Leonid Filanovsky shared with LIA his opinion on the impact of the prosecutor's involvement in civil proceedings on the court's decision

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that the prosecutor's position in an employment or other civil law dispute does not prejudge the court's findings and does not violate the equality of the parties. The judgment was made in an appeal by Anastasia Kramareva, who tried to litigate against her termination of employment. The public…


Forbes has included Maxima Legal in its list of firms recommended for HNW-clients

Based on the results of its own analysis of the market of law firms practicing in the field of protection of interests of HNW-clients, Forbes Russia magazine has included Maxima Legal into the list of the recommended firms in 4 areas of legal support: Conflict Resolution Crisis Management - Subsidiary Liability Involvement Criminal Defence…


Maxima Legal has expanded its presence on the Pravo.ru-300 rating and entered top-4 law firms by the total number of industry awards and top-7 by the number of first level awards

On December, 2 the results of  the key Russian rating of law firms, Pravo.ru-300, were published. Maxima Legal has once again proved the high level of expertise of its practice areas and collected a total of 18 industry awards, a third of which were "gold". It should be noted, that the firm entered TOP-7 of legal advisers by the…


Maxima Legal is once again included in the top 100 law firms in Russia

For the second time in a row, the editorial board of White Square Journal included Maxima Legal in its rating of the top 100 law firms in Russia. The ranking is based on an analysis of revenues, company performance, the number of competent professionals, as well as client loyalty levels. To learn about the rating and its methodology please visit…


International ranking of Best Lawyers has ranked 8 Maxima Legal lawyers in 20 areas of law

Best Lawyers, the oldest international ranking, has presented its annual list of Russian lawyers recommended in various areas of law. 8 Maxima Legal experts, providing legal support in 20 different areas, received professional recognition. Maxim Avrashkov, Managing Partner and Head of General Business Law Practice, was once again ranked as one of…


Leonid Filanovskiy told Kommersant newspaper about theliberalization of judicial practice in relation to economic crimes

The Russian presidents have taken the initiative to partially decriminalise economic crimes since 2008. Moreover, 16 federal laws have been adopted between 2009 and 2019. The Acts have established a special regime for economic crimes and offences. However, Leonid Filanovsky, Partner and Head of  Criminal Law Practice at Maxima Legal,…


Maxima Legal has supported Global Legal Run 2021 charity run

Maxima Legal has traditionally participated in Legal Run charity run, which was once again held in a flashmob format due to the extension of restrictions on public events because of the pandemic. From 22 May to 1 June, the event was supported by more than 100 Russian and foreign law firms, raising about 3 million rubles to help the wards of …


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.…


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…


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…