Natalia Demina has commented on changes in the agreement between Russia and Cyprus for the French edition

Russia and Cyprus approved the text of amendments to the Agreement on avoidance of double taxation between the countries. The step was taken after the Russia announced its intention to denounce the Agreement. The Russian-Cypriot Tax Agreement since 1998 had allowed Russian citizens living on the island to pay tax on dividends at the rate adopted…


The Best Lawyers international rating has listed Maxima Legal in 16 areas and named Maxim Avrashkov lawyer of the year

International ranking Best Lawyers has presented its annual list of Russian lawyers recommended in various fields of law. Seven experts from Maxima Legal were listed. Managing Partner, Head of the Commercial and Corporate department, Maxim Avrashkov, has been listed as one of the leading Russian lawyers for M&A matters. In addition, Maxim…


Sergei Bakeshin has commented for RBC on a bankruptcy case initiated after the death of a debtor

Sberbank filed for the bankruptcy of a St Petersburg entrepreneur Ivan Kara, who died in 2018. The businessman owned a 51% stake in the Pulkovsky agricultural holding, which the bank also began to bankrupt in early 2020 in connection with a total loan of 255.7 million roubles. After the death of Ivan Kara, a cross-ownership scheme was applied to…


Sergei Bakeshin has provided his comments on the creation of a unified population register for Fontanka

The State Duma has passed a law that creates an information system to be operated by the Federal Tax Service which from 1 January 2022 will have the right to collect, record and use data from Russians, including their names, dates and place of birth, gender, details of the registration of a civil status certificate of birth and death, tax numbers,…


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…


Sergei Bakeshin has provided his comments for Kommersant on the introduction of restrictions on movement

The Governor of the Leningrad Region, Alexander Drozdenko, signed an amendment to the decree of the regional government, that requires residents of places with detected cases of coronavirus infection to comply with self-isolation and not leave their town or village. The exceptions are business trips, trips to work and for health reasons. The…


For the second year in a row Kommersant has included Maxima Legal in its list of the leaders in the legal services market in Russia

According to the results of 2019, Kommersant included Maxima Legal in 11 categories in its annual rating ‘Leaders of the Legal Services Market’. Maxima Legal was listed as one of the leading law firms in the PPP market and was included in the list of 15 firms recommended in this area. In addition, for the first time, the Private Wealth practice,…


Natalia Demina has been listed among the best lawyers in Russia by Pravo.ru 300  

On 25 December 2019, the results of a new section ‘Recommended Lawyers’ was published by the Russian legal rating agency Pravo.ru 300. Natalia Demina, Head of the Private Wealth Practice, has been listed as one of eleven recommended lawyers in Russia in the family law/succession planning. For 10 years, Pravo.ru 300 has been the largest Russian…


Pravo.ru-300 has highly rated all of Maxima Legal’s practice areas

On 5 December, the results of the main Russian rating agency, Pravo.ru-300, were announced. According to the results of the study, Maxima Legal almost doubled its presence in the ranking, becoming one of the strongest law firms in 11 areas of legal support – with each of the firm's practices being included. Under the regional ratings, Maxima Legal…


Maxima Legal has increased its number of practice areas for private clients

Law firm Maxima Legal has expanded the range of services provided as part of its Private Wealth practice. Since November 2019, the firm has been offering a package of family law services. The new practice area includes advising and assisting HNWI clients on issues around marriage and divorce, including in divorce proceedings, drafting nuptial…