Maxim Anatolievich POLYAKOV
Advocate (Attorney)
Moscow Bar registration number 77/4508.
Practice areas:
- Administrative Law: Appeals of decisions made by government agencies and officials.
- Civil Law: Disputes relating to property rights, consumer rights, debt collection, and personal injury.
- Contract and Business Law: Drafting, review, and enforcement of contracts, including commercial contracts, employment contracts, and real estate contracts.
- Commercial Litigation and Arbitration: Representation in arbitration proceedings and litigation involving commercial disputes, such as breach of contract, debt collection, and business torts.
- Family Law: Marriage, marital contract, divorce, annulment of marriage, dissolution of marriage, property division, alimony, child custody and visitation, paternity, children's rights.
- Inheritance Law: Acceptance of inheritance, will contests, inheritance division, and disputes over mandatory and unworthy heirs.
- International Private Law: Matters involving foreign nationals and international businesses, cross-border transactions, and foreign legal regulations.
- Labor Law: Disputes relating to employment contracts, wrongful termination, and wage collection.
- Landlord and Tenant Law: Disputes arising from rent contracts, including defense of ownership rights, tenant rights, and eviction proceedings.
- Real Estate Law: Purchase, sale, lease, mortgage, construction, and renovation of real property
Note: The above list is not exhaustive and merely provides an overview of the scope of practice.
Legal services include but not limited to:
- Legal advice and consultation
- Legal document drafting and review
- Expert legal opinions on Russian law and judicial practice for foreign courts
- Support in business negotiations and transactions
- Representation before state bodies, administrative agencies, and law enforcement agencies
- Litigation in courts of general jurisdiction and arbitration courts
- Enforcement of court decisions and arbitral awards
- Organization of forensic examinations
- Legalization of Russian official documents for use abroad
- Notarized translation of foreign documents for use in Russia
- Verification of identity, execution of personal signatures, and trueness of copies of documents for international use
- Legal research and due diligence
Education:
Moscow State Law Academy (Law Degree) (1996)
Admission:
Russia (2001)
Professional & Association Membership:
Moscow City Bar Association
Russian Branch of the International Law Association
Languages:
Russian (Native); English (Fluent); Spanish (Basic)
Over two decades of experience in the following areas:
- International Legal Consulting: Advising Russian and foreign individuals and businesses on various legal matters in Russia and internationally.
- Expert Legal Opinions: Providing expert legal opinions on Russian law to clients and courts abroad.
- Arbitration and Litigation: Representing clients in arbitration proceedings and litigation in Moscow and throughout Russia.
- Criminal and Administrative Defense: Defending Russian and foreign individuals in criminal and administrative cases before law enforcement agencies and courts.
- Corporate Transactions: Providing legal support for high-value commercial property transactions in Moscow.
- Dispute Resolution: Representing clients in complex commercial disputes, including:
- Arbitration between a foreign construction company and a Russian state-owned agricultural company
- Bankruptcy proceedings involving a foreign construction company as a creditor
- Arbitration involving a foreign trading company and a Russian steel producer
- Arbitration involving a Russian company and a structural subdivision of the Ministry of Defense
- Debt collection cases for foreign engineering and trading companies
- Enforcement of Judgments and Awards: Assisting clients with the enforcement of court decisions and arbitral awards in Russia.
Professional Awards:
The Merit Certificate for Professional Skills by Moscow City Bar Association, December 2010
The Merit Certificate for Professional Skills by the Russian Federation Bar Association, January 2016
Maxim A. POLYAKOV
Advocate (Attorney)
Moscow Collegium of Advocates 'Sovetnik-Centr'
1st Street Perova Polya, 10
Moscow 111141 Russia
Tel/WhatsApp +7 495 518 7262
maxim@arbitratus.ru
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