Alina Esmanskaya told Novy Prospect about the impact of the key rate increase on existing mortgages
Alina Esmanskaya, Associate of Private Wealth Practice at Maxima Legal, has helped Novy Prospect online publication to understand how the recent decision of the Central Bank to sharply increase the key rate from 9.5% to 20% will affect the existing mortgage loans. "As a general rule, banks are not entitled to unilaterally revise the terms of the…
03.03.2022
Alina Esmanskaya told Pravo.ru how to challenge a bank transfer
If a money transfer has been made by mistake, it may be disputed. This applies both to transactions between individuals and to unjustified debits from organisations' current accounts. Alina Esmanskaya, Associate of Private Wealth practice at Maxima Legal, spoke specifically for the industry portal Pravo.ru about the extrajudicial mechanism of…
22.02.2022
Maxima Legal has doubled its presence on the list of lawyers recommended by Pravo.ru-300 rating
Pravo.ru-300, the key Russian legal ranking, has published individual recommendations of lawyers practicing in various fields of law. According to the results of the 2021 survey, Maxima Legal has doubled its presence in the ranking both in terms of the number of noted lawyers and the number of legal support areas. Specifically, 7 …
11.02.2022
Natalia Diatlova and Maxim Ali attended the RusForum UK-Russia conference
Natalia Diatlova, Partner, Head of Corporate Law practice at Maxima Legal, and Maxim Ali, Partner, Head of Intellectual Property and Information Technologies practice at Maxima Legal, participated in the conference "Intruguing developments in international disputes and the ESG dilemma" organised by the RusForum. The event was supported by the…
04.02.2022
Leonid Filanovsky shared with LIA his opinion on the impact of the prosecutor's involvement in civil proceedings on the court's decision
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that the prosecutor's position in an employment or other civil law dispute does not prejudge the court's findings and does not violate the equality of the parties. The judgment was made in an appeal by Anastasia Kramareva, who tried to litigate against her termination of employment. The public…
03.02.2022
Dmitry Uryakin commented for DP the situation with the ice-slick in Saint-Petersburg
According to the information from medical facilities and insurance companies the number of claims connected with traumas caused by ice-slick has recently increased in Saint-Petersburg. At the moment the amount of injured due to the road situation accounts for an average of 10% of all hospital admissions. Dmitry Uryakin, Associate at Maxima Legal,…
19.01.2022
Sergei Bakeshin has commented for Novy Prospect on the personal bankruptcy of one of the most prominent businessmen in the poultry industry in the Leningrad region
According to the Unified Federal Register of Bankruptcy Information, part of the real estate of Yury Trusov, one of the most famous businessmen in the poultry industry in the Leningrad region, was sold at auction in December 2021. As Sergei Bakeshin, Head of Dispute Resolution and Insolvency Practice at Maxima Legal, explained to Novy Prospect…
18.01.2022
Forbes has included Maxima Legal in its list of firms recommended for HNW-clients
Based on the results of its own analysis of the market of law firms practicing in the field of protection of interests of HNW-clients, Forbes Russia magazine has included Maxima Legal into the list of the recommended firms in 4 areas of legal support: Conflict Resolution Crisis Management - Subsidiary Liability Involvement Criminal Defence…
23.12.2021
Maxima Legal has expanded its presence on the Pravo.ru-300 rating and entered top-4 law firms by the total number of industry awards and top-7 by the number of first level awards
On December, 2 the results of the key Russian rating of law firms, Pravo.ru-300, were published. Maxima Legal has once again proved the high level of expertise of its practice areas and collected a total of 18 industry awards, a third of which were "gold". It should be noted, that the firm entered TOP-7 of legal advisers by the…
03.12.2021
Natalia Demina told Delovoy Peterburg about the attitude to investing in art in Russia
According to an interim report by Art Basel and UBS, more than half of art dealers note an increase in art sales in the first half of 2021 compared with the same period in 2020. However, according to experts, despite the existence of tools for turning art in collections into a financial instrument, these mechanisms are not effective in Russia.…
30.11.2021