Sergei Bakeshin has commented to Delovoy Peterburg on measures to support business
On Wednesday, 25 March, the Russian President addressed the nation regarding the spread of the coronavirus. The President announced measures to support small and medium-sized businesses, the key ones of which were commented on by Senior Associate, Sergei Bakeshin, for Delovoy Peterburg. According to Sergei a delay in payment of all social fees and…
30.03.2020
Sergei Bakeshin has provided his comments to Fontanka.ru on a bill that tightens the liability for violation of Russian lockdown rules
State Duma Speaker, Vyacheslav Volodin, and United Russia MP, Pavel Krasheninnikov, have prepared and submitted to the Russian State Duma a bill that introduces administrative and criminal liability for violating the quarantine regime and other lockdown rules. The amendments introduce fines ranging from 500 thousand to 1 million roubles or…
26.03.2020
Sergei Bakeshin has commented on an attempt by the creditors of Trading House Intertorg LLC to change an administrator
The largest creditors of TD Intertorg LLC, which developed the Semya and Spar chain stores in St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, are trying to appeal against the appointment of Sergey Bezrukikh as administrator by the court. The candidacy was proposed by the Moscow supplier of juice, mineral water and soft drinks Garant LLC, which was the…
24.03.2020
Maxima Legal lawyers have assessed the probability of recognition of the current situation as force majeure for defence contracts
For the publication Novyy Oboronnyy Zakaz. Strategii, Maxima Legal lawyers considered whether an increase in the exchange rate and the coronavirus pandemic can serve as a legal basis for the non-performance of contracts, including defence industry orders. Alina Kalinskova, an Associate at Maxima Legal, noted that the current regulations do not…
24.03.2020
Sergei Bakeshin has commented for RBC on the conflict of two defence enterprises
The Commercial Court of St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region refused to approve PJSC Zvezda's claim to declare null and void a contract with Kingisepp Machine-Building Plant (KMZ) on the manufacture of engines for small missile ships of project 22800 Karakurt. “The court concluded that the contract was valid, and KMZ will be able to demand the…
11.03.2020
Sergei Bakeshin has analysed a dispute on the seizure of property owned by spouses
The Commercial Court of the Moscow District upheld the decision of the Arbitration Court of Appeal, which denied the use of interim measures to seize money from the spouse of a debtor who had incurred subsidiary liability, and refused to ban the registration of real estate and vehicles in the name of the spouse. The refusal was motivated by the…
03.03.2020
Maxim Ali has assessed for RBC the prospect of using insolvency in relation to the violation of intellectual property rights
Two years ago, the British company Entertainment One UK Limited, which owns the rights to the characters in the animated series “Masked Heroes” through the court, won more than 1 million rubles in compensation for the illegal use of its images. However, Baltic Circus, which violated the intellectual property rights, is still evading payments, and…
28.02.2020
vc.ru has quoted Sergei Bakeshin in an article on the possible closure of the Ulmart online store
The online publication for businesses, startups, innovations, marketing, vc.ru has reported that in the near future the internet retailer Ulmart may cease trading. In 2019, against the background of a constant drop in turnover and revenue, Ulmart owed suppliers more than half a billion roubles. In the winter of 2020, the Commercial Court of St…
27.02.2020
Konstantin Boytsov has discussed with Novy Prospekt the key points of a dispute between the residents of an apartment building and its developer
In St Petersburg, a dispute lasting almost a year between the tenants and the developer of the Toyve has reached a conclusion. The owners of the apartments demanded a survey of the land under their homes, as well as the subsequent sale of part of the territory and non-residential premises in the residential complex to a private investor was…
27.02.2020
Konstantin Boytsov has talked with Novy Prospekt about the current practice of resolving disputes regarding the division of land plots
Residents in Toiva are involved in a complex dispute over the legality of the division of the land on which their homes stand. In the residents’ opinion, any land transactions should be agreed with the owners of the apartments, since the land automatically passes into their shared ownership. Among the co-defendants in the claim is the developer…
17.02.2020