Maxima Legal is representing Otkritiye Broker in a large court dispute

Lawyers from the Dispute Resolution department at Maxima Legal are representing the interest of AO Otkritiye Broker in a court dispute for the recovery of losses, arising from trading in the stock, futures and currency markets. Otkritiye Broker is one of the largest brokerages in Russia. In 2015, the National Association of Private Traders…


Maxima Legal defended the interests of the St Petersburg Philharmonic in a dispute with Lenenergo

On 21 March 2017, the Arbitration Court of St Petersburg and Leningrad region reached a decision in respect of a dispute between the D.D. Shostakovich St. Petersburg Academic Philharmonic and Lenenergo. The team at Maxima Legal successfully represented the interests of the Philharmonic, which had been infringed by Lenenergo. The distribution…


Sergey Bakeshin gave a presentation at a conference organised by Delovoy Peterburg

On 17 March 2017, Sergey Bakeshin, Head of the Dispute Resolution department at Maxima Legal, took part in an academic and practical conference about bankruptcy organised by the leading St Petersburg business newspaper, Delovoy Peterburg. For further information (in Russian), please see the following link.


Natalia Demina has helped the Trust bank win a dispute with the holders of credit notes

The St Petersburg City Court granted an appeal by the Trust bank against the decision of the Kuybyshevsky Regional Court of St Petersburg regarding a significant case concerning credit notes. Previously the Court of First Instance had approved a claim from a former holder of credit notes, Mark Vybornov. The Court held that documents used in the…


A simplification of the documentation required when establishing a legal entity

Since 1 January 2017 an entry on the register of companies and entrepreneurs is now the only document required to confirm the registration of a company or entrepreneur. The registers containing such records in Russia are the Unified State Register of Legal Entities (USRLE) and the Unified State Register of Individual Entrepreneurs (USRIE). Under…