Maxim Ali was been voted ‘Lawyer of the Season’ in the category for transactions
Leading business publication in St Petersburg, Delovoy Peterburg, has published the results of its rating ‘Lawyer of the Season – Autumn 2018’. Head of the IP/IT Practice at Maxima Legal, Maxim Ali, has been awarded first place in the nomination of ‘Transactions’ with his matter involving the financial bitcoin platform Zodiaq which organised an…
19.12.2018
Russian's leading legal ranking agency Pravo.ru 300 has again ranked Maxima Legal strongly
On 5 December the results of Pravo.ru 300's research of the legal services market in Russia for 2018 was published; Maxima Legal was again included in the list of leading law firms in six areas of law. Maxima Legal was ranked as a leader in the corporate law/M&A and commercial property and construction categories, being placed in the first…
06.12.2018
Maxim Ali has talked about the use of customer data at the TAdviser Summit 2008
Head of the IP and IT Practice at Maxima Legal, Maxim Ali, has taken part in the large scale IT forum, TAdviser SummIT 2018. As part of a session on the topic of Big Data and Business Intelligence, Maxim talked about the legal aspects of working with data and focused on the problems associated with the use of customer data: what information is…
30.11.2018
Maxim Ali has provided his comments to Forbes regarding a potential court dispute between Laboratory Kaspersky and the Dutch government
Russian IT company, Laboratory Kaspersky, announced that it intends to litigate against the Dutch government for its decision in Amsterdam to ban the use of the company’s products by government departments. Head of the IP/IT Practice at Maxima Legal, Maxim Ali, explained to Forbes the potential difficulties of the court process depending upon the…
14.11.2018
Maxima Legal has been included in a shortlist for national rating agency Pravo.ru – 300
Editors from the Russian rating agency of law firms, Pravo.ru 300, has included Maxima Legal in its list of finalist in the nomination of ‘Digital Economy’. The winner will be determined by a vote amongst readers of the Pravo.ru website. Maxima Legal took part in the special nomination with its case involving legal support for an ICO of financial…
14.11.2018
Putin`s Rector vs. Mass Media: Why the case of Vladimir Litvinenko is dangerous // Forbes Russia - October 2018
Vladimir Litvinenko, rector of St Petersburg Mining University, demanded 65 million rubles from the editorial staff and journalists of Delovoy Peterburg as well as the human rights organization Transparency International. The court of first instance found companies guilty of distributing false information about the activities of the university,…
25.10.2018
Maxim Ali has written a column for Forbes on the defamation proceedings against the richest university chancellor in Russia
Vladimir Litvinenko, Chancellor at the St Petersburg Mining University, sought damages of 65 million roubles from newspaper Delovoy Peterburg and its journalists, as well as from Transparency International. The court of first instance found that the respondents that published inaccurate information relating to the university’s activities and…
25.10.2018
Maxim Ali has moderated a roundtable event on the GDPR
Head of the IP/IT Practice at Maxima Legal, Maxim Ali, has taken part in a roundtable event titled ‘Data protection in Russia and the EU’, which was organised by the St Petersburg International Business Association (SPIBA) on 17 October. The event covered the topic of the recently introduced General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and its…
17.10.2018
Administrative and criminal liability for refusing to remove illegal information has been established
On Tuesday, October 2, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed amendments to the legislation[1], which establish that Administrative liability for failure to comply with the bailiff's demand to stop distributing information; Administrative liability for failure to comply with the bailiff's request to refute previously disseminated information;…
03.10.2018
Maxima Legal is assisting an American IT company with entering the Russian market
An American software developer has instructed Maxima Legal to provide legal assistance with establishing the company’s subsidiary in Russia. Our firm developed the optimal structure for the corporation and the drafted terms and documents to protect the company’s intellectual property, which will be used in a number of countries in the future.…
24.08.2018