Kirill Katkov
Associate
Head of Ecology Law Practice
St Petersburg | Moscow
e-mail: k.katkov@maximalegal.ru
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QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Professional experience in the field of law is more than 8 years.
Kirill is a specialist in procedural law. The expert is distinguished by his extensive experience in court representation in various categories of disputes: from corporate disputes to conflicts related to the protection of intellectual property.
A significant part in Kirill’s expertise is occupied by issues of nature management and environmental protection: his professional interests include settling environmental disputes, supporting inspections by supervisory authorities, and advising on environmental legislation.
CAREER
Prior to joining Maxima Legal, for several years Kirill held the position of a senior assosiate in a law firm in St Petersburg.
SIGNIFICANT RECENT MATTERS
- Represented the largest company in the Russian pulp and paper industry in cases involving appeals against administrative liability for violation of water protection requirements and orders to remedy the violations
- Successfully represented a former chairman of a bank’s management board in a dispute over bringing the bank to subsidiary liability for the bank’s debts totalling more than RUB 2 bn.
- Successfully represented one of Russia’s leading alcoholic beverage producers in a dispute over bringing it to administrative liability for unlawful use of other people’s means of individualisation. The amount of protected assets totalled over RUB 20 mn
- Successfully represented a major Russian company developing gas and oil fields on the Russian continental shelf in disputes with contractors
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
- In 2022-2023, Kirill taught at the Department of Civil Procedure, Law Faculty of St Petersburg State University
EDUCATION
2016 Law Faculty of St Petersburg State University (Undergraduate)
2018 Law Faculty of St Petersburg State University (Master’s degree in Civil Procedure, Сommercial Сourt Procedure)
2021 Law Faculty of St Petersburg State University (Postgraduate)
LANGUAGES
Russian (native) and German (conversational)
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