Maxim Avrashkov has met with investors and entrepreneurs from Hong Kong
Managing Partner from Maxima Legal, Maxim Avrashkov, has taken part in a business meeting with representations from the Better Hong Kong Foundation. The delegations from Hong Kong included businesspeople from the manufacturing, aviation, transport, construction and property sectors as well as financial investors. “Over the past few years we have…
01.10.2018
Delovoy Peterburg has included lawyers from Maxima Legal as leaders of the season for Summer 2018
Partner at Maxima Legal, Natalia Diatlova, and Head of the Dispute Resolution Practice, Sergey Bakeshin, have been included in the rating ‘Lawyer of the Season – Summer 2018’ which is presented by business newspaper Delovoy Peterburg. Natalia Diatlova headed the list in the nomination for transactions with her work in the sale of a Russian…
25.09.2018
Maxim Ali has taken part in a meeting of members from the International Lawyers Network
Head of the IP/IT Practice, Maxim Ali has taken part in the annual European regional conference of the International Lawyers Network in Malta. The event included a number of business meetings with current and potential legal partners of Maxima Legal from Europe, the USA, Australia and Asia. “Regular participation in such events enables our firm to…
21.09.2018
Natalia Demina has helped RIA Novosti consider the issues around anonymously owning property
News agency RIA Novosti as part of its property supplement has published an article on the mechanism which enable owners of flats and homes to conceal their names. One of the experts quoted in the article was Natalia Demina, Senior Associate and Head of the Private Wealth Practice at Maxima Legal. According to Natalia the most common routes to…
11.09.2018
Robert Houchill has written an article for Forbes about a new property law in New Zealand
Robert Houchill, Associate at Maxima Legal, has written an article for Forbes Russia on the recent law passed in New Zealand. The new legislation introduced significant restrictions on foreign buyers purchasing property in New Zealand, which includes banning the purchase of certain homes by most foreign buyers who are not resident in New Zealand.…
28.08.2018
South China Morning Post has published an article written by Robert Houchill
South China Morning Post, an English-language business newspaper in Hong Kong, has published an article written by Robert Houchill. The article covers issues surrounding Western sanctions against Russia and the resulting shift by some Russian companies to consider other markets, including for legal services, and what opportunities this might…
11.07.2018
Maxima Legal has strengthened its position on the legal map of St Petersburg
Business newspaper, Delovoy Peterburg, has published the second part of its research into the legal market of St Petersburg for 2017. The publication compared 54 St Petersburg-based law firms on the basis of the number of hours billed, lawyers and activities in various areas of practice. According to the results of the research, Maxima Legal took…
20.06.2018
Maxim Avrashkov has provided his comments on the toughening of regulations on bank accounts in Cyprus
According to Russian media sources on Friday 1 June, Cypriot banks received an instruction from the Cypriot Central Bank to close the bank accounts of offshore companies which are not engaged in genuine commercial activity. Under new regulations, companies are required to declare their ultimate beneficiaries, sources of income as well as any…
05.06.2018
Maxim Avrashkov explained the popularity of owning a business through a foreign entity
In preparation for the World Cup 2018, business newspaper, Delovoy Peterburg, undertook research of betting companies in Russia. For the newspaper, Managing Partner at Maxima Legal, Maxim Avrashkov, talked about the trend for shareholders of such companies to be foreign companies. “Firstly it is easier to conceal information about actual…
01.06.2018
Abramovich`s situation: Will the billionaire solve the problem with the British visa // Forbes Russia - May 2018
Maxima Legal's associate, qualified solicitor of England and Wales, Robert Houchill, has studied the situation with the delay in the extension of the British visa for Forbes Russia, Roman Abramovich. Perhaps the most famous Russian resident of London Roman Abramovich applied for an extension of the investor's visa even before the expiration of the…
22.05.2018