The Legal 500 has once again confirmed Maxima Legal's leading position in the Russian legal services market
The international rating agency, Legal 500, has presented the results of its research for 2019, which consolidated the position of Maxima Legal among the leaders of the Russian market in four areas. Once again, Maxima Legal’s expertise in the field of commercial and corporate law and mergers and acquisitions was highly praised. According to the…
15.04.2020
Sergei Bakeshin has talked to RBC about administrative liability for quarantine breaches
St Petersburg restaurateur Alexander Zatulivetrov, co-owner of the SkyRest group, intends to open his restaurants on 15 April, despite the current ban on the operation of food outlets due to the coronavirus epidemic. At the same time, the businessman is ready to introduce additional safeguards to protect visitors. According to RBC Petersburg…
10.04.2020
Sergei Bakeshin has commented on the insolvency of a manufacturer of energy equipment Zvezda-Energetika
At the end of March, the tax inspectorate froze the accounts of Zvezda-Energetika JSC, a major Russian manufacturer of energy equipment, among whose customers are Gazprom, Lukoil, Rosneft and other leading Russian companies. The freezing of funds stopped the company from paying off more than 1 billion roubles in debts with some creditors already…
06.04.2020
Sergei Bakeshin has provided his comments for Kommersant on the introduction of restrictions on movement
The Governor of the Leningrad Region, Alexander Drozdenko, signed an amendment to the decree of the regional government, that requires residents of places with detected cases of coronavirus infection to comply with self-isolation and not leave their town or village. The exceptions are business trips, trips to work and for health reasons. The…
03.04.2020
Sergei Bakeshin has commented for Delovoy Peterburg about bars which breach the temporary ban on working
After the decision of the governor of St Petersburg to suspend restaurants, bars, parks, cafes and non-grocery stores during the quarantine, several companies have tried to circumvent the rules. The Ugryumochnaya bar chain announced its intention to continue work, however, after angry online comments appeared, on the fourth day of the city-wide…
01.04.2020
Sergei Bakeshin has commented to Delovoy Peterburg following a court’s decision to reduce the penalty for the defence contract by 6.5 times
The Moscow Commercial Court decided to recover from the Pella shipyard in St Petersburg 446.8 million roubles for late delivery of the Karakurt rocket-artillery ship to the Ministry of Defence. The initial requirements of the military department amounted to 2.93 billion roubles, the court recognised that the calculation as correct, but considered…
31.03.2020
Sergei Bakeshin has commented to Delovoy Peterburg on measures to support business
On Wednesday, 25 March, the Russian President addressed the nation regarding the spread of the coronavirus. The President announced measures to support small and medium-sized businesses, the key ones of which were commented on by Senior Associate, Sergei Bakeshin, for Delovoy Peterburg. According to Sergei a delay in payment of all social fees and…
30.03.2020
Sergei Bakeshin has provided his comments to Fontanka.ru on a bill that tightens the liability for violation of Russian lockdown rules
State Duma Speaker, Vyacheslav Volodin, and United Russia MP, Pavel Krasheninnikov, have prepared and submitted to the Russian State Duma a bill that introduces administrative and criminal liability for violating the quarantine regime and other lockdown rules. The amendments introduce fines ranging from 500 thousand to 1 million roubles or…
26.03.2020
Sergei Bakeshin has commented on an attempt by the creditors of Trading House Intertorg LLC to change an administrator
The largest creditors of TD Intertorg LLC, which developed the Semya and Spar chain stores in St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, are trying to appeal against the appointment of Sergey Bezrukikh as administrator by the court. The candidacy was proposed by the Moscow supplier of juice, mineral water and soft drinks Garant LLC, which was the…
24.03.2020
Sergei Bakeshin has commented for RBC on the conflict of two defence enterprises
The Commercial Court of St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region refused to approve PJSC Zvezda's claim to declare null and void a contract with Kingisepp Machine-Building Plant (KMZ) on the manufacture of engines for small missile ships of project 22800 Karakurt. “The court concluded that the contract was valid, and KMZ will be able to demand the…
11.03.2020