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,…
26.02.2020
Sergei Bakeshin has commented for RBC on the liquidation of one of the legal entities of a company following a tax conflict
Officers from the Federal Security Service and the Tax Inspectorate for large taxpayers carried out an audit of the activities of company LLC GPK Land, which is in the process of being liquidated. According to Fontanka.ru, the audit is related to alleged underpayment of taxes in the amount of about 600 million roubles. “According to media reports,…
25.12.2019
Maxima Legal has been accredited by the Russian Direct Investment Fund
Maxima Legal announces that it has successfully completed the pre-qualification process for the right to provide legal advice to the Russian Direct Investment Fund. Following an open tender, the firm has been included in the panel of legal advisors for the next two years, until 10 December 2021.
25.12.2019
Maxim Ali has been re-elected co-chair of the SPIBA Legal Committee by its members
On 13 December, the St Petersburg International Business Association (SPIBA) announced the results of an election of the co-chairs of the Legal Committee which resulted in the re-election of Maxim Ali, Head of IP / IT Practice at Maxima Legal. “In August 2017, SPIBA members elected me as one of the co-chairs of the SPIBA Legal Committee, and I am…
13.12.2019
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…
06.12.2019
Sergei Bakeshin has commented to Delovoy Peterburg on a major tax dispute
The Federal Tax Service has sought to declare company, Ecros-engineering, as insolvency which according to the results of tax audits owes to the fiscal department more than 1 billion roubles. Earlier the taxpayer tried unsuccessfully to file a complaint with a higher tax authority and to challenge in court the additional charge of taxes and……
27.11.2019
Natalia Diatlova has taken part in the English Law Week
On 11-14 November, the Council of Lawyers and the Law Society of England and Wales together with the Russian Federal Chamber of Lawyers, the Moscow Chamber of Lawyers, the St Petersburg Chamber of Lawyers, the Anglo-Russian Law Association and the British Russian Law Association organised the fifth English Law Week in Russia. As part of the St…
11.11.2019
Maxima Legal has participated in the Doing Business 2020 report for the World Bank
On 24 October the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) presented its Doing Business annual report which assesses the ease of doing business in 190 countries. The report is traditionally based on an analysis of national regulations that promote or impede the development of small and medium-sized businesses, as well as a…
24.10.2019
Sergei Bakeshin has commented to Delovoy Peterburg on the abolition of the legislative acts from the Soviet period
The Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev, in the framework of the reform, called the “regulatory guillotine”, signed an order according to which more than 20,000 acts adopted during the USSR should cease to be effective from the beginning of 2020. In this regard, the federal authorities should have time to study the list of…
16.09.2019
Natalia Diatlova presented Maxima Legal at SPBILF-2019
Natalia Diatlova, Partner of Maxima Legal, took part in the IX St Petersburg International Legal Forum. In 2019, the forum brought together over 5,000 representatives of various segments of the legal practice: attorneys, legal advisors, business consultants, as well as public authorities, academic schools, courts, notaries and international…
20.05.2019