Sergei Bakeshin has commented on the situation regarding the inclusion in the register of creditors of claims against an insolvent machine-building plant
The Commercial Court of St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region initiated insolvency proceedings against a plant, which produces machine-building equipment for the gas and petrochemical industries, including Gazprom. Since 2017, a controlling stake in the plant has been owned by the Russian division of the Grossmann engineering group - Grossmann…
13.05.2020
Sergei Bakeshin has commented for RBC on Rosbank declaring St Petersburg businessman, Maxim Ivanov, bankrupt
Rosbank petitioned for the bankruptcy of St Petersburg businessman Maxim Ivanov, affiliated with Ligovskoye LLC and a number of VTF Foodline distribution companies, which the bank requested to be declared insolvent last year. Assessing the prospects of litigation with Rosbank, the Head of the Dispute Resolution and Insolvency practice at Maxima…
18.04.2020
Sergei Bakeshin has commented on Delovoy Peterburg about a dispute involving the co-owner of a restoration company who has incurred subsidiary liability
Tristar Investment Holdings JSC is trying to bring subsidiary liability in the amount of 4.6 billion roubles to Viktor Smirnov, co-owner of the Intarsia restoration company, which was declared insolvent in 2016. As part of the case, the claimant managed to seize the assets of a number of legal entities, which Viktor Smirnov allegedly owns through…
17.04.2020
The Legal 500 has once again confirmed Maxima Legal's leading position in the Russian legal services market
The international rating agency, Legal 500, has presented the results of its research for 2019, which consolidated the position of Maxima Legal among the leaders of the Russian market in four areas. Once again, Maxima Legal’s expertise in the field of commercial and corporate law and mergers and acquisitions was highly praised. According to the…
15.04.2020
Sergei Bakeshin has commented on the insolvency of a manufacturer of energy equipment Zvezda-Energetika
At the end of March, the tax inspectorate froze the accounts of Zvezda-Energetika JSC, a major Russian manufacturer of energy equipment, among whose customers are Gazprom, Lukoil, Rosneft and other leading Russian companies. The freezing of funds stopped the company from paying off more than 1 billion roubles in debts with some creditors already…
06.04.2020
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 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
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
Maxima Legal has added a criminal law practice led by Leonid Filanovsky
The Maxima Legal team has been joined by Leonid Filanovsky, a lawyer specialising in various aspects of criminal law for more than 20 years. As a partner, Leonid will lead a new practice area for the firm - the Criminal Law Practice. “The creation of Criminal Law Practice is connected with the increasing demand of our private and corporate clients…
17.02.2020