Kommersant Publishing House has confirmed Maxima Legal’s expertise in 42 nominations of its own legal ranking

Konstantin Boytsov - Counsel Leonid Filanovskiy - Partner Maxim Ali - Partner Maxim Avrashkov - Managing Partner Natalia Demina - Partner Natalia Diatlova - Partner Nikita Deynega — Partner Sergei Bakeshin - Counsel

Kommersant Publishing House has published the results of its own annual survey of legal business in Russia. Maxima Legal has confirmed its reputation as one of the leading domestic legal advisors by receiving recognition in 42 rating categories. In particular, the ranking included the company in its list of recommended law firms in 15 categories of legal practices, 11 client industries, and personally recognised the achievements of 8 lawyers in 15 areas of legal support.

Best Legal Practices section

Littigation: commercial dispute resolution: high-end
regional research – 1 band 

Bankruptcy: corporate bankruptcy
regional research – 1 band 

PPP / Infrastructure projects
federal research – 2 band

Intellectual property
regional research – 1 band 

Intellectual property: advising on intellectual property law
federal research – 1 band

Intellectual property: dispute resolution on intellectual property
federal research – 2 band

Intellectual property: dispute resolution on intellectual property
regional research – 1 band

Corporate law: M&A of Russian assets: high-end
federal research – 3 band

Corporate law: M&A of Russian assets: mid-market
regional research – 1 band

Tax law: resolving disputes with the federal tax office
regional research – 1 band

Tax law: advising 
regional research – 1 band

Family & Inheritance law
regional research – 1 band 

Family & Inheritance law: disputes over divorce, division of property and inherited assets
federal research – 1 band 

Criminal law: official malfeasance
regional research – 1 band

Criminal law: economic crimes
regional research – 1 band 

Best Industry Practices section

Manufacturing & Industry: advising leaders
federal research – 2 band

Manufacturing & Industry: resolving key disputes 
federal research – 1 band

Retail & Commercial, FMCG: resolving key disputes
federal research – 2 band 

Retail & Commercial, FMCG: advising leaders
federal research – 3 band

Construction & Real Estate: advising on real estate transactions and construction projects
federal research – 3 band 

TMT (Telecommunications, Media, Technology): resolving key disputes
federal research – 1 band

Transport and logistics: advising leaders
federal research – 2 band

Private Wealth 
federal research– 1 band

Energy & Natural Resources: resolving key disputes in the energy sector
federal research – 1 band 

Energy & Natural Resources: resolving key disputes in the metals and coal industry
federal research– 1 band

Energy & Natural Resources: advising natural resources industry leaders 
federal research – 1 band

Best Laywers section

Maxim Avrashkov, managing partner 
Public-Private Partnerships – federal research, 2 band
Energy & Natural Resources – federal research, 1 band

Maxim Ali, partner 
Intellectual property – regional research
TMT (Telecommunications, Media, Technology) – regional research  

Natalia Demina, partner   
Law in Arts & Cultural activities – federal research, 1 band
Family & Inheritance law – federal research, 1 band
Private Wealth – federal research, 1 band

Natalia Diatlova, partner 
Public-Private Partnerships – federal research, 2 band
Tourism & Sport – federal research, 1 band

Leonid Filanovskiy, partner 
Criminal law: economic crimes – regional research
Criminal law: official malfeasance – regional research

Sergei Bakeshin, counsel
Bankruptcy – regional research, 1 band
Financial & Banking law – regional research

Konstantin Boytsov, counsel
Environmental law – federal research, 1 band

Nikita Deynega, counsel
Compliance – rising stars
Taxation: tax advice – rising stars

 

Kommersant Publishing House annual ranking presents the results of a multi-stage research and analysis of the best practices of the leading players in the field of law for recommendations on certain areas of service delivery. The calendar year legal services market research is based on the analysis of information from various sources, including the assessment of law firm projects, expertise of Kommersant journalists and opinions of market peers – high-ranking employees of corporate legal departments of major companies, holdings and corporations.

To read detailed information on the rating and its results (in Russian), please see the official website of the Kommersant newspaper >>>