In the current crisis, the construction companies are forced to look for new ways to promote their product. Marketing and advertising departments are trying to find an alternative to the conventional methods of product promotion on the market.

Natalia Demina, lawyer of Maxima Legal, commented on the occurrence of the possible risks under use by the construction companies of the viral video in implementation of the advertising campaigns.

http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2922935

On February 17th, Sergey Bakeshin, Head of the Dispute Resolution Practice of Maxima Legal has discussed in the live broadcast of RBC Federal TV-Channel, perspectives arising from the introduction to the State Duma of the proposed law on debt collector's activities.

http://tv.rbc.ru/archive/main_news/56c467b19a794704ef86158c

At the end of 2015, the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation has introduced a concept of “attorneys’ monopoly” of the legal services. The proposal is planned for becoming the law by the end of 2017.

“Delovoy Peterburg” has decided to interview members of the legal market in terms of their attitude towards this initiative: Vladimir Kilinkarov, Partner of Maxima Legal, was one of those who calmly reacted to the coming changes.

http://www.dp.ru/a/2016/02/10/Podgotovka_k_monopolii/

Maxima Legal was included in the list of the recommended law firms of Russia in the category  of “Corporate, Commercial Law/ Mergers and Acquisitions” (St. Petersburg) and “Public Private Partnership” (Russia), according to The Legal 500 EMEA.

On April 13^th were published the results of 2016 research of an independent international rating of the best law firms, The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

For a complete rating of the companies recommended by The Legal  500 in Russia please visit: http://www.legal500.com/c/russia/legal-market-overview

On April 11th, the Agency for Strategic Investments of St. Petersburg hosted a presentation of the concept of implementation of the projects on construction of the hotels in the city with use of the concession agreements. The discussion of the issue has brought together the investors, representatives of the Investment Committee and legal advisers in the field of the public-private partnership.

Maxima Legal became a partner of this event and developed a legal model of implementation of the concession project in the field of hotel infrastructure in St. Petersburg.

Vladimir Kilinkarov, Partner, Head of Practice of the Public-Private Partnership, in his presentation on the topic “Concession as a Mechanism for Creating the Objects of Hotel Infrastructure in St. Petersburg”, has presented a scheme of interaction of the concedent and the concessionaire in this area.