Alina Kalinskova has commented for Vot Tak TV on the law on remote work
On January 1, 2021, the law on remote work came into force in Russia. The act allows an employer to conclude an agreement with an employee on remote work, temporary remote work and combined remote work involving part-time employment in an office and at home. At the same time, employers are obliged to provide employees with everything necessary for…
18.01.2021
Konstantin Boytsov has explained for the Kommersant how changes of territorial planning documents effect on construction permits
The Committee of a town-planning policy of the Leningrad region has approved new land use and development rules of Murino town. A land plot on which Renta Invest developer has planned to build a restaurant complex was changed its allowable use by a new edition of the document. The implementation of 200 million rubles project is on hold now. А…
12.01.2021
Maxim Ali has provided his comments to the Novy Prospect on the prospects of Russian legal market in 2021
Maxim Ali, Partner at Maxima Legal, has shared with the Novy Prospect online edition his vision of the development of the Russian legal services market in 2021 "The pandemic affects the legal market in different ways, and it's quite difficult to predict which factors will take over. On the one hand the economic situation is very difficult.…
11.01.2021
Sergei Bakeshin has commented for the Novy Prospect on statistics on the liquidation of companies in 2020
According to Rosstat (Federal State Statistic Service), for 10 months of 2020 in Russia 444.79 thousand enterprises and organizations were officially liquidated, which is 23% more than in the same period of 2019 and 2.3 times more than the newly registered companies. The dynamics for St Petersburg is also negative. According to the Unified…
28.12.2020
Maxima Legal has expanded its presence in the key national rating, Pravo.ru-300, and has entered into the top-5 law firms with the largest number of industry awards
On December 4, the results of the main Russian ranking of law firms, Pravo.ru-300, were announced. According to the results of the research, Maxima Legal once again confirmed the high level of expertise of all the firm's practices and collected 14 industry awards. "The annual confirmation of our team's expertise by the Pravo.ru - 300 rating is a…
07.12.2020
The Delovoy Peterburg has traditionally mentioned Maxima Legal in its annual Rating of Lawyers
The Delovoy Peterburg newspaper, a key business publication in northwest Russia, has published the results of its own annual legal rating, in which the newspaper and market players select the best legal advisers in the city. In 2020, Senior Associate, Head of Dispute Resolution & Insolvency Practices at Maxima Legal Sergei Bakeshin has become…
23.11.2020
Olga Novinskaya has outlined the prospects of consumer extremism of covid-dissidents for the DP
The first process on a new type of consumer extremism may start in St Petersburg. A man without a mask refused to be served in a store, and now he demands financial compensation for moral damages, appealing to the law on consumer protection. It should be noted that similar cases have already been considered by the courts of other regions that…
11.11.2020
Sergei Bakeshin has commented for the Kommersant on the attempt of the Government of the Leningrad region to increase the penalties for garbage disposal in improper places
The Government of the Leningrad region proposed to increase fines for waste disposal in improper places. The penalty amount now is up to 7 thousand rubles for individuals and up to 700 thousand rubles for businesses. The draft of the regional law imposes sanctions of up to 100 thousand and 1,5 million rubles respectively. According to the idea of…
29.10.2020
Natalia Diatlova has commented for Pravo.ru on the specifics of personnel recruitment in the legal field
Pravo.ru in cooperation with Russian law firm partners has considered problems of selection of employees in the legal sphere. The experts have analysed the reasons for difficulties in personnel search both on the part of job seekers and employers, took into account the peculiarities of hiring both young and experienced specialists. They also…
07.09.2020
Sergei Bakeshin told the DP about the weaknesses of the "coronavirus" laws
During the Coronavirus pandemic all levels of state authorises adopted a lot of new quarantine`s regulation rules and restrictions. Due to the remote nature of the preparation of the legal documents and the rush to draft and adopt them, the new laws were characterised by a large number of inaccuracies, vague wording and the possibility of…
18.08.2020