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
Sergey Tarasevich told Novy Prospect about the importance of being present at the workplace at the time of inspections
Despite Russia's moratorium on inspections, regulatory authorities continue to carry out control measures. These include inspections of premises, interviews with employees and document requests. At the same time, unlike a full-fledged field inspection, regulatory authorities are not required to notify the inspected entity of their visit, which, in…
09.04.2024
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
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
In a commentary for DP Nikita Deynega has suggested on what grounds structures associated with Roman Abramovich could have been excluded from the data on the founders of the companies reconstructing New Holland
The Unified State Register of Legal Entities has become inaccessible to information on participants of Novaya Gollandiya Development LLC and a number of other companies, the owner of which until recently was considered to be the Cyprus-based Protonius Investments Ltd, which in turn is considered to be controlled by Roman Abramovich. Nikita…
28.02.2024
Maxima Legal and Nextons have represented the sellers in the deal for Yandex's acquisition of eLama technology platform
By the middle of this year, Yandex plans to close a deal to buy eLama technology platform that allows to run advertising campaigns in 19 internet systems, including Yandex, VK and Telegram. Maxima Legal and Nextons are acting as legal advisors on the sellers' side. At the current stage, the firms supported the negotiations and ensured the…
16.02.2024
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 Tarasevich discussed with Cbonds Weekly News the changes in taxation of income in the form of material benefit
In 2024, the privilege of exemption from personal income tax on material benefit will no longer apply to investors who purchased a security at a discount of more than 20% from the market price. It is assumed that tax will start to be deducted from the material benefit from the purchase of securities bought this year. However, personal income tax…
20.01.2024
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