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 DP on the attempt of the seller of real estate in the Yard Residence apart-hotel to litigate a number of contracts with the final buyers of the apartments

Maxima Legal's team is supporting a lawsuit which, according to experts, may have a significant impact on the real estate market. "Yard Stroy" LLC seeks to invalidate a number of agreements with individuals, on the basis of which the latter purchased apartments in the apart-hotel Yard Residence. Sergei Bakeshin, Counsel, Head of Dispute Resolution…


Konstantin Boytsov told CRE magazine about the specifics of industrial mortgages

In September, Russia launched the so-called industrial mortgage, a programme to provide concessional loans to businesses for the purchase of real estate for industrial production. Eligible companies and individual entrepreneurs will be able to obtain it at a preferential rate of 5% per annum. Even more favourable terms - at 3% per annum - are…


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…


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…


Konstantin Boytsov has commented for Novy Prospect on the current position of the Russian Supreme Court regarding unauthorised constructions

According to the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, buildings and structures erected without necessary permits or in non-compliance with established norms are recognised as unauthorised. In 2015, officials were given the right to decide on the destruction of real estate in an administrative procedure. Having analysed the emerging practice, the…


Dmitry Uryakin analysed for CRE the current situation with the lease of retail space by suspended foreign companies and the prospects for resolving disputes with landlords

The majority of foreign companies which suspended their operations in Russia in February-March are planning to decide on their further actions by December. There are several options: withdrawal, rebranding/downbranding, transferring representative offices to interested parties from other countries, withdrawal from contracts with individual shops.…


Dmitry Uryakin commented to Pravo.ru on the position of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation regarding the registration by a gardening cooperative of ownership rights to plots of land provided for collective joint ownership of its members

The Mechta gardening cooperative received a permanent perpetual right to a plot of land in 1993, most of which was subsequently transferred to the ownership of the dacha owners. At the same time, 2.41 ha, where mainly the paths between the dachas were located, became the collective joint property of the members of the gardening cooperative. In…


Konstantin Boytsov analysed for Forbes the legitimacy of the General Prosecutor's Office claims against one of Russia's largest tea manufacturers

Tea producer Matsestinsky Tea, which leases 538 hectares of land in Sochi's Khostinsky district from the city administration, as well as a number of farmers who received part of that land under an assignment agreement, must vacate the plots within a month. Such a ruling was issued by the Khostinsky district court at the suit of the Prosecutor…


Sergei Bakeshin assessed for CRE the situation on the real estate market after the lifting of the moratorium on bankruptcy

CRE magazine asked experts to assess the impact of the end of the moratorium on bankruptcy on the commercial real estate, retail, e-commerce and logistics markets. As a reminder, this economic support measure was introduced in April of this year for a period of 6 months. According to Sergei Bakeshin, Senior Associate, Head of Dispute Resolution…