Anastasia Samusenko assessed for Forbes Russia the chances of recovering about $100,000 in salary arrears from a foreign startup
The American educational platform StudyFree, which helps students to enrol in foreign universities with a scholarship, has found itself at the centre of a scandal: the service's team accused its founder, Russian Daria Kroshkina, of failing to pay salaries, the amount of which had reached $100,000 by January 2023. All employees worked on a…
24.01.2023
Natalia Demina told told Cbonds Weekly News about changes in investment and financial market regulation
A number of legislative changes relating to investment and financial market regulation have come into force in Russia since the beginning of the year, Natalia Demina, Partner, Head of Private Wealth practice at Maxima Legal helped Cbonds Weekly News understand the innovations. To watch the full interwiev (in Russian) please visit Cbonds channel…
13.01.2023
Alina Esmanskaya told Pravo.ru about the role of prenuptial agreements in the presence of debts owed by one of the spouses
If the prenuptial agreement is not properly drafted, the assets of one spouse may be used to settle the liabilities of the second. To avoid this, when preparing a document, it is important to take into account all the details. Thus, Alina Esmanskaya, Associate of Private Wealth practice at Maxima Legal, stressed the need to provide security in the…
10.01.2023
Maxima Legal lawyers told Forbes what will change in business laws in 2023
In the past year, Russia regularly introduced amendments to legislation that changed the rules of the game for entrepreneurs. Nikita Deynega, Senior Associate and Head of Tax & Administrative Law Practice at Maxima Legal, explained to Forbes Russia that the main trend in 2022 was the reactivity of changes: many of the amendments to laws were…
09.01.2023
Maxima Legal has applied for EuroClear to unblock the assets of Russian investors and has also submitted a request to the Belgian Ministry of Finance and a complaint to the European Commission seeking a review of the Belgian Ministry of Finance's stated conditions
Maxima Legal team has applied to the Belgian Treasury for a licence to unblock EuroClear assets from more than twenty private investors. Recall that on December 22, 2022 the Belgian Treasury published the terms of unblocking of NSD's assets in EuroClear, which had to be fulfilled until January 7, 2023. Due to short deadline and necessity to…
09.01.2023
Maxima Legal has increased its presence fivefold in the Forbes Club Legal Ranking, a survey of the best Russian HNWI practitioners
Forbes Russia has presented the results of its own analysis of law firms practicing in the field of private wealth, highlighting Maxima Legal's expertise in 21 areas of legal support. The company was named a leader three times, a leading firm 10 times, and a recommended firm 8 times. In addition, we note that the company was recognised in all 6…
20.12.2022
The Pravo.ru-300 ranking has once again confirmed the high level of expertise of all Maxima Legal's practices
The results of the key Russian ranking of law firms Pravo.ru-300 were announced on December 2. According to the results of the research, Maxima Legal has once again confirmed the high level of expertise of all the firm's practices, receiving professional recognition in 18 areas of the research. At the regional level the firm has maintained its…
05.12.2022
Anastasia Samusenko has told RBC how to prevent corporate conflicts
The increase in business activity in 2021-2022 coincided with both an increase in the number of bankruptcies and an increase in the number of M&A, which, as a rule, leads to an increase in corporate disputes. Especially for RBC+ Petersburg, Anastasia Samusenko, Associate at Maxima Legal, told how to prevent corporate conflicts or minimize the…
01.12.2022
Nikita Deynega has explained to Cbonds why private investors want to join NSD's lawsuit to lift sanctions
A group of holders of financial assets frozen by European securities depositories in connection with the inclusion of National Settlement Depository (NSD) on tje EU sanctions lists, working together with the assistance of Maxima Legal and foreign consultants, has submitted an application to the EU General Court on behalf of one of the investors to…
17.11.2022
Sergei Bakeshin has commented for Delovoy Peterburg on the Museum of Machine Rebellion
The trustee in bankruptcy of the Museum of Machine Rebellion has asked a court to take interim measures in the form of seizure of property of the former CEO of the company, Anastasia Gushchina, who has a 50% stake in the share capital. Let us remind, the bankruptcy procedure was initiated in 2020 by Technopolis Moscow JSC to which the museum…
14.11.2022