The head of Maxima Legal corporate practice Sergei Bakeshin, comments to Kristina Nuamova, a Kommersant reporter, on the possibilities and prospects of creating "internal" offshore zones in the Russian Federation:

To Come out of the Shadow by Kristina Naumova// Companies Business Guide [Supplement to Kommersant newspaper] No. 175 dated  29 September 2014, p. 26

Sergei Bakeshin, head of Maxima Legal corporate law practice, exposes fine points and controversies of the recent Russian Civil Code changes related to legal position of legal entities:

Authorities Took on Economic by Yulia Chayun // Companies Business Guide [Supplement to Kommersant newspaper] No. 175 dated 29 September 2014, p. 31

A partner, the head of Maxima Legal PPP practice,  Vladimir Kilinkarov took part in the discussion Russia's Health System: in Need of Modernisation where he gave his expert opinion on the possibility to engage private business in funding social infrastructure modernisation:

Own Needle by Kristina Naumova // North-West Kommersant. Medicine (Supplement) No. 180 dated 6 October 2014, p. 28

Sergei Bakeshin, the head of corporate of Maxima Legal, took part in a closed meeting Private Funds Management in Russia organised by Kommersant and held on the 24th of September in Golden Garden Boutique Hotel.

In course of the discussion there were addressed such issues as private funds and enterprise capital management, evaluation and sale of business, tax planning and holdings structures in a context of "deoffshorisation", investments to real estate and contemporary art.

"One of the principle points voiced during the discussion of the proposed topic was the following: a transparent and legally smart business structure increases in the business value and such a structure is hard to build without engaging competent legal advisers", Sergei Bakeshin remarks.

On the 25th of September a meeting of medical, pharmaceuticals and legal experts aimed to discuss topical issues on the healthcare system modernisation took place in MEDEM clinic.

The discussion organized by PH Kommersant started out from the current political and economic realities: the fundamental issue discussed by the participants was an impact of international sanctions against Russia on further development of the healthcare system and pharmaceutical industry.   

The experts concurred that one of top targets of today's healthcare system is building of a proper infrastructure.   

Vladimir Kilinkarov, the head of Maxima Legal PPP practice, commented on the possibility to engage private business in funding the foregoing target:  
"According to the study made by the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia, to a have a new healthcare infrastructure created or to make a capital repair of and upgrade the obsoleted infrastructure one should spend over 2 trillion roubles today. With current funding pace it would take about 80-100 years. This infrastructure cannot, evidently, be developed without private funds and PPP tools within a short time, and regulatory drawbacks in this area just aggravate the situation".

Please see details about the event here