Maxim Ali has criticised a bill to resolve consumer disputes online
A bill introducing the order of online pre-court settlement of consumer disputes has been submitted to the State Duma of the Russian Federation. The document proposes to create a separate service of a public service portal. The service will provide the processes of presentation, review and settlement of disputes arising from the purchase and sale…
02.04.2021
Maxim Ali has named for the Russian Agency for Legal and Judicial Information the main outcomes of 2020 for Russia's legal business
The events of the past year were unprecedented in the recent history: internal self-isolation and international quarantine, political crises in most leading countries and the fall of all financial markets, the radicalization of public initiatives and significant changes in legislation. Maxim Ali, partner at Maxima Legal, spoke specifically for the…
22.03.2021
The World Bank has thanked Maxima Legal lawyers for contributing to Doing Business 2021 research
The World Bank Group which annually jointly with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) issues Doing Business research thanked Maksim Avrashkov and Sergei Bakeshin for their input in preparation of the Russian part of the report in 2020. In particular, the World Bank team underlined the importance of Maxima Legal experts' knowledge and…
19.03.2021
Maxim Ali has revealed to the Vedomosti the key trends in Russian legal market
The coronavirus pandemic has strengthened trends in the Russian legal services market. For example, firms that retained the resources to bring in new staff have gained an advantage. "They were able to bring in new lawyers at no extra cost, even if the lawyers had previously worked for a higher-level competitor," Maxim Ali, partner at Maxima Legal,…
19.03.2021
Kommersant Publishing House confirms Maxima Legal's expertise in 34 nominations of its own legal rating
Kommersant Publishing House has published its own annual research of legal business in Russia. According to the results, Maxima Legal has confirmed its reputation of one of the leading legal advisors in Russia with 34 rating nominations. In particular, the Kommersant has included the company in its list of recommended law firms in 13 practice…
17.03.2021
Maxima Legal is again among the accredited legal service providers of MRSK Severo-Zapada PJSC
Maxima Legal has successfully passed the preliminary qualification round for the right to provide legal services to MRSK Severo-Zapada PJSC. As part of the open tender, the company scored the maximum score on 9 out of 10 criteria confirming the legal experience, business reputation and…
12.03.2021
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