Head of the Tax Practice at Maxima Legal, Elena Kilinkarova was part of the jury for a contest organised by IFA on international taxation

On 29 April in Moscow the final of the sixth annual contest for young section of the Russian branch of the International Fiscal Association took place. The annual contest started in 2012 and consists of moot courts with mock cases between tax authorities and taxpayers on current matters of international taxation. Elena Kilinkarova, Counsel at…


Elena Kilinkarova takes part in an International Tax conference

On 22 March, Counsel from Maxima Legal, Elena Kilinkarova, took part in and gave a presentation at the VI International Scientific Conference ‘International taxation: current questions of theory and practice’. The conference took place in Moscow at the Financial University with the support of the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD)…


Lecture from Elena Kilinkarova to the School of Tax Attorneys at the St Petersburg State University

On 4 April 2017, the continued professional development courses from the School of Tax Attorneys at the St Petersburg State University will resume. Counsel from Maxima Legal, Elena Kilinkarova, will take part in the courses as a teacher and in April 2017 will give a lecture on the issue of anti-offshore provisions in tax legislation. To view…


Elena Kilinkarova at the St Petersburg International Labour Forum

On 16 March 2017, Counsel from Maxima Legal, Elena Kilinkarova, gave a presentation during a discussion titled ‘Russian Tax Policy and the Labour Market’ at the St Petersburg International Labour Forum. Participants discussed the main problems with the implementation of tax policies in Russia, their improvement and effect on the labour market. The…


Elena Kilinkarova – co-author of a national report for the European Association of Tax Law Professors

Counsel from Maxima Legal, Elena Kilinkarova, was a co-author of a report on the legal regulation in Russia of the tax residency of companies, including on the recognition of international companies as tax resident in Russia.  The national report was prepared for the annual congress of the European Association of Tax Law Professors which will take…


Multilateral Convention on the plan for BEPS

The project of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on the tax matters of base erosion and profit shifting (or BEPS for short), for the purpose of combating tax avoidance, has entered the stage of implementation of the proposed recommendations.  On 24 November 2016, the OECD published text for a multilateral international…


A simplification of the documentation required when establishing a legal entity

Since 1 January 2017 an entry on the register of companies and entrepreneurs is now the only document required to confirm the registration of a company or entrepreneur. The registers containing such records in Russia are the Unified State Register of Legal Entities (USRLE) and the Unified State Register of Individual Entrepreneurs (USRIE). Under…


Conference organised by Delovoy Peterburg and Maxima Legal: ‘Property overseas: advantages, risks, legal advice and tax structuring’

On 13 December 2016 at the Grand Hotel Europe, business newspaper Delovoy Peterburg together with law firm Maxima Legal in partnership with GRM Law and Stelios Americanos & Co held a conference on the topic of ‘Overseas property: advantages, risks, legal advice and tax structuring’. The acquisition of property overseas is changing from being a…


An article by Elena Kilinkarova // 'International Taxation in China’, December 2016

One of China’s leading journals on international taxation called ‘International Taxation in China’ has published an article by Elena Kilinkarova, PhD, Counsel at Maxima Legal, on the topic of international contracts in Russia on taxation matters. International Taxation in China


Maxima Legal have been listed by ranking ‘Pravo.ru-300’ in five practice areas

Law firm Maxima Legal for the fifth time has been included in the list of most reputable law firms in Russia according to the Russian rating agency ‘Pravo.ru-300’. ‘Pravo.ru-300’ is a leading law firm rating agency in Russia. The practices from Maxima Legal included in the ratings are: Corporate, Dispute resolution, Insolvency (Bankruptcy), Real…