Sergei Bakeshin commented for DP the bankruptcy of Vadim Voytanovsky, head of Ligovka-Yamskaya municipal district

Today, 14th of January, the creditors of Vadim Voytanovskiy, head of Ligovka-Yamskaya municipal district, will decide on the issue of introducing the debtor's property sale procedure. At the moment the register of creditors includes the claims of VTB and Sber banks, as well as two individuals - Dmitriy Prokopovich and Mikhail Telezhin. The…


Sergei Bakeshin commented for Novy Prospect on the attempted bankruptcy of "Tauras-Phoenix" company

"Solnechnye Dary" LLC, a Kemerovo Region-based snack food producer, has filed for bankruptcy against "Tauras-Phoenix", a supplier of equipment for the food processing industry. The conflict between the companies arose in 2019. Having identified defects in the equipment supplied by "Tauras-Phoenix", "Solnechnye Dary" applied to court with claims…


Sergei Bakeshin assessed bankruptcy law reform for the DP

In spring 2021, a draft law "On Amendments to the Federal Law 'On Insolvency (Bankruptcy)' and Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation" was introduced in the State Duma, changing the requirements and approval procedure for bankruptcy managers. The draft law deprives creditors of the right to nominate trustees who will be appointed at…


Forbes has included Maxima Legal in its list of firms recommended for HNW-clients

Based on the results of its own analysis of the market of law firms practicing in the field of protection of interests of HNW-clients, Forbes Russia magazine has included Maxima Legal into the list of the recommended firms in 4 areas of legal support: Conflict Resolution Crisis Management - Subsidiary Liability Involvement Criminal Defence…


Sergei Bakeshin commented to DP on the conflict between LOMO's major shareholders

Vasily Ilyichev, who owns a blocking stake in JSC LOMO, has initiated a lawsuit to recover 98.8 million roubles in damages from the company's CEO Alexander Aronov. The basis of the dispute was 19 transactions for the sale of real estate, which, according to Ilyichev, caused damage to the joint stock company. It should be noted that at the same…


Specially for Novy Prospect, Sergei Bakeshin analysed the possible bankruptcy of the Pella plant

According to the Unified Federal Register of Legal Entities, LLC Ferrumland intends to file for bankruptcy of OJSC Pella. The Arsenal engineering plant has also applied to the Arbitration Court twice before to declare Pella insolvent. It is noteworthy that possible bankruptcy of the company may complicate the sale of some of its assets to the…


Sergei Bakeshin commented to Novy Prospect the bankruptcy of Pulkovskiy Agroholding

According to the Unified Federal Register of Bankruptcy Information, the property of Pulkovskiy Agroholding undergoing bankruptcy proceedings has been valued. The value of assets and receivables amounted to 122m and 5.5m, respectively. It should be noted that at the beginning of this year the plans to buy out the agricultural holding were…


Sergei Bakeshin commented to Novy Prospect the bankruptcy of Pulkovskiy Agroholding

According to the Unified Federal Register of Bankruptcy Information, the property of Pulkovskiy Agroholding undergoing bankruptcy proceedings has been valued. The value of assets and receivables amounted to 122m and 5.5m, respectively. It should be noted that at the beginning of this year the plans to buy out the agricultural holding were…


Sergei Bakeshin commented for DP the nationalisation of Bronka port

In the beginning of December, the Russian government registered ownership of 100% of shares in Phoenix LLC, which manages the port of Bronka. It should be noted that in June, the Nikulinsky District Court of Moscow satisfied the suit of the Prosecutor General's Office against the owners of the port on the Finnish Bay for nationalisation of its…


Maxima Legal has expanded its presence on the Pravo.ru-300 rating and entered top-4 law firms by the total number of industry awards and top-7 by the number of first level awards

On December, 2 the results of  the key Russian rating of law firms, Pravo.ru-300, were published. Maxima Legal has once again proved the high level of expertise of its practice areas and collected a total of 18 industry awards, a third of which were "gold". It should be noted, that the firm entered TOP-7 of legal advisers by the…