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
Sergei Bakeshin has explained to the DP why financial authorizes cannot appeal against court decisions in tax disputes
13th Commercial Court of Appeal stopped proceedings on the complaint of the Finance Committee of the Leningrad region. The court had asked to reconsider a decision that was not in favor of the Federal Tax Service: the company Gotek North-West managed to prove that tax authorities charged additional 378 million rubles of property tax arrears.…
12.02.2021
Maxim Ali has provided his comments to the Novy Prospect on the prospects of Russian legal market in 2021
Maxim Ali, Partner at Maxima Legal, has shared with the Novy Prospect online edition his vision of the development of the Russian legal services market in 2021 "The pandemic affects the legal market in different ways, and it's quite difficult to predict which factors will take over. On the one hand the economic situation is very difficult.…
11.01.2021
Alina Kalinskova has commented for the Novy Prospect on Lenta retailer's "move" from Cyprus to Russia
At the end of July 2020, an extraordinary shareholders' meeting of Lenta (Russia's largest hypermarket chain) approved the company's change of jurisdiction from Cyprus to Russia. Retailer`s new registered office will become a special administrative region on Oktyabrsky island in Kaliningrad Region. It should be noted, that Lenta has resorted to a…
16.12.2020
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
Alina Kalinskova has commented on the introduction of a progressive taxation system in Russia
A progressive personal income tax scale will be introduced in Russia since January 1, 2021. In particular, 15% rate will be applied to income in excess of 5 million rubles per year instead of the previous flat personal income tax rate of 13%. According to preliminary calculations of the Ministry of Finance, the innovation will annually…
30.11.2020
The Delovoy Peterburg has traditionally mentioned Maxima Legal in its annual Rating of Lawyers
The Delovoy Peterburg newspaper, a key business publication in northwest Russia, has published the results of its own annual legal rating, in which the newspaper and market players select the best legal advisers in the city. In 2020, Senior Associate, Head of Dispute Resolution & Insolvency Practices at Maxima Legal Sergei Bakeshin has become…
23.11.2020
Alina Kalinskova has explained the nuances of blocking accounts of individuals at the request of state authorities
The Vot-tak.tv independent online journalistic project drew attention to the fact that banks have legal rights to block accounts of their private clients. For example, financial funds can be frozen without notification of their owner at the request of state authorities due to unpaid debts, for example, to the Federal Tax Service. «However, a bank…
11.11.2020
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…
10.08.2020
Natalia Diatlova on the RBC TV commented on the proposal of the Ministry of Finance to the Netherlands to revise the tax agreement
Natalia Diatlova, partner, Head of Maxima Legal's international projects team, commented on a proposal made by the Russian Ministry of Finance to the Netherlands to revise the current tax agreement, in particular, to raise the dividend tax rate to 15%. According to the expert, the proposed changes will not affect international business; the impact…
05.08.2020