Services • Private wealth
Private wealth
Description

As a separate area of private client legal support the Private Wealth practice has existed for over 7 years. Clients of the practice are wealthy people, including business owners, top managers, as well as their family members and heirs.

Areas of legal support

Private Wealth practice includes several areas of legal support.

01

Conflicts dispute.

  • Pre-court and court resolution of dusputes.
  • Reputation and privacy defence.
  • Personal insolvency and subsidiary liability prevention.
  • Criminal defence.
Family disputes.
  • Dissolution of marriage;
  • Division of joint property of spouses;
  • Challenging the marriage contract;
  • Recovery of alimony;
  • Determination of the place of residence of a minor child;
  • Determining the order of communication with a minor child;
  • Restriction and deprivation of parental rights.
Succession disputes.
  • Contesting a will;
  • Establishment of the fact of acceptance of inheritance;
  • Restoring missed deadlines;
  • Challenging the actions of the notary.
Housing disputes.
  • Recognition of ownership of residential premises and other real estate;
  • Recognition of the right to use residential premises;
    Eviction from residential premises and removal from registration;
  • Determination by the owners of the order of use of residential premises;
  • Forced repurchase of a minor share and other disputes of participants in shared ownership;
  • Disputes with management companies and HOA;
  • Disputes with developers.
Consumer right protection.
  • Consumer purchase of goods with disadvantages (real estate, cars, furniture, household appliances and other goods);
  • Violation of deadlines when performing works and providing services to the consumer;
  • Poor-quality performance of works and services (disputes with tour operators, poor-quality repair work in the premises, etc.);
  • Non-fulfillment of warranty obligations;
  • Other disputes related to the protection of the rights of citizens in the provision of services, performance of works and sale of goods.
Labour disputes.
  • Challenging illegal dismissal, reinstatement at work;
  • Collection of wages, including for the time of forced absenteeism;
  • Challenging the record of dismissal in the work book;
  • Challenging illegal actions of the employer and disciplinary penalties;
  • Disputes related to transfer to another place or position;
  • Representation of interests in other conflicts with the employer.
Other property and civil law disputes.
  • Recovery of material damage for damage caused to property (including as a result of a bay, fire), recovery of moral damage;
  • Collection of debts and interest for illegal use of funds;
  • Disputes related to the conclusion, execution and termination of contracts (purchase and sale, donation, lease, contract and others);
  • Recovery of unjustified enrichment.
02

Transactions related to personal assets.

  • Corporate structuring of personal assets, including through the establishment of personal and family foundations, mutual funds and asset management companies.
  • Legal support of financial investments and transactions related to personal assets (real estate, securities, cryptocurrency, luxuries and art).
  • Support of banking and financial transactions, including the opening of accounts in foreign banks, the assets relocation, the unlocking of accounts, as well as the unique expertise on banking regulation and protection of investors' rights in Switzerland.
03

Personal taxation.

  • Tax planning, including tax declaration of income from various types of activities and assets, tax compliance and preparing reports to the tax authorities CFC taxation, international taxation and determination of tax residency, selection of the most favorable tax jurisdictions.
  • Disputes with tax authorities.
04

Personal compliance.

  • Preparation on compliance files, assistance in completion of documents as well as legal support with conformation of sources of assets and wealth.
  • Advising on currency regulation and the application of currency restrictions.
  • Sanctions compliance and work with personal sanction management.
05

Defence of personal assets and succession matters.

  • Personal insurance.
  • Structuring of family property, planning in the event of the breakdown of a marriage or family conflicts, preparation for a possible division of property (including drafting nuptial contracts and property sharing agreements covering corporate and international assets).
  • Legal support in divorce proceedings on division of property, on maintenance agreements, on determination the place of residence of minor children, agreements on upbringing and contact, establishing paternity and the removing of parental rights.
  • Complex succession planning.
  • Structuring of family property, planning in the event of the breakdown of a marriage or family conflicts, preparation for a possible division of property (including drafting nuptial contracts and property sharing agreements covering corporate and international assets).
  • Comprehensive succession planning and resolution of succession conflicts.
Learn more about succession planning.

Succession planning enables a client to determine in advance the means and process whereby his property is inherited and has the aim of guaranteeing the precise distribution of assets in accordance with a developed plan, the timely resolution of complex matters relating to the protection and control of a client’s assets until they are received by his inheritors, the drawing-up of effective mechanisms for the protection and maintenance of his business in the future, levelling the risks of its loss (seizure), etc.

Services of Private Wealth Practice relating to succession planning include:

  • Due diligence and analysis of a client’s assets structure.

  • Advising on possible succession mechanisms for conveyance of property to inheritors, protection and management of inheritance.

  • Advising potential testators on structuring of business and other assets for the purposes of inheritance.

  • Structuring of assets and possessions, elimination of problems, preparing property for inheritance.

  • Resolving of organizational and legal problems relating to a client’s property abroad.

  • Preparing and drawing up of notarial acts ensuring succession planning including wills, martial agreements, transactions aimed at intention disposal of assets.

  •  Advising inheritors on matters relating to commencement of inheritance, management of property and protection of their inheritance as well as litigation support of inheritance cases.

06

Immigration matter.

  • Investment citizenship.
  • Support of migration issues.
07

Personal philanthropic projects.

08

International desk.

The specialists of Private Wealth practice speak English, Greek, Spanish, German, Russian and French. Maxima Legal team cooperates with investment companies, banks, notaries, lawyers, legal and other consulting companies around the world. Established contacts with successful legal consultants and notaries in other jurisdictions allow us to attract suitable foreign advisers for each specific case.

Professional recognition

Maxima Legal is widely recognized in the practice of Private Wealth

Contact person for the direction
Natalia Demina Head of Private Wealth Practice Saint Petersburg | Moscow
Angelina Evtushenko Partner of Private Wealth Practice Moscow
Ekaterina Abakumova Advocate of Private Wealth Practice Saint Petersburg | Moscow