Maxima Legal is organising a seminar titled ‘Risks to the owners of foreign companies. Corporate veil or amnesty of capital. Which one to choose?’
Maxima Legal and GSL are organising a joint seminar titled ‘Risks to the owners of foreign companies. Corporate veil or amnesty of capital. Which one to choose?’. As part of the event, the Head of the Insolvency Practice at Maxima Legal, Sergey Bakeshin will talk about one of the options of ‘lifting the corporate veil’, which provides for the…
16.05.2018
Sergey Bakeshin has considered the lawfulness of blocking IP addresses connected with Telegram
On 13 April the Tagansky court in Moscow issued a judgement on the blocking of popular messaging app Telegram for its refusal to provide the de-encryption codes for its users’ correspondence to the FSB. Due to the nature of the app’s architectural, attempts by Roskomnadzor to restrict access to it has resulted in almost 20 million IP addresses of…
24.04.2018
Sergey Bakeshin on the so-called zero insolvency procedure in Delovoy Peterburg
Delovoy Peterburg has published an article about a presentation given by the Head of the Commercial and Dispute Resolution Practice at Maxima Legal, Sergey Bakeshin, at the conference Insolvency 2018. Sergey’s presentation was on the so-called zero insolvency procedure about the opportunities to petition and judicial outcomes, as well as on the…
19.04.2018
Maxima Legal has strengthened its rating in The Legal 500
Independent international rating agency for leading law firms, the Legal 500 has included Maxima Legal in its list of recommended law firms in three categories. The editors of the rating included Maxima Legal in the category of Private Client, giving a high assessment of the firm’s advisory services for succession planning, personal investment and…
12.04.2018
Sergey Bakeshin has commented on the insolvency of an agricultural holding
Canadian supplier of agricultural products, Ronald A. Chisholm Limited has petitioned for the insolvency of OOO Kontsern Pulkovsky, which owns three pig farms in the Leningrad and Novgorod regions. Both companies include Nathan Hunt in their management. As part of an article for Delovoy Peterburg, Senior Associate and Head of the Dispute…
29.03.2018
Sergey Bakeshin has taken part in the Insolvency 2018 conference
On 21 March, Delovoy Peterburg together with Fedresurs, Interfax and the International Insolvency Institute organised the second regional academic and professional conference Insolvency 2018. Senior Associate, Head of the Corporate and Dispute Resolution Practices at Maxima Legal, Sergey Bakeshin gave a speech as part of the session titled ‘Court…
22.03.2018
Sergey Bakeshin has been included in a ranking of the top three St Petersburg lawyers for winter 2017/18
Delovoy Peterburg has published the results of its ranking ‘Lawyers of the Season. Winter 2017/18’. Senior Associate and Head of the Dispute Resolution Practice at Maxima Legal, Sergey Bakeshin has been included in the Disputes category. Sergey came in third place with his case on protecting the interests of a client in a dispute over the…
22.03.2018
Sergey Bakeshin has provided his comments to Delovoy Peterburg about the trends and forecasts for insolvency and restructuring
Business newspaper, Delovoy Peterburg has published an article with forecasts for the legal market. Representatives from the legal sector in insolvency and restructuring gave their projections that a clearing of petitions for technical insolvency filed ‘as a preventive measure’ will take place, since, according to Sergey Bakeshin, Senior…
08.02.2018
Maxima Legal leaded a business breakfast on issues of directors and beneficiaries incurring personal liability for the debts of companies
On 6 February, Maxima Legal leaded a business breakfast titled ‘Guilty without guilt or we are all in this together. New rules on directors and beneficiaries incurring personal liability for the debts of companies’. In the summer of 2017, new sections were added to Russian insolvency law that dramatically changed the procedures for individuals…
06.02.2018
Sergey Bakeshin has provided his comments to Pravo.ru on the dispute involving Trust bank
Website Pravo.ru has prepared an overview of the cases being considered by the Supreme Court this week. Among the cases is an appeal involving the Trust bank and the payment of the holders of credit notes. Credit notes (certificates issued in subordinated debts) are securities made by a foreign company that issued subordinated loans to the bank.…
27.12.2017