Maxim Ali has commented on the dispute over illegal copying of Rosneft trademarks.

Since 2014 the dispute between Rosneft Oil Company and the owner of TTK Rosneft Altai gas stations over the illegal use of trademarks protecting the design of Rosneft gas stations has been going.  The owner of TTK Rosneft Altai gas stations copied the color scheme and names used by Rosneft Oil Company. The Federal Antimonopoly Service of the…


Sergei Bakeshin has commented on claims against the St Petersburg Department of the Interior Ministry in the amount of 1.3 billion rubles

Megasnab-service LLC, one of the defendants in the criminal case of a fraud, which was initiated by the police in 2013, sent to the Arbitration Court 13 claims against the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region. The plaintiff demands compensation for the damage caused by his version during the…


Maxima Legal got the National Bank TRUST preliminary qualification

Maxima Legal confirmed the team`s high level in sphere of Litigation and was included by the National Bank TRUST to the list of qualified counterparties which will be inviting to participate in the procurement of legal services in this area. Among the key requirements for pre-selection were such as factors as the integrity of the company, the…


Litigation team members at Maxima Legal have commented on the biggest lawsuits of the week for the Delovoy Peterburg

The Delovoy Peterburg newspaper has published a review of the largest lawsuits of the week with explanatory notes of Maxima Legal experts. In particular, Dmitry Uryakin, associate at Maxima Legal's Dispute Resolution and Bankruptcy Practice, commented on claims from Power Machines PJSC to Lonas Tekhnologiya JSC for 1.2 billion rubles each. Lonas…


Sergei Bakeshin has commented for the Kommersant on the loan from a former Russian minister on the construction of a port terminal

Artem Begun, a one of the participants of the Universally Transshipment Complex Primorsky LLC, pledged his share to the former Minister of Information Technology and Communications of the Russian Federation Leonid Reiman as security for a loan received by the company for one year with the possibility of renewal. The business partners decided to…


Maxim Ali commented for the Kommersant on the appeal of St Petersburg shopping centers to the local subsidiary Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation

Administrations of major St Petersburg shopping centers requested the Federal Antimonopoly Service in St Petersburg  (UFAS) to check the ban on the activity of shopping centers for compliance with the antimonopoly legislation. The initiators of the appeal believe that the continuing ban on activities puts shopping centers in unequal conditions…


Sergei Bakeshin commented for the Novy Prospekt on the consideration by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation a claim to determine the boundaries of the monument on the Okhta cape

On July 9, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation began a consideration of claims to the Ministry of Culture of Russian Federation with the demand to invalidate the order on inclusion of the Swedish fortress "Nienshants" on the Okhta cape in St Petersburg in the register of cultural heritage objects. The claim was filed by several plaintiffs,…


Maxim Ali has commented on the possibility of the Supreme Court suing Facebook in Russia

The Supreme Court cancelled the decisions of lower courts, which refused to consider a lawsuit from Russian users against Facebook. The Court emphasized that the dispute concerns the collection of personal data, the blocking and deletion of personal accounts and issues around the use of the social network. Maxima Ali, Head of IP/IT Practice at…


Sergei Bakeshin has commented on the public procurement of PPE for the RBC

The Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia filed a case on the grounds of violation of antitrust laws in relation to St Petersburg Hospital for War Veterans. The reason for the case was the publication by a number of media outlets about the purchase of 500,000 disposable medical protective suits from a single supplier - a newly created advertising…


Sergei Bakeshin has commented on a dispute for the double recovery of funds in favour of the Federal Tax Service

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation will consider a dispute on the double recovery of funds from the director of a company in favour of the Federal Tax Service, first as part of a civil lawsuit for tax evasion, then as part of subsidiary liability. As the Head of the Dispute Resolution and Insolvency practice at Maxima Legal, Sergei…