In its review of the ‘legal’ results of the year ‘Kommersant’ raised the question of the quality of legal education in St. Petersburg and sought the opinions of various representatives of law firms.

Vladimir Kilinkarov, partner, commented: “The situation is now improving slowly; many graduates and former lecturers from St. Petersburg State University are working in other higher education establishments and are thus raising the quality of education there”.

http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2871363

Federal Law No.224-Ф3 on state-private partnerships, devised by the Ministry of Economic Development, comes into force on 1 January 2016, and regional laws on state-private partnerships must be brought into line with the federal law during the first six months of the year.

St. Petersburg’s law on state-private partnerships differs substantially from the new federal law. Journalists from ‘Kommersant’ decided to find out lawyers’ opinions concerning the changes.

Vladimir Kilinkarov, Head of Maxima Legal’s Public-Private Partnership Department, estimated the scale of the possible difficulties from his point of view.

http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2871362

‘Delovoy Peterburg’ conducted a poll among St. Petersburg law firms dealing with real estate. The results showed that the crisis has affected their activity in different ways.

Evgeniy Druzhinin, Head of the Real Estate and Construction Department, told the newspaper how matters stood at Maxima Legal.

http://www.dp.ru/a/2015/12/09/Dvigatel_nedvizhimosti/

‘Delovoy Peterburg’ published a column by Evgeniy Druzhinin, Head of Maxima Legal’s Real Estate and Construction Department, concerning the particular characteristics of shared construction in Russia.

http://www.dp.ru/a/2015/12/09/Dolshhik - ne pukupatel/

Seven Suns Development plans to build a ‘residential’ complex called ‘The Bright World Within’ on a plot of land earmarked for sanatorium purposes in the Resort District of St. Petersburg.

Evgeniy Druzhinin, Head of Maxima Legal’s Real Estate and Construction Department, commented on the project from a legal point of view.

https://www.vedomosti.ru/realty/articles/2015/12/08/620037-seven-suns-kvartiri-sanatorii