankruptcy Law has been submitted to the State Duma. They relate to the result of the review by the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation of a complaint filed by T Plus PJSC concerning legal uncertainty in par. 2(1) of Article 134 of the Bankruptcy Law. The ruling of the Constitutional…


RBC has quoted Sergei Bakeshin commenting on the winner's challenge to the tender results

Transagro Agrarian Corporation, which in September 2022 won the auction for the sale of the Luzhsky Feed Milling Plant property, is trying to abandon the deal. On the grounds that the agent who represented it had offered an unapproved "unreasonably high price" of RUB 350m, the company requests that the results of the procedure be declared invalid.…