Pravo-300 rating once again has confirmed Maxima Legal’s leading position in the Russian legal services market
On 5 December, the results of Pravo-300, the key Russian rating of law firms, were announced. Maxima Legal once again confirmed the highest level of expertise of all practices of the firm, have received professional recognition in 15 areas of research. At the same time, more than half of the company's awards were ‘gold’.On 5 December, the results…
06.12.2024
Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper recommended 12 Maxima Legal lawyers in 12 areas of legal support
For the second time, Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper conducted a large-scale survey of the Russian legal market and compiled its own ‘Rating of Lawyers and Their Companies’. According to the newspaper, ‘getting into the rating is the result of recognition of the quality of work and reputation of a particular specialist’: more than 2,000 applications…
05.12.2024
Natalia Demina told BCS Express how Succession Planning works and who needs it
Specially for BCS Express, Natalia Demina, Partner, Head of Private Wealth Practice at Maxima Legal, explained what Succession Planning is and who needs it. ‘The goals of Succession Planning can be different: someone wants to pass everything to children or a partner, someone wants to give it all to charity, like Bill Gates, David Rockefeller…
11.09.2024
Maxima Legal won a court case against Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. in the interests of a Russian investor
Maxima Legal obtained a court decision to recover unpaid coupon income and unpaid redemption amounts of securities blocked on NSD's account from Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. in favour of a Russian citizen. The practice in disputes with the European depositories Euroclear and Clearstream is generally similar in favour of Russian investors, but…
07.08.2024
Natalia Demina told Pravo.ru how a personal foundation - a Russian alternative to trusts - works
Natalia Demina, Partner, Head of Private Wealth Practice at Maxima Legal, reminded Pravo.ru that in April 2022, European Union Council Regulation No. 2022/576 prohibited the administration of trusts with Russian founders and beneficiaries, and from May the EU stopped registering them and providing management services, including acting as trustee.…
25.07.2024
Natalia Demina explained to DP why Russian courts rejected the couple's lawsuit against the Finnish State Council
In 2017, the Ivanov couple purchased a plot of land with a house in Finland for 180,000 euros, which they subsequently used for holidays. However, in 2022, due to the tightened sanctions against Russia, the couple were denied entry to the neighbouring country. This circumstance forced the Ivanovs to file a lawsuit with the Commercial Court of St.…
25.06.2024
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
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
Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper recommends 9 Maxima Legal lawyers in 11 areas of legal support
For the first time ever, Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspapaer conducted a large-scale survey of the Russian legal market and compiled its own Rating of Lawyers and Their Companies. The professional recognition was given to 9 Maxima Legal specialists practising in 11 of the 16 main categories of the ranking. According to the publication, "getting into the…
05.12.2023
Maxima Legal obtained a licence for securities blocked in EuroClear
In October 2023, Maxima Legal received its first licence from the Belgian Treasury for both cash and securities of a Russian private investor. It should be recalled that earlier favourable decisions were only for funds. In our application to the Belgian regulator on behalf of a Russian client with a Cypriot residence permit and account, we asked…
12.10.2023