Zhdanova Viktoria

Zhdanova Viktoria Dmitrievna

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Senior partner,  attorney, specialist in customs operations

St.Petersburg Law Offices “Inmarine”

+7 (812) 363-13-64

sos@inmarin.ru

Zhdanova Viktoria - senior partner at the St. Petersburg law offices "Inmarine" in shipbuilding and shipping. Viktoria specializes in projects accompanied by the construction, purchase and sale, transfer to the charter and operation on sea and river vessels, focusing on the legal regulation of relations between the parties of the transaction and to prevent possible disputes and damages.

When she returned from England to Russia with a master's qualification of the international maritime law, Viktoria received a lawyer's status and provides legal support for Russian ship owners in the negotiation and execution of shipbuilding and ship-repair contracts, purchase and sale contracts and ships charters under English law. Foreign ship owners demand Viktoria’s expertise in regulatory matters to ensure stay of ships under foreign flag in the Russian jurisdiction, taking into account the specifics of the Russian legislation, as well as making deals with local shippers, forwarding agents, charterers, agents and chandlers. Customers have repeatedly pointed out that a solid knowledge of the European and Russian law allows to Viktoria to structure multi- border transactions and to ensure cross-border legal protection of the marine business projects.

Being certified by the Federal Customs Service, a specialist in customs operations, Viktoria consults ship owners, shippers and freight forwarders for customs clearance of ships and cargoes, successfully solves judicial and extrajudicial disputes about the classification of goods, the adjustment of the customs value, the return of overpaid customs duties and other matters in customs and currency legislation.

Education:

• 2010 г. – Swansea University (Wales, Great Brittan), bachelor of Laws;
• 2011 г. – Swansea University (Wales, Great Brittan), master of Laws in international Maritime Law;
• 2015 г. – Russian Customs Academy, specialist in customs operations. 

• Support the construction of a fishing vessel at the shipyard Stocznia Gdańsk SA for ZAO "Pacific Marine";
• Transaction services for the acquisition of ships ATLANTIC ISLAND (IMO: 9210335), SEA CHALLENGER (IMO: 8502119), EK-RIVER (IMO: 9056868) for LLC "Cros Trans Arctic" (IP Starostin IA);
• Advising and drafting of unified forms of supply contracts for petrochemical products SIBUR International GmbH, vessel SIBUR TOBOL (IMO: 9655511), SIBUR VORONEZH (IMO: 9655509), etc .;
• Payload of the acquisition of the ship "Baltic -108» (IMO: 7612424) for LLC "Sea Energy Shipping Company" (GC “Marine Technics”);
• Payload transfer to charter and subcharter EMERALD vessel (IMO: 8903052);
• Advice Bureau Ship Service SIA on the application and implementation of the provisions of the MLC 2006;
• Support the purchase of fishing vessel ANDENESFISK I (IMO: 9652820) by leasing to JSC "farm of Bekerev"/ LLC" Alfa-Leasing ";
• Advice on registration and operation of the luxury yacht Alexander K. in Russia;
• Advising on lease to two oil tankers  "Laura", "Neman", "Nefterudovoz-44M", "Nefterudovoz-50M", "Nefterudovoz- 56M"for LLC "Interleasing ";
• Payload construction barge TB 6000 for offshore projects of CNGS Group;
• Legal assistance in obtaining permission to cabotage for the car-ferry AUTOPRESTIGE (IMO: 9190157) for the benefit of United European Car Carriers;
• Protection of cargo and freight forwarders in disputes with shipping lines MOL, Maersk, Fesco, SMA CGM for compensation for loss and damage to cargo;
• Representation of STRABAG Wasserbau GmbH in projects for dredging seaport "Big Port of St. Petersburg";
• • Company Consulting, "Gazprom Neft Shelf" on the distribution of risk and the volume of owner responsibility and charterer of ships VLADISLAV STRIZHOV (IMO: 9310018), YURIY TOPCHEV (IMO: 9338230), MIKHAIL ULYANOV (IMO: 9333670), KIRILL LAVROV (IMO: 9333682) used to provide MISP project "Prirazlomnaja".

Membership in professional organizations:

• 2013  - St.Petersburg Advocatory Chamber, attorney. 

Career:

• 2011 -2012 гг. – “Inmarine” LLC, lawyer
• 2012-2013 гг. – “Inmarine” LLC, leading lawyer
• 2013 г. – to present time   - St.Petersburg Law Offices “Inmarine”, senior partner

Laguages:

Russian, English, Norwegian, Danish.

Hobby:

Author of a series of successful novels and short stories, throwing an ironic view of reality through the prism of fantastic phenomenon.

Publications and Comments of Viktoria Zhdanova:

• Russia seizes Greenpeace ship for trespass and piracy// Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) –2013. - http://www.cfact.org/2013/09/26/greenpeace-pirates-russia-seizes-arctic-sunrise-for-oil-platform-attack/
• «Arctic Our Way: Greenpeace, Gazprom & the Batlte for the Shelf»// The Interpreter, –2013. – The Interpreter, Institute of Modern Russia, Inc, 2010. –  http://www.interpretermag.com/arctic-our-way-greenpeace-gazprom-and-the-battle-for-the-shelf/
• Greenpeace Activists Face Piracy Charges for Arctic Protest// The Moscow Times–2013. - http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/greenpeace-activists-face-piracy-charges-for-arctic-protest/486576.html