Russian's leading legal ranking agency Pravo.ru 300 has again ranked Maxima Legal strongly

On 5 December the results of Pravo.ru 300's research of the legal services market in Russia for 2018 was published; Maxima Legal was again included in the list of leading law firms in six areas of law. Maxima Legal was ranked as a leader in the corporate law/M&A and commercial property and construction categories, being placed in the first…


Delovoy Peterburg has included lawyers from Maxima Legal as leaders of the season for Summer 2018

Partner at Maxima Legal, Natalia Diatlova, and Head of the Dispute Resolution Practice, Sergey Bakeshin, have been included in the rating ‘Lawyer of the Season – Summer 2018’ which is presented by business newspaper Delovoy Peterburg. Natalia Diatlova headed the list in the nomination for transactions with her work in the sale of a Russian…


Elena Kilinkarova has again been recognised as one of the leading tax lawyers

  The International publication, Best Lawyers, has included Counsel and Head of the Tax Practice at Maxima Legal, Elena Kilinkarova in the list of lawyers in the category of Tax Law, St Petersburg. Analysts from Best Lawyers have been conducting research of the Russian legal market for over 10 years and for the past three years Elena…


Maxima Legal has strengthened its rating in The Legal 500

Independent international rating agency for leading law firms, the Legal 500 has included Maxima Legal in its list of recommended law firms in three categories. The editors of the rating included Maxima Legal in the category of Private Client, giving a high assessment of the firm’s advisory services for succession planning, personal investment and…


Maxima Legal has again been included in the map of the legal market in St Petersburg

Delovoy Peterburg has published a study titled ‘The map of legal services in St Petersburg’, which compares 51 regional law firms, including regional offices of federal and international companies. The studies includes the number of hours spent by the law firms on assisting clients in 2017 and also the spread of workloads over 16 practice areas…


Maxima Legal has been included among the leaders in the legal market in Chambers Europe 2018

Rating agency Chambers & Partners has published its latest international rating of law firms, Chambers Europe 2018.  As in the previous publication, Maxima Legal has been listed in the category of General Business Law – St Petersburg. The editors of the ratings emphasised that the firm is well-known in the local market as well as among…


Elena Kilinkarova has given a presentation on international taxation with a summary of 2017 and the prospects for 2018

Elena Kilinkarova PhD, Counsel at Maxima Legal, took part in the conference Tax 2018.  The event took place on 20 February in St Petersburg following an initiative by the Financial Committee of SPIBA, a business association. The SPIBA conference has become a traditional event and brings together leading specialists in the sphere of tax legislation…


Maxima Legal has been listed by Pravo.ru 300 in six practice areas

Law firm Maxima Legal has for the sixth time been included as one of the leading legal firms in Russia according to the results of Russian rating agency Pravo.ru 300.  The practice areas in which the firm has been listed are: corporate law, arbitration proceedings, insolvency, commercial property/construction, tax law and intellectual property,…


Elena Kilinkarova has provided her comments to Pravo.ru on the reduction in cases with the Federal Tax Service

Website Pravo.ru researched the trend in fewer court claims involving the Federal Tax Services (FTS) from 1 January 2014 until 30 June 2017 being heard; in 2014 the tax authority submitted more than 70,000 claims whereas in 2016 there were less than 20,000. Elena Kilinkarova, PhD, Counsel and Head of the Tax Practice at Maxima Legal considers that…


Elena Kilinkarova has given a presentation at the SPIBA seminar ‘Tax consequences for cross-border transactions: recent changes’

On 5 October, Elena Kilinkarova, PhD, Counsel and Head of the Tax department at Maxima Legal gave a presentation at the SPIBA seminar ‘Tax consequences for cross-border transactions: recent changes’. As part of her presentation, titled ‘OECD BEPS Multilateral Instrument – what is it and how it will affect taxation on business in Russia’, Elena…