Maxima Legal company has prepared a new informational digest “Maxima Insight, First Six Months of 2016” on the legislation news, legal practices and industries with the commentaries of the major players on the market, our partners and colleagues.

In this issue Maxima Legal lawyers have prepared an analytical review of the changes in the legislation in the first half of 2016.

Enjoy reading! We will be happy to provide the detailed comments on the issues raised in our review.

On May 29th the Central Park of Culture and Leisure named after Kirov sited the main sports event of the legal society of Saint Petersburg - SPb Legal Run. It was the second time when this competition was held in Saint Petersburg and this year it was attended by more than twenty legal companies of Saint Petersburg, their friends and relatives. The event managed to raise 759 thousand rubles, which will be transferred to Charity foundation “Podari Zhizn”.

This year Maxima Legal team sponsored the event and was present at the running race “en masse”.

We thank everyone for their participation and the great time!

"Leaders Club on promoting business initiatives" in cooperation with the Maxima Legal law firm organizes the Round table “Perspectives of the development of public and private partnerships in the regions of the Russian Federation”, timed to the St. Petersburg’s International Economic Forum-2016.

Their participation in the Round table confirmed the governors of several Russian regions, regional executive authorities in the field of economy and investments, development corporations, the authorities of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region, as well as representatives of the business of the north-western region.

During the round table will be held a discussion about the development of PPP as an easy and potentially effective tool for cooperation between the authorities and investors in the economic crisis, the best regional practices in the field of concessions and PPP will be considered.

On May 30th a regular meeting of the Investment Council under the Governor of St. Petersburg was held, which was attended by members of the Leaders' Club. Draft Resolution of the Government of St. Petersburg “On Amendments to the Law of St. Petersburg “On the strategic investment projects, strategic investors and strategic partners of St. Petersburg”. Vladimir Kilinkarov, Partner of Maxima Legal, took part in this meeting as an expert who helped the investment Committee in the development of amendments to this law.

During the meeting the Council has also considered a number of investment projects for their implementation in the city, and signed a concession agreement on the creation, reconstruction and operation of the streetcar network in Krasnogvardeyskiy district of St. Petersburg.

On May 26th, the business forum of the Russian-British Chamber of Commerce was conducted in St. Petersburg Chamber of Industry and Commerce on “Doing business with the UK and the UK”. Participants of the forum were the representatives of St. Petersburg business, interested in the implementation of the business plans in the country of Foggy Albion.

Participants of the forum have spoken with the audience about the practical aspects of doing business in the UK, about the steps needed to achieve this goal. Vladimir Kilinkarov in turn listed the practical features of work with the British lawyers which are likely to be encountered by Russian businessmen.