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
Nikita Deynega discussed with DP what legal services will be most in demand by businesses in the near future
A research conducted by Delovoy Peterburg newspaper showed that, local lawyers expect that in the second half of the year business will most often turn to them on issues related to the application of sanctions and anti-sanctions legislation. Sanctions imposed by foreign countries, as well as countermeasures to support domestic businesses, not only…
13.08.2024
Maxima Legal and Nextons represented the sellers in the deal for Yandex's acquisition of eLama advertising platform
Yandex has finalised the acquisition of eLama, a technology platform that allows advertising campaigns to be run across 19 internet systems, including Yandex, VK and Telegram. Maxima Legal and Nextons acted as legal advisors to the sellers. The lawyers provided support during the preparatory activities and co-ordinated the contractual…
03.07.2024
Maxima Legal is again recognised by Pravo.ru in the national ranking of lithigators
Based on the All-Russian statistical research of the lithigation market, analysts of Pravo.ru have once again included Maxima Legal among the best lawyers in the field of litigation. The company was included in 47 regional firms recommended by the rating, ranking 3rd in terms of the total amount of claims, 12th in terms of the number of cases and…
05.06.2024
Nikita Deynega analysed for Mashnews the applicability of the scheme of post facto VAT payment by state defence contractors
The State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes has recognised that it is inexpedient to change the mechanism for the payment of VAT by enterprises engaged in the fulfilment of state defence orders. At present, it is paid at the moment when products are shipped from the contractor to the customer. At the same time, postpayment is common in the state…
04.06.2024
Nikita Deynega has explained to Delovoy Peterburg the sudden surge of business interest in ‘Russian offshores’
Delovoy Peterburg newspaper drew attention to the growing interest in ‘Russian offshore’ - special administrative regions (SARs) - separate territories of the Russian Federation with a flexible tax and currency regulation regime (profit tax exemption, the ability to hide the ultimate owners, lack of currency control, etc.). Formally, the idea to…
06.05.2024
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
Nikita Deynega has commented for RBC Pro on the position of the court that refused to allow the Federal Tax Service to impose additional charges of RUB 900 m on the logistics operator of Magnit retailer
Since the beginning of 2024, commercial courts have issued 298 first-instance decisions on claims of "ineligibility to apply VAT benefits", "illegal splitting of a business" and "unjustified tax benefits". The amounts of additional charges in the cases in question range from almost RUB 600 m to RUB 1.185 bn, but some of the taxpayers managed to…
09.03.2024
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