Kirill Katkov commented for Pravo.ru on the Supreme Court of Russia case regarding reduction of environmental impact fees

At the end of July, the Supreme Court of Russia will hear a case concerning the application of a reduction coefficient by JSC "Severnoye Mashinostroitelnoye Predpriyatie" (Severodvinsk Machine-Building Enterprise, Sevmash) when calculating fees for negative environmental impact.…


Konstantin Boytsov commented for NSP.RU on the draft law concerning the advocate monopoly

During the SPIEF-2025, Russian Minister of Justice Konstantin Chuychenko announced the draft law "On Advocate Practice and the Bar in the Russian Federation". If adopted, only advocates will be permitted to represent the interests of individuals and businesses…


Maxima Legal is among top firms in Pravo.ru’s 2025 Corporate Law research

The analytical team at Pravo.ru has conducted an extensive study of the Russian corporate legal market, examining 2,692 corporate law projects completed between January 2024 and April 2025, with a combined value of RUB 97.9 trillion. The data was provided by 94 leading law firms. Maxima Legal has been recognised as one of Russia’s top-performing…


Maxima Legal was again recognised by Pravo.ru in the national ranking of lithigators

Based on a nationwide statistical survey of the litigation market, Pravo.ru has once again included Maxima Legal among the best teams in the field of litigation. The firm was listed among 45 recommended regional firms, ranking 10th in total claim amount, 11th in number of cases, and 15th in average claim amount.…


Kommersant Publishing House has included Maxima Legal in the list of leaders of the legal market in Russia-2025

Kommersant Publishing House has published the results of its own annual survey of the legal business in Russia. Maxima Legal has confirmed its reputation as one of the leading domestic legal consultants, having been recognised in 25 rating categories, 18 of which are in the 1st band of the survey. It should be noted that Kommersant has included…


Novy Prospect and Mashnews quoted Dmitry Uryakin's commentary on the corporate conflict in the fish farming industry

A corporate conflict is gaining momentum at Organicheskiy Rost (Organic Growth) company, that develops large fish farms in the Leningrad and Murmansk regions. In particular, Victoria Bykova, a blogger and an co-owner of the company, has filed a lawsuit to invalidate the decision of the extraordinary general meeting of participants on the early…


Kirill Katkov has commented for Novy Prospect on Yandex's disputes with a Swiss company over the Ultima brand

Yandex is trying to have the Ultima trademark cancelled in Russia through the courts. The brand is registered to Ultima Capital, a Swiss luxury housing operator, which is engaged in leasing elite residences, chalets and villas in Switzerland, France and Greece. The Ultima brand is used by Yandex for Yandex Go luxury taxis, food delivery from…


Pravo-300 rating included Maxima Legal team in the list of recommended lawyers for the sixth time

Pravo-300, the key Russian legal rating, has published individual recommendations of lawyers practising in various areas of law. According to the results of the research for 2024, personal recognition in 11 nominations was given to 9 Maxima Legal lawyers who played a leading role in the firm's most highly rated projects for the period from…


Dmitry Uryakin analysed for Delovoy Petersburg the situation with corporate conflicts in St. Petersburg

The editors of Delovoy Petersburg asked experts to assess the situation with corporate conflicts in St. Petersburg in 2024. According to Dmitry Uryakin, Senior Associate and Head of Corporate Law Practice at Maxima Legal, there was no growth or decline in the number of corporate conflicts last year. ‘Since September last year, court fees have…


Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District Commercial Court rules in Favor of Maxima Legal's client in recovery of unpaid eurobond coupon income from JSC "GTLK" for bonds held in foreign depository

Sergei Bakeshin, Senior Counsel and Head of Dispute Resolution & Insolvency Practice at Maxima Legal, convinced the court that JSC "GTLK" as a Russian legal entity with obligations related to eurobonds issued by its foreign subsidiary must fulfill these obligations not only to holders whose rights are recorded in Russian…