Sergei Bakeshin commented to Novy Prospect the bankruptcy of Pulkovskiy Agroholding

According to the Unified Federal Register of Bankruptcy Information, the property of Pulkovskiy Agroholding undergoing bankruptcy proceedings has been valued. The value of assets and receivables amounted to 122m and 5.5m, respectively. It should be noted that at the beginning of this year the plans to buy out the agricultural holding were…


Sergei Bakeshin commented for DP the nationalisation of Bronka port

In the beginning of December, the Russian government registered ownership of 100% of shares in Phoenix LLC, which manages the port of Bronka. It should be noted that in June, the Nikulinsky District Court of Moscow satisfied the suit of the Prosecutor General's Office against the owners of the port on the Finnish Bay for nationalisation of its…


Nikita Deynega helped Pravo.ru to make a list of the Supreme Court's major economic decisions for 2021

The Pravo.ru portal has prepared a publication in which lawyers talked about what they consider to be the most important economic decisions of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation in 2021. One of them was the ruling in case No. A76-8895/2019. In this process, the actions of a lender who had made repairs to the premises they were renting…


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…


Sergei Bakeshin analysed for Delovoy Peterburg the impact of the tendency for courts to extend beneficiary rights on bankruptcy practices

In 2017 "Financial company "Priscels"" LLC was announced insolvent. As part of this process, the bankruptcy manager applied for subsidiary liability against the debtor's controlling parties (DCP), including the organisation's director Mikhail Kokurin. Kokurin lodged a counter-complaint against the manager's actions which, according to the…


Sergei Bakeshin commented for Novy Prospect the end of bankruptcy proceedings against "First Furniture Factory - Alno" LLC

On 17th of November 2021 bankruptcy proceedings against "First Furniture Factory - Alno" LLC were terminated. The Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region established that there were no indications of intentional or fabricated bankruptcy of the company, and also confirmed that the bankruptcy manager had followed all the…


Sergei Bakeshin commented for Novy Prospect the amicable settlement in Sevkabel's bankruptcy case

The Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region has approved an amicable settlement in the insolvency case of Sevkabel Production Company LLC. The company's debts will be repaid by the plant's investor, STK Group LLC, part of the Akron Holding group of companies. The total debt of the plant exceeded 5.5 billion roubles, the main…


Nikita Deynega commented for Vot-tak.tv the problem of defining the type of assets for the taxation purposes

Over the past few years, the number of cases involving the definition of the type of property has increased in Russian court practice. The situation is caused by a difference in the interpretation of objects as movable or immovable property by tax authorities and business representatives. It should be reminded that from 2019 only immovable…


Anastasia Samusenko analysed for RBC+ the situation with corporate disputes in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

According to the reports of investment company A1 and Skolkovo Moscow School of Management, the level of conflict in the business environment in Russia in the second quarter of 2021 exceeded the values of the past four years. Specially for RBC+ Petersburg, Anastasia Samusenko, Associate at Maxima Legal, assessed the current situation and trends in…


Anastasia Samusenko commented for DP the attempt of LOMO co-owner to challenge the sale of the Neva resort in Sochi

Vasiliy Ilyichev, owner of a 25.1% share in LOMO, has filed a lawsuit requesting the court to invalidate the purchase and sale agreement for the Neva resort, which was previously owned by the company. The 458-bed rehabilitation and health centre located in Sochi was purchased by Megapolis-Invest Management Company LLC in September 2020. The…