Natalia Demina talks about the terms and guarantees of an amnesty on capital
28 February 2019 is the final date for the second wave of the amnesty on capital, which provides Russian tax residents with opportunities to disclose their ownership of foreign assets without any adverse consequences in respect of administrative, tax or criminal liability. Further information about the scheme and its terms and guarantees were…
12.02.2019
Maxima Legal has become an official partner of bank, Private Banking St Petersburg
Maxima Legal and bank, Private Banking St Petersburg, have signed a framework agreement on future collaboration. “We are happy to add to the pool of our business partners not only one of the largest banks in the north-western Russian but a company that shares a similar background to our own. Just as Maxima Legal, Private Banking St Petersburg…
30.01.2019
Robert Houchill has provided his comments to Forbes on a dispute between Deripaska and Chernukhin
Proceedings are ongoing in the High Court in London between businessman Oleg Deripaska and the former chairman of Vnyeshekonombank, Viktor Chernukhin, in a dispute regarding the ownership of property in the centre of Moscow. During proceedings it became known that Oleg Deripaska had sought to collect information about the source of wealth of his…
01.12.2018
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
Robert Houchill has provided his comments to Forbes on the prospects of tougher sanctions in Europe against wealthy Russian individuals
The authorities in the USA have frozen the US-held assets of Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska, including homes owned by him in Washington and New York. Associate from Maxima Legal, Robert Houchill, was asked by Forbes to provided his comments on the potential for European authorities to begin freezing assets following the example set by the US.…
09.10.2018
Natalia Demina has talked to Advokatskaya Gazeta about the nuances of protecting right to privacy
The Officer of the High Commissioner of the UN on Human Rights has prepared a report on trends relating to privacy and a right to family life. In particular the report notes that the pace of technology development is creating opportunities for the unprecedented collection and processing of personal data for the purpose of manipulating people’s…
05.10.2018
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
Hereditary fund: a new instument for succession law in Russia
On 1 September this year regulations in the Russian Civil Code relating to hereditary funds came into effect, which created a new instrument for succession planning. A hereditary fund is a special legal entity that is similar to trust structures used in many Western countries and which can be used as an instrument for succession planning to…
03.09.2018
Unfriendly hobbits: why it will be harder to buy a house in New Zealand // Forbes Russia - August 2018
Specially for the Russian Forbes, Maxima Legal's associate, a qualified solicitor for England and Wales, Robert Houchill, studied one of the latest laws of New Zealand. The recently adopted legal act of the government of the country significantly limits the possibility of acquiring real estate from abroad. Changes to the legislation were made…
28.08.2018
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