Leonid Filanovskiy told DP about his work on the case, with which he won the title the Advocate of the Year, and his views on the profession
As part of the research "Yurtop: Team Scoring" initiated by Delovoy Peterburg newspaper, players of the St Petersburg legal services market named Leonid Filanovskiy, Partner, Head of Criminal Law Practice at Maxima Legal, the "Advocate of the Year". At the request of the newspaper, Leonid spoke about his work on the case that brought him…
24.04.2024
St Petersburg legal community named Maxima Legal one of the best law firms in the city, and Leonid Filanovskiy was named the Advocate of the Year
For the fourth time Delovoy Peterburg newspaper summarised the results of "Yurtop: Team Scoring" the rating, a survey of St Petersburg based law companies on the assessments of the market participants. The opinion of the professional community once again confirmed the level of Maxima Legal's expertise. The company was ranked among the…
24.04.2024
Elizaveta Pastushenko told BCS Investment how to lend money correctly
Specially for the ИСЫ Investment, Elizaveta Pastushenko, Senior Associate of the Private Wealth practice at Maxima Legal, explained how it is legally correct to lend money and what steps to take to increase the guarantees of loan repayment. "Regardless of the amount of the loan, the key rule is a written record of all agreements and the fact of…
09.04.2024
Kirill Katkov has commented for Telesputnik on the blogger's exclusion from the list of foreign agents
The Russian Ministry of Justice has removed Nikolai Sobolev, one of the local YouTube bloggers, from the register of foreign agents. The reason for his inclusion in the blacklist, where the blogger had been for just over a year, was his statements about a special military operation. Kirill Katkov, Associate at Maxima Legal, reminded Telesputnik…
05.04.2024
Sergei Bakeshin commented for RBC on what the court's decision to seize shares of the Plant from private investors may be based on
On 22 March 2024, Commercial Court of the Perm Region satisfied the claim of the prosecutor's office to seize shares from all private investors of Solikamskiy Magnieviy Zavod plant (Solikamsk Magnesium Plant). The reason was the illegal privatisation of the enterprise in 1992. The court's decision for the first time also extended to minority…
03.04.2024
Sergey Tarasevich told Cbonds Weekly News what an investor should take into account when exchanging blocked assets
Investicionnaya Palata Broker announced the strategy of accepting bids for the redemption of frozen assets and published the prices from which the auction will begin. As previously announced, the prices are taken from foreign exchanges at the end of trading on Friday, 22 March 2024. It is assumed that foreign investors will buy these assets from…
28.03.2024
Natalia Demina told Delovoy Peterburg about the current peculiarities of property sales abroad by Russians
According to Delovoy Peterburg newspaper, the number of requests from Russians to sell or exchange their foreign property, primarily in Finland and the Baltic Countries, has been increasing recently. Although such transactions are possible in principle today, compared to previous years they have become more expensive and more complexly……
28.03.2024
Sergey Tarasevich has commented to RBC on the presidential decree on the payment of funds from C-type accounts
On 19 March 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree allowing payments on securities of Russian issuers from C-type accounts to Russians and foreign companies controlled by them that are not recognised as persons from "unfriendly" countries, despite their actual registration in such countries. As of the end of March 2023 (the latest…
20.03.2024
For the fifth time Pravo-300 rating included Maxima Legal team in the list of recommended lawyers
Pravo-300, the key Russian legal ranking, has published individual recommendations of lawyers practising in various areas of law. According to the results of the survey for 2023, personal recognition in 11 areas of law was given to 8 Maxima Legal lawyers who played a leading role in the firm's most highly rated projects for the period from…
19.03.2024
Konstantin Boytsov has helped Vecherniy Peterburg to understand the new scheme of maintenance of gas equipment in apartment buildings in St.Petersburg
According to the law, two types of contracts are required for gas equipment: one for the maintenance and repair of intra-household gas equipment and the other for the maintenance and repair of intra-apartment gas equipment. As Konstantin Boytsov, Counsel and Head of Energy & Natural Resources Practice at Maxima Legal, explained to Vecherniy…
18.03.2024