Sergei Bakeshin has commented on the public procurement of PPE for the RBC
The Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia filed a case on the grounds of violation of antitrust laws in relation to St Petersburg Hospital for War Veterans. The reason for the case was the publication by a number of media outlets about the purchase of 500,000 disposable medical protective suits from a single supplier - a newly created advertising…
22.06.2020
Sergei Bakeshin has commented on a dispute for the double recovery of funds in favour of the Federal Tax Service
The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation will consider a dispute on the double recovery of funds from the director of a company in favour of the Federal Tax Service, first as part of a civil lawsuit for tax evasion, then as part of subsidiary liability. As the Head of the Dispute Resolution and Insolvency practice at Maxima Legal, Sergei…
22.06.2020
Sergei Bakeshin has commented on the duration of insolvency proceedings for heat supply entities in two large districts of St Petersburg
In 2012, Lenteplosnab CJSC, which previously managed heat supply in the Pushkin and Kolpinsky districts of St Petersburg, declared itself insolvent. In 2013, a court appointed administrators, and insolvency proceedings are still ongoing. CJSC Lenteplosnab entered into a simple partnership with the State Unitary Enterprise Pushkinsky TEK, which,…
03.06.2020
The Best Lawyers international rating has listed Maxima Legal in 16 areas and named Maxim Avrashkov lawyer of the year
International ranking Best Lawyers has presented its annual list of Russian lawyers recommended in various fields of law. Seven experts from Maxima Legal were listed. Managing Partner, Head of the Commercial and Corporate department, Maxim Avrashkov, has been listed as one of the leading Russian lawyers for M&A matters. In addition, Maxim…
03.06.2020
Sergei Bakeshin has commented for RBC on a bankruptcy case initiated after the death of a debtor
Sberbank filed for the bankruptcy of a St Petersburg entrepreneur Ivan Kara, who died in 2018. The businessman owned a 51% stake in the Pulkovsky agricultural holding, which the bank also began to bankrupt in early 2020 in connection with a total loan of 255.7 million roubles. After the death of Ivan Kara, a cross-ownership scheme was applied to…
02.06.2020
Sergei Bakeshin has commented on the emergence of a unified register of Russians for the newspaper Trud
The State Duma adopted a law on the creation of a unified federal information register with data of Russian citizens. The operator of the information system will be the Federal Tax Service, which will be also responsible for protecting personal data. The resource will combine data of the Federal Tax Service, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry…
21.05.2020
Sergei Bakeshin has provided his comments on the creation of a unified population register for Fontanka
The State Duma has passed a law that creates an information system to be operated by the Federal Tax Service which from 1 January 2022 will have the right to collect, record and use data from Russians, including their names, dates and place of birth, gender, details of the registration of a civil status certificate of birth and death, tax numbers,…
21.05.2020
Sergei Bakeshin has commented on the situation regarding the inclusion in the register of creditors of claims against an insolvent machine-building plant
The Commercial Court of St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region initiated insolvency proceedings against a plant, which produces machine-building equipment for the gas and petrochemical industries, including Gazprom. Since 2017, a controlling stake in the plant has been owned by the Russian division of the Grossmann engineering group - Grossmann…
13.05.2020
Sergei Bakeshin has commented for RBC on Rosbank declaring St Petersburg businessman, Maxim Ivanov, bankrupt
Rosbank petitioned for the bankruptcy of St Petersburg businessman Maxim Ivanov, affiliated with Ligovskoye LLC and a number of VTF Foodline distribution companies, which the bank requested to be declared insolvent last year. Assessing the prospects of litigation with Rosbank, the Head of the Dispute Resolution and Insolvency practice at Maxima…
18.04.2020
Sergei Bakeshin has commented on Delovoy Peterburg about a dispute involving the co-owner of a restoration company who has incurred subsidiary liability
Tristar Investment Holdings JSC is trying to bring subsidiary liability in the amount of 4.6 billion roubles to Viktor Smirnov, co-owner of the Intarsia restoration company, which was declared insolvent in 2016. As part of the case, the claimant managed to seize the assets of a number of legal entities, which Viktor Smirnov allegedly owns through…
17.04.2020