Maxima Legal has strengthened its team and expanded its tax practice expertise with administrative law issues
Nikita Deynega, an expert in Russian and international taxation as well as customs and antimonopoly regulation, has joined Maxima Legal. As a Senior associate, Nikita led the firm's tax practice, which started also cover a wide range of administrative law matters. Nikita has more than 12 years' experience in the legal sphere. Prior to joining…
26.04.2021
Natalia Diatlova became an expert of a joint educational course of Lomonosov Moscow State University and VTB Private Banking
Natalia Diatlova, PhD, Partner at Maxima Legal, spoke about organising asset management in a family business as part of the Family Wealth Management professional retraining programme launched by VTB Private Banking and Lomonosov Moscow State University. Natalia outlined the parameters for choosing a Russian or foreign jurisdiction and highlighted…
23.04.2021
The Legal 500 international ranking has once again confirmed Maxima Legal's leading position in the Russian legal services market
An independent international ranking The Legal 500 has presented the results of the research on the Russian market of legal services for the year 2020, confirming Maxima Legal's leading position in 4 areas of legal support. COMMERCIAL, CORPORATE AND M&A: ST PETERSBURG AND ELSEWHERE - 2 TIER Maxima Legal's expertise in commercial, corporate and…
14.04.2021
Sergei Bakeshin has commented to the Pravo.ru on the ruling of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on exclusion from the bankruptcy estate of the share of a posthumously declared bankrupt debtor in the only housing of the heir
Posthumous bankruptcy proceedings were instituted against a debtor. The heir succeeded in having the portion of the debtor's claim excluded from the bankruptcy estate, which was the heir`s only residence. The final point in the case was put by the Supreme Court which stressed that since the disputed flat was not a communal flat the sale of the…
12.04.2021
Kommersant Publishing House confirms Maxima Legal's expertise in 34 nominations of its own legal rating
Kommersant Publishing House has published its own annual research of legal business in Russia. According to the results, Maxima Legal has confirmed its reputation of one of the leading legal advisors in Russia with 34 rating nominations. In particular, the Kommersant has included the company in its list of recommended law firms in 13 practice…
17.03.2021
Pravo.ru-300 ranking recommends 4 Maxima Legal lawyers in 6 areas of law
The key Russian legal rating Pravo.ru-300 has published individual ratings of lawyers practicing in different fields of law. As a result of the research, personal recognition was given to 4 Maxima Legal lawyers who played a leading role in the firm's most highly ranked projects between September 2019 and September 2020: Maxim Ali, Partner…
11.03.2021
Natalia Demina told Legal Insight magazine about possible problems with business succession planning
In Russia it is not customary to talk about succession planning, and even less so to plan the transfer of capital. As a result, when a prominent businessman dies, there is a fight for his assets, including in courts, and the problems of succession pile up on the shoulders of the heirs, who are not prepared for their resolution. Especially for…
01.03.2021
Natalia Demina told the Sobaka.ru magazine about the complexities of inheritance in the absence of planning and how to minimise key risks when transferring a business to heirs
According to Skolkovo's statistics, over 70% of successful businesses in Russia fail to survive one or two years after the owner's death. Among the most widespread reasons are a high degree of personalisation of business and lack of a strategy for transferring assets to heirs. Natalia Demina, head of Private Wealth practice at Maxima Legal,…
05.02.2021
Maxima Legal has expanded its presence in the key national rating, Pravo.ru-300, and has entered into the top-5 law firms with the largest number of industry awards
On December 4, the results of the main Russian ranking of law firms, Pravo.ru-300, were announced. According to the results of the research, Maxima Legal once again confirmed the high level of expertise of all the firm's practices and collected 14 industry awards. "The annual confirmation of our team's expertise by the Pravo.ru - 300 rating is a…
07.12.2020
Maxima Legal has launched a new service for private clients – advice on the issues of banking regulation and protection of private investors' rights in Switzerland
Law firm Maxima Legal has expanded the range of services provided as part of its Private Wealth practice. The firm has been offering a package of Banking and Financial Markets Law services for private clients who have assets or bank accounts in Switzerland. Switzerland remains the most attractive jurisdiction for financial investments by HNWI…
02.12.2020