Maxima Legal has lead a roundtable event on ‘The prospects for development of public-private partnerships in the regions of Russia’

On 3 June, a roundtable event organised by Maxima Legal, along with the business group ‘Leaders Club’ and supported by the Agency for Strategic Initiatives in the North-western federal region, took place as a fringe event of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum.   The event was at the Crowne Plaza hotel and was titled ‘The prospects for…


Vladimir Kilinkarov has given a presentation at a forum on PPP in the Ural Federal District hosted in Chelyabinsk

On 19 May, the Head of the Public-Private Partnership department at Maxima Legal, Vladimir Kilinkarov gave a presentation at an expert session on ‘Priorities for the development of infrastructure in the Urals’, which took place as part of a forum on PPP in the Ural Federal District in Chelyabinsk. The expert session was divided into four parts in…


Vladimir Kilinkarov took part in a business breakfast organised by the business club Meeting

On 26 April Vladimir Kilinkarov took part in a business breakfast organised by the business club Meeting. The event was dedicated to the topic of new ways of developing the tourist industry. The business breakfast was part of a collection of regular events organised by the club. Maxima Legal is the legal partners for the club in 2017. The event…


Instructure Test-drive – Stress-test for PPP Projects

On 20 April in Moscow was the first ‘Infrastructure Test-drive’ for regional projects.  The event, which took place behind closed doors, was at the InfraClub in partnership with Maxima Legal. The moderator for the discussion was Vladimir Kilinkarov, Partner and Head of the PPP Practice at Maxima Legal.  The participants in the session included…


The Legal 500, an authoratitive guide to both domestic and international law firms and their global rankings, has once again confirmed the high level of expertise and professionalism provided by Maxima Legal lawyers

On the 12th of April 2017, leading law firm ranking guide The Legal 500 published the results of their evaluation of legal services based in Russia. For the fourth time in a row, Maxima Legal's PPP department has achieved a high position in the ranking, sitting alongside other domestic and international firms. Rating experts have highlighted the…


Vladimir Kilinkarov took part in the Russian Week of PPP in Moscow

The fourth Infrastructure Congress, titled Russian Week PPP, the most well-known platform in the sphere of public-private partnership in Russia has recently finished in Moscow.  The leading participants in the market of infrastructure projects, consultants and representatives of governmental departments discussed the problems of implementing PPP…


Problems of determining the object of agreements in the field of public-private partnership // Jurist (the Lawyer) - № 11, 2017

Jurist magazine published an article by Vladimir Kilinkarov, a partner, PhD in Law, head of Maxima Legal PPP practice, devoted to the problems of PPP object identification and agreements in this sphere. The article pays special attention to the restrictions that follow in respect of PPP objects from the current legislation, their criticism and…


Legal nature of the agreement on public-private partnership // Bulletin of St Petersburg University. Law - № 3, 2017. Т. 8., p. 306 — 313

In the journal "Bulletin of St Petersburg University. Law Natalia Diatlova, Partner, Head of Maxima Legal's PPP Practice, published a research paper "Legal nature of public-private partnership agreement". The article analyzes the existing positions of various authors in the scientific literature on the legal nature of a public-private partnership…


Education programme of the Law Faculty at St Petersburg State University ‘Public-Private Partnership in Infrastructure’

Maxima Legal is pleased to announce the opening of the intake for participants in the new educational programme in the Law Faculty at the St Petersburg State University, ‘Public-Private Partnership in Infrastructure’ which starts on 24 May 2017. The programme is unique in that it focuses on the legal aspects of the preparation and implementation…


A simplification of the documentation required when establishing a legal entity

Since 1 January 2017 an entry on the register of companies and entrepreneurs is now the only document required to confirm the registration of a company or entrepreneur. The registers containing such records in Russia are the Unified State Register of Legal Entities (USRLE) and the Unified State Register of Individual Entrepreneurs (USRIE). Under…