Three Maxima Legal experts were recognised by the city-wide Rating of Lawyers of Vecherniy Sankt-Peterburg newspaper
Vecherniy Sankt-Petersburg newspaper summarised the results of its first city-wide Rating of Lawyers. Maxim Ali, Partner at Maxima Legal, won in the main nomination – "Best Lawyer". The recognition of the rating was also given to Dmitry Uryakin, Senior Associate at Maxima Legal, and Ekaterina Abakumova, Advocate at Private Wealth practice at…
19.05.2023
Kommersant Publishing House has confirmed Maxima Legal's expertise in 42 nominations of its own legal ranking
Kommersant Publishing House has published the results of its own annual survey of legal business in Russia. Maxima Legal has confirmed its reputation as one of the leading domestic legal advisors by receiving recognition in 42 rating categories. In particular, the ranking included the company in its list of recommended law firms in 15 categories…
05.04.2023
Dmitry Uryakin analysed for AG the position of the Supreme Court on the recovery of lost profits in case of intellectual property rights infringement
Chanel SARL and Christian Dior Couture S.A. - the right holders of the Chanel and Christian Dior trademarks, respectively, filed a lawsuit to recover from individual entrepreneur Olga Prudnikova the loss of profit in the amount of RUB 125.5 thousand. According to the plaintiffs, the losses were caused by the defendant's sale of counterfeit goods…
14.02.2023
Maxim Ali has explained the practical aspects of implementing the new requirements of the personal data legislation at SPIBA webinar
The Human Resources Committee of the St Petersburg International Business Association (SPIBA) held a webinar "Overview of key changes in labour legislation and practice for HR". During the event association`s experts discussed changes in labour and migration legislation, new rules for employee reduction, specifics of remote work from abroad and a…
31.01.2023
Anastasia Samusenko assessed for Forbes Russia the chances of recovering about $100,000 in salary arrears from a foreign startup
The American educational platform StudyFree, which helps students to enrol in foreign universities with a scholarship, has found itself at the centre of a scandal: the service's team accused its founder, Russian Daria Kroshkina, of failing to pay salaries, the amount of which had reached $100,000 by January 2023. All employees worked on a…
24.01.2023
Maxim Ali has analysed for Delovoy Peterburg an attempt by Polysan pharmaceutical company to ban a competitor from bringing an identical drug to market
A dispute between Polysan Scientific and Technical Pharmaceutical Firm, on the one hand, and Grotex LLC and the Ministry of Health, on the other hand, ended in the Commercial Court of Moscow. "Polysan requested that Grotex (Solopharm brand) be prohibited from marketing Flatocin and the Ministry of Health from registering the drug. According to the…
14.11.2022
Maxim Ali told Forbes whether the future of Bookmate, Individuum and Popcorn Books in Russia will be affected by their affiliation with foreign-agent media
At the end of October, the Ministry of Justice declared the owner of the Bookmate book service, Irish Bookmate Limited, the former CEO of its Russian division Andrei Baev, and Alexei Dokuchaev, the CEO of Individuum and Popcorn Books, whose majority shares were also owned by the parent foreign brand, to be foreign-agent media. According to book…
10.11.2022
Maxim Ali helped Kommersant understand what a high alert mode means for data centres and communication networks
On 19 October, the Southern and Central Federal Districts of the country introduced a high alert mode involving, among other things, "the imposition of control over communications and communication, computing centres and automated systems". This could affect the operation of critical information infrastructure, including communication networks and…
21.10.2022
Sergei Bakeshin has commented on the presidential decree introducing basic preparedness levels in a number of regions
St Petersburg has been included in the list of Russian regions where, the level of basic preparedness has become effective since 20 October 2022 by a decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin. As part of the security measures, an operational headquarter under Alexander Beglov, the Governor of St Petersburg, is to ensure widespread strengthening…
21.10.2022
Maxim Avrashkov has explained to Delovoy Peterburg the pricing of dispute resolution
The geopolitical situation, which has changed dramatically over the last six months, has affected all sectors of the economy. One of the key factors affecting the legal services market has been the withdrawal of foreign business from Russia. This has led to the almost complete disappearance of the high-cost sector, which was predominantly handled…
20.09.2022