Maxim Krasilnikov has joined SL LEGAL in 2026 as a paralegal in the insurance and dispute resolution practices.
Maxim specialises in civil and insurance law, as well as international commercial arbitration. His professional interests include maritime law and related matters, including reinsurance, P&I clubs and insurance-linked securities.
Before joining SL LEGAL, Maxim completed an internship at another major law firm.
Maxim took part as a speaker in the All-Russian Moot Courton Arbitration of Corporate Disputes named after Professor V.P. Mozolin (2024), as well as in the quarterfinal of the 10th RAA Arbitration Moot Court, where he won first place in the nomination “Best Statement of Claim”. In 2025, as member of a team, he took second place in the Third International Student Arbitration Moot Court organised by the Union of Machine Builders of Russia together with the Faculty of Law of Moscow State University.
Maxim speaks English and German.
Selected experience
Russian subsidiary of an international bank – participation in a project to represent interests in a cross-border dispute concerning securities obligations, including matters concerning the application of US and EU sanctions regimes. Damages amounted to USD 30m.
Major Russian insurance group – participation in advising client on a business risks insurance policy (bank guarantee insurance payment).
Russian policyholder – participation in advising client on property insurance in connection with damage to a warehouse.
Major official distributor of passenger cars and spare parts of a Japanese brand in the Russian and CIS markets – participation in advising client on consumer law matters.
Publications
On the limits of ownership rights to a land plot, Zakonodatelstvo journal, issue 2/2025;
Reinsurance, P&I clubs and insurance-linked securities: modern risk management models in marine insurance, April 2025;
Asymmetry of consideration in marine insurance: limits of the insured’s liability, March 2026;
Asset securitisation as a financing instrument: a comparative legal analysis, October 2025;
Federalism in labour legislation: foreign labour in modern Russia, co-authored by Z.A. Magomedaminova, November 2026;
Trade law of the Hanseatic League: origin, nature and key institutions, September 2023.
Education
2028, Russian School of Private Law (RSPL), master's degree
2026, Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), Faculty of Law, bachelor’s degree