Sergei Bakeshin has commented on the insolvency of Ulmart for RBC
LLC Ulmarket, the company to which in 2017 the owners of Ulmart transferred all operating activities, has filed for insolvency. In 2019, against the backdrop of a persistent drop in turnover, the online retailer owed suppliers more than half a billion roubles. The Head of the Dispute Resolution and Insolvency practice at Maxima Legal, Sergei…
13.01.2020
Sergei Bakeshin has clarified the financial situation around a company managing a number of supermarkets
The company Intertorg, which is behind the SPAR and Narodnaya 7Ya Semya retail chains in St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, has gone into liquidation. According to the commercial court, almost 400 claims totalling over 5.6 billion roubles have already been filed against the company. Market players estimate that the retailer's debt to…
09.01.2020
Sergei Bakeshin has commented for RBC on the liquidation of one of the legal entities of a company following a tax conflict
Officers from the Federal Security Service and the Tax Inspectorate for large taxpayers carried out an audit of the activities of company LLC GPK Land, which is in the process of being liquidated. According to Fontanka.ru, the audit is related to alleged underpayment of taxes in the amount of about 600 million roubles. “According to media reports,…
25.12.2019
Maxima Legal has been accredited by the Russian Direct Investment Fund
Maxima Legal announces that it has successfully completed the pre-qualification process for the right to provide legal advice to the Russian Direct Investment Fund. Following an open tender, the firm has been included in the panel of legal advisors for the next two years, until 10 December 2021.
25.12.2019
Sergei Bakeshin has commented for Novy Propsekt on the trial between the city administration and a land tenant
Primorsk Trade Company LLC has won a commercial case against the Property Relations Committee. The state institution "Property of St. Petersburg" sought to recover from a small enterprise almost 2 million roubles for non-compliance with the terms of a lease of a land plot, in particular, unauthorised construction of trading pavilions. However, the…
18.12.2019
Sergei Bakeshin has commented for RBC on the requirements of the law on civil servants
St Petersburg Governor, Alexander Beglov, proposed the appointment of a former Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation, Maxim Sokolov, to the post of vice-governor to take charge of transport infrastructure, investment policy and tourism. The candidate is widely known in the business community of the city as the co-founder of the elite…
16.12.2019
Sergei Bakeshin has evaluated for Novy Prospect the issues of contesting tenders for the privatisation of land
The Ministry of Economic Development has amended Resolution number 860, which regulates the procedure for conducting privatisation sales through a public offer. The new law allows participants to bid in an open auction. According to the Head of the Dispute Resolution and Insolvency practice at Maxima Legal, Sergei Bakeshin, the new law “can be…
10.12.2019
Pravo.ru-300 has highly rated all of Maxima Legal’s practice areas
On 5 December, the results of the main Russian rating agency, Pravo.ru-300, were announced. According to the results of the study, Maxima Legal almost doubled its presence in the ranking, becoming one of the strongest law firms in 11 areas of legal support – with each of the firm's practices being included. Under the regional ratings, Maxima Legal…
06.12.2019
Sergei Bakeshin has provided his comments to RBC on a conflict around a construction site on Petrograd Island
Deputies from the Legislative Assembly of St Petersburg have found a new way to deal with the Akvilon-Invest holding, which plans to build a residential building on Lodeynopolskaya Street. Previously the deputies announced that the site on which the building is being built is a green zone. The Supreme Court overturned this decision and asked that…
05.12.2019
Sergei Bakeshin has talked with Delovoy Peterburg about the main trends of 2019 in the field of insolvency
Among the latest emerging trends of the outgoing year in insolvency is the restriction on the right of creditors affiliated with the debtor to nominate an arbitration manager. The practice is aimed at ensuring impartiality of the arbitration manager and protecting the rights of independent creditors. As Sergei Bakeshin, Head of Dispute Resolution…
04.12.2019