Sergei Bakeshin has commented for Novy Prospect on the acquisition of rights of claim and property of the debtor plant by different companies
Vsevolzhskiy zavod allyuminievih splavov (Vsevolozhsk Aluminium Alloys Plant) LLC has completed bankruptcy proceedings. The material assets and rights of claim of the plant were acquired by various companies as part of the bankruptcy proceedings. In particular, the rights of claim to Zeppelin Rusland LLC, Unitok LLC and other companies…
11.01.2024
Sergei Bakeshin helped Delovoy Peterburg select top insolvency cases for St Petersburg businesses
Delovoy Peterburg newspaper asked lawyers to analyse bankruptcy practice in St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region and select cases important for business. Sergei Bakeshin, Counsel, Head of Dispute Resolution & Insolvency Practice at Maxima Legal, drew attention to the case of RedSys, once one of St Petersburg's largest IT companies. In this…
09.01.2024
Sergei Bakeshin has commented for DP on the prospects of resolving disputes through amicable settlement agreements
The Derbent wine and cognac combine is trying to recover almost RUB 200 mn from St Petersburg-based Vilash-Combinat of Champagne Wines LLC. The reason for the dispute, according to unofficial reports, could be contractual production. At the end of November, the defendant filed an application to the Commercial Court of the Republic of Dagestan to…
08.12.2023
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
Sergei Bakeshin has commented for Legal Information Agency on the specifics of compensation for moral damages in cases of administrative offences
The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has confirmed the right of bona fide citizens and businesses to recover legal expenses and compensation for moral damages from complainants. A precedent-setting decision was made in the bankruptcy case of Ob"yedinennaya Stroitel'naya Kompaniya Moscow based construction company. Several…
04.12.2023
Sergei Bakeshin has characterised for Pravo.ru the current practice on the issue of the right of a trustee in insolvency to bring claims on behalf of a liquidated firm
After a company has been removed from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, it may discover assets of interest to creditors and participants of the liquidated firm, such as accounts receivable. In such a case, the trustee in insolvency through the court may request the appointment of a procedure for the distribution of the discovered…
29.11.2023
Sergei Bakeshin has commented for Delovoy Peterburg on the statistics of bringing to subsidiary liability
The Commercial Court of St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region refused to bring to subsidiary liability the beneficiaries of two large business empires: ex-senator Alexander Sabadash for RUB 4.3 bn debts of Liviz vodka plant as well as Mushvig Abdullayev, former owner of Trade House Intertorg, which managed SPAR, Semya and Narodny…
27.11.2023
Sergei Bakeshin assessed for Pravo.ru the position of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation allowing to recover the costs of a lawyer from complainants
The creditors of Od"yedinennaya Stoitle'naya Kompaniya requested administrative liability for the inaction of the bankruptcy trustee. The case was dismissed for lack of corpus delicti, but the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation allowed the bankruptcy trustee to recover from the initiators of the proceedings the costs of a lawyer…
10.11.2023
Sergei Bakeshin helped Delovoy Peterburg to understand the desire of the ex-head of Baltinvestbank and Deposit Insuranse Agency to settle the dispute amicably
In 2019, the former chairman of the board of directors of Baltinvestbank, Yury Rydnik, was declared bankrupt. According to the decision of the courts of the first two instances, the businessman's financial manager should sell Rydnik's country house, which is pledged by Gazbank, also declared insolvent, with the Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA)…
01.11.2023
Sergei Bakeshin commented for Novy Prospect on the threat to bankrupt Severnaya Verf against the background of restructuring of the USC
Severnaya Verf Shipyard owes Dorstroysnab-Terminal LLC for diesel fuel. Hoping to accelerate payments, the supplier filed a bankruptcy petition against the shipyard. The events are unfolding against the background of restructuring of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), which includes Severnaya Verf shipyard. Sergei Bakeshin, Counsel, Head…
30.10.2023