International rating Legal500 has again included Maxima Legal

Independent international rating agency, the Legal500, has published the results of its research into the legal market in 2018 and has included Maxima Legal among the leaders in the Russian legal market. The rating has for a number of years included Maxima Legal in its list of experts in the commercial and corporate law, M&A, public-private…


Kommersant has listed Maxima Legal amongst the leaders in the Russian legal market 

Publishing house Kommersant has included Maxima Legal in its annual ratings for Leaders in Legal Services for 2018 in its sector and individual nominations. Maxima Legal was included in the top 10 leading firms for public-private partnership and for private client, as well as in the top 5 in the category Transport and Logistics. Head of the PPP…


Natalia Demina has talked about inheriting overseas assets

Head of the Private Wealth department at Maxima Legal, Natalia Demina, has talked about the points to consider with foreign assets in succession planning.


Maxima Legal invites you to a business breakfast dedicated to the subsidiary liability of top managers and business beneficiaries

Maxima Legal Law Firm invites you to a business breakfast dedicated to the top managers and beneficiaries of the business. Date: 21 March, Thursday Location: Maxima Legal office, 26, Liteyniy prospect, St Petersburg. Time: 10:00-11:30 One of the key bankruptcy outcomes of 2018 was the mass application by arbitration courts of the mechanism of…


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…


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…


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…


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,…


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.…


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…