Sergei Bakeshin has analysed a dispute on the seizure of property owned by spouses

The Commercial Court of the Moscow District upheld the decision of the Arbitration Court of Appeal, which denied the use of interim measures to seize money from the spouse of a debtor who had incurred subsidiary liability, and refused to ban the registration of real estate and vehicles in the name of the spouse. The refusal was motivated by the…


vc.ru has quoted Sergei Bakeshin in an article on the possible closure of the Ulmart online store

The online publication for businesses, startups, innovations, marketing, vc.ru has reported that in the near future the internet retailer Ulmart may cease trading. In 2019, against the background of a constant drop in turnover and revenue, Ulmart owed suppliers more than half a billion roubles. In the winter of 2020, the Commercial Court of St…


Sergei Bakeshin has spoken with RBC about the consequences of transferring a stake in a trust

The new chairman of the Committee on Industrial Policy, Innovation and Trade of St Petersburg, Kirill Soloveichik, transferred his business assets in a trust to the President of the St Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Yuri Burchakov. As Sergei Bakeshin, Head of the Dispute Resolution and Insolvency practice at Maxima Legal, explained…


Sergei Bakeshin has commented for RBC on the forced hospitalisation of a suspected coronavirus

The Petrogradsky District Court of St Petersburg upheld the claims of the city’s Chief State Sanitary Officer for the forced hospitalisation of a patient who could have contradicted the coronavirus; however, the defendant’s lawyer intends to appeal the decision. “The court in each case must assess the validity of claims, the level of danger to…


In Delovoy Peterburg Sergei Bakeshin has written a column on possible changes to bankruptcy legislation

In the near future the Russian Parliament plans to consider a number of amendments to the law on bankruptcy of individuals. At the request of Delovoy Peterburg, the Head of the Dispute Resolution and Insolvency practice at Maxima Legal, Sergei Bakeshin, spoke about the draft law and its possible consequences. “The need to introduce a simplified…


Out of debt to get to zero. About the extrajudicial bankruptcy of citizens // Delovoy Peterburg – February 2020

In the near future the Russian Parliament plans to consider a number of amendments to the law on bankruptcy of individuals. At the request of Delovoy Peterburg, the Head of the Dispute Resolution and Insolvency practice at Maxima Legal, Sergei Bakeshin, spoke about the draft law and its possible consequences. Out of debt to get to zero. About the…


Sergei Bakeshin has talked with Kommersant about the trends in the Russian insolvency market in recent years

One of the outcomes of 2019 in the construction market of the Leningrad Region was a surge in the number of developers being declared insolvent. Even large companies fell under the knife, the financial difficulties which were not widely known a couple of years ago. According to Sergei Bakeshin, Head of the Dispute Resolution and Insolvency…


Sergei Bakeshin has assessed the effectiveness of seizure of Intertorg property in a case with Sberbank

The Commercial Court of St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region seized the property of Trading House Intertorg, which managed the Spar and Narodnaya 7ya Semya retail chains. Interim measures apply to movable and immovable property of the company and rights to it, as well as to funds in accounts for about 500 million roubles. The initiator of the…


Sergei Bakeshin has provided his comments to RBC on Sberbank’s intention to petition for the insolvency of a large agricultural holding in the north-west of Russia

Sberbank intends to petition for the insolvency of a large producer of pork GK Agroholding Pulkovsky, which includes two enterprises in the Leningrad and one in the Novgorod region. The reason for the financial claims were debts on a loan. “Probably Sberbank is trying to restructure the company's debt, especially since it has pledged shares in the…


Sergei Bakeshin has commented to RBC on the insolvency of the management company of the Spar and Narodnaya 7ya Semya chains 

The total value of claims against the liquidated Intertorg Trading House, which managed the Spar and Narodnaya 7ya Semya chains in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, has reached almost 15 billion roubles. The largest lender to the retailer, Sberbank, filed several claims for a total amount of 8.1 billion roubles, as well as claims for…