We are pleased to introduce our new colleague, a qualified solicitor of English and Wales, Robert Houchill. Robert will head a new area of immigration services provided by our firm’s Private Wealth department. In addition, Robert will assist clients with various matters concerning English and International law, including commercial, contract and corporate law.

Robert completed a law degree at Essex University before completing the Legal Practice Course at the College of Law in Bloomsbury, London. Before moving to St Petersburg in September 2015, Robert worked at a number of law firms in London for five years, including at leading Legal 500-ranked firms Gherson and Bates Wells Braithwaite.

Maxima Legal, providing pro bono legal assistance to the “Alexandr” Foundation, acted a legal representative in the creation of a film, titled ‘The restoration of park facilities in the Krasnaya valley around Pavlovsk Park’, to be shown at an upcoming expo.

The Foundation supports culture, art and education and was founded under the patronage of Russian director, screenwriter and renowned personality, Aleksandr Sokurov (whose films include Russian Ark and Faust). The Foundation provides help for budding filmmakers, directors, curators, artists, designers, writers, bloggers, journalists, photographers and those aspiring to work in other creative professions.

The opportunity to provide charitable organisations with legal assistance on a reduced-fee or pro bono basis is an important part of our firm’s ethics and social responsibility.

Maxima Legal’s Private Wealth department has signed an agreement to work together with one of Russia’s leading private banks, Bank VTB-24. Together with Bank VTB-24, we aim to develop a long and mutually beneficial relationship.