Ekaterina Abakumova has assessed for Pravo.ru the clarifications of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on the content of a claim in case of flat flooding
Three court instances found the management company guilty of flooding the flat of a resident of Maikop and ordered it to pay the victim the amount of damage, expert examination costs and compensation for moral damage. At the same time, the courts refused to recover more than half a million roubles in penalties and fines: in order to do so, the…
03.11.2023
Natalia Diatlova told Moika78 about the corporate agreement as a way to protect against corporate conflicts
Among St Petersburg companies involved in corporate conflicts are Redmond, Delovie Linii (Business Lines), Hotel Ambassador, KVS, and Lomo. Internal disputes can arise not only among large well-known brands, medium and small businesses are not immune to them either. The methods and consequences of confrontations are always different, and…
02.11.2023
Anastasia Samusenko has commented to Pravo.ru on a dispute about a bank changing the status of a loan agreement upon reorganisation of a borrower company
In September 2020, Dimark Profi Medical Centre opened a credit line with Sberbank to support its operations. The agreement provided for three stages: the first two had an annual interest rate of 2% and the third 15%. In addition, the document stipulated that the debt could be written off if a number of conditions were met, including that the…
30.10.2023
Maxim Avrashkov commented for Delovoy Peterburg on Maxima Legal's experience in unblocking assets in Euroclear and shared his vision for the development of this practice
In February 2022, three months before the EU imposed sanctions on the Russian national depository (NSD), the Belgian depository Euroclear suspended any transactions with NSD, which resulted in the "freezing" of Russian investors' securities and funds. However, cases of both unblocking of assets by obtaining individual licences from the Belgian…
30.10.2023
Dmitry Uryakin analysed for Pravo.ru the courts' positions on unilateral refusal of a transaction by marketplaces
The Supreme Court considered a case in which a consumer challenged a cancellation of his order by the marketplace Ozon (Internet Solutions Ltd.) due to the lack of the required goods. Ozon's terms and conditions of sale allowed for unilateral cancellation of the transaction and a refund to the buyer, but the plaintiff did not agree with them. The…
25.10.2023
Dmitry Uryakin has commented on the Novy Prospect demand by Soyuzmultfilm for compensation for the use of Cheburashka's image
Soyuzmultfilm is demanding RUB 100,000 through a court from Robohud compsny of St Petersburg businessman Vladimir Tsimberg. The cartoonists considered that the robot-artist created by Robohud drew Cheburashka based on a famous cartoon image and infringed their copyright. Dmitry Uryakin, Senior Associate, Head of General Business Law Practice…
19.10.2023
Anastasia Samusenko has commented for RBC Pro on reorganisations recognised by the court as a sham transaction
RBC Pro has studied how the courts practice of recognising sham and pretended transactions is shaping up. For example, the media drew attention to a dispute concerning a reorganisation of aLLC by heirs. Due to a "technical error" of a notary, only two out of four heirs were entered into the Unified State Register of Legal Entities. Before the…
18.10.2023
Maxima Legal obtained a licence for securities blocked in EuroClear
In October 2023, Maxima Legal received its first licence from the Belgian Treasury for both cash and securities of a Russian private investor. It should be recalled that earlier favourable decisions were only for funds. In our application to the Belgian regulator on behalf of a Russian client with a Cypriot residence permit and account, we asked…
12.10.2023
Dmitry Uryakin told Telesputnik magazine about the norms for locating a communication station and the legal grounds for demanding its dismantling
Telesputnik magazine, while studying the Commercial Courts Database, found seven lawsuits, where budgetary institutions are listed as plaintiffs and mobile operators as defendants. The disputes are united by the subject matter - the premises where the operators placed their base stations. At the request of Telesputnik, Dmitry Uryakin, Senior…
11.10.2023
Dmitry Uryakin has assessed for Pravo.ru the likely position of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation in a dispute over the exclusion of one of the participants from the company
This week, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation will consider a dispute over the expulsion of one of the participants from Yugons-Agro. In 2017, the organisation's director Georgy Nurakhmetov sold his share to his partner Vladimir Sorokin. The latter in 2019 transferred all the property of the enterprise to other companies at a price five…
02.10.2023