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…
01.12.2021
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…
26.11.2021
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…
23.11.2021
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…
22.11.2021
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…
18.11.2021
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…
15.11.2021
Maxim Ali had assessed judicial prospects for priority patenting of "anticoronavirus" inventions
In April 2020, the Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) launched a pilot programme to give priority to applications for "anti-coronavirus" inventions. Thus, Rospatent had already granted more than 300 such patents by September 2021. However, according to Maxim Ali, Partner and Head of IP/IT practice at Maxima Legal, this pandemic…
03.11.2021
Maxim Ali told "Delovoy Petersburg" how the company can protect its trademark
"Delovoy Petersburg" prepared aт article in which representatives of law firms shared their opinions on the most effective ways to protect trademarks from unfair use by competitors. Thus, Maxim Ali, Partner, Head of Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law practice at Maxima Legal, considers an effective way to appeal to the Federal…
29.09.2021
Konstantin Boytsov analysed for Novy Prospect problems with registration of property rights in the Leningrad region due to the establishment of restricted zones for military facilities
Owners of dacha plots in the Gatchina and Lomonosov districts of Leningrad region have faced refusals from Rossreestr to register their property rights due to its location in restricted zones of military facilities. The grounds for the refusals are Order No. 472 of the Ministry of Defense, according to which zones with special conditions of use…
21.09.2021
Dmitry Uryakin analysed for Novy Prospect the situation with countrfeit toys in Russia
South Korean company ROI VISUAL, which owns the rights to the trademark of Robokar Poli (a children's cartoon series), has filed lawsuits against 11 individual entrepreneurs from St Petersburg who sell toys. The amounts of claims range from 10,000 to 120,000 rubles. Since 2019, the company has been actively fighting against the distribution of…
08.09.2021