Natalia Diatlova has described the current state of the Russian M&A market for the Delovoy Peterburg

In 2020, one of the main business trends became a preservation of companies' positions and maintenance of current activities in connection with the COVID-19. At the same time, as Maxima Legal's partner Natalia Diatlova told the Delovoy Peterburg newspaper, the Russian M&A market is characterised by certain contradictions. "On the one hand,…


Natalia Diatlova has assessed the probability of reimbursement of losses to the investor as part of the PPP for the Novy Prospekt

St Petersburg-based the Medical Investment Solutions Company refused a launch of several polyclinics on a specific type of PPP basis in the Republic of Komi (Russia). The regional authorities provided the investor with 95% less medical assistance, as well as failed to provide the initially promised workload of the medical institution. The Medical…


Natalia Diatlova told the Novy Prospekt about the impact of coronavirus on the implementation of PPP projects in the healthcare sector

Italian construction company Pizzarotti is going to withdraw from the 6.9 billion rubles project of № 40 Hospital reconstruction which was planned on the basis of PPP.  According to market participants, the decision is caused by systemic difficulties associated with the implementation of large medical PPP projects; primarily the difficulty of…


Natalia Diatlova participated in the discussion of amendments to legislation within the Russian PPP Week 2020

Partner and Head of the PPP Practice at Maxima Legal, Natalia Diatlova, took part in the largest industrial event in Russia and the CIS – infrastructure congress ‘Russian PPP Week’. The event was an initiative of the National PPP Centre with the support of the Roskongress Foundation. Natalia Diatlova became an expert in the open debate named «The…


For the six time in a row, IFLR1000 international rating has mentioned Maxima Legal among the leaders of Russian M&A market

British legal publication IFLR 1000 has presented the results of the thirtieth research of the Russian legal market in the field of merger and acquisition. For the sixth time in a row, Maxima Legal was named one of the leading legal advisers in this area. It should be noted, that previously in August 2020 the rating also for the fourth time noted…


Natalia Diatlova has commented for Pravo.ru on the specifics of personnel recruitment in the legal field

Pravo.ru in cooperation with Russian law firm partners has considered problems of selection of employees in the legal sphere. The experts have analysed the reasons for difficulties in personnel search both on the part of job seekers and employers, took into account the peculiarities of hiring both young and experienced specialists. They also…


IFLR1000 international rating has again confirmed Maxima Legal's expertise in areas of PPP and Insolvency and Restructuring

British legal publication IFLR 1000 presented the results of the thirtieth research of the Russian legal market in the field of restructuring and insolvency as well as project financing and PPP. For the fourth consecutive year Maxima Legal was ranked among the leading legal advisors in both areas of law. It also should be noted, that the rating…


Natalia Diatlova on the RBC TV commented on the proposal of the Ministry of Finance to the Netherlands to revise the tax agreement

Natalia Diatlova, partner, Head of Maxima Legal's international projects team, commented on a proposal made by the Russian Ministry of Finance to the Netherlands to revise the current tax agreement, in particular, to raise the dividend tax rate to 15%. According to the expert, the proposed changes will not affect international business; the impact…


Maxima Legal has joined the panel of legal partners for ROSINFRA, a new digital platform for infrastructure projects

Maxima Legal began cooperating with the ROSINFRA digital platform, launched in the summer of 2020 by the National Center for PPP to support the parties in the infrastructure market. The platform acts as a full-fledged accelerator of design solutions and financial instruments to assist in the preparation and implementation of infrastructure and PPP…


Natalia Diatlova has become the chairwoman of the State Examination Commission of the Higher School of Economics, and also an examiner for graduates of the Faculty of Law of St Petersburg State University

On 11 June, the State Examination Commission evaluated the final assessments of graduate students of the Law Faculty of the Higher School of Economics in St Petersburg. At the invitation of the Dean of the Faculty of Law, at the Higher School of Economics, Partner at Maxima Legal, Natalia Diatlova joined the commission. Graduate students of the…