Viktor developed his expertise working in an IT company in the telecoms sector, negotiating multi-million IT implementation contracts with leading telecoms companies in the CIS, Middle East, South-East Asia and Africa.
He subsequently moved to work as an advocate focusing on shareholder disputes, sanctions and advising cryptocurrency businesses.
Viktor has worked on international projects since 2018. He is a qualified solicitor admitted to practise in England & Wales. He is focused on projects involving English law and international legal issues. He regularly represents clients in international arbitrations.
Viktor has a rare combination of skills: in-house experience in the IT industry, providing him with an understanding of IT businesses’ working needs and practices, as well as expertise as a dispute resolution solicitor, allowing him to advise on potential conflicts at early stages and assist with structuring legal instruments to minimise legal risks.
At BELGRAVIA LAW, Viktor assists ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWI) and international businesses with complex multi-jurisdictional projects involving issues of international and English law. Viktor also advises IT and blockchain companies on regulatory compliance risks and assists well-established companies with protecting their know-how and copyrighted works, managing reputation and resolving international disputes.
International disputes
Sanctions compliance and licencing
Litigation and arbitration management
IT contracts and copyright
Data privacy
Media law and reputation management
Blockchain advisory and disputes
Viktor’s key projects include:
Sanctions compliance and clearance. Banking and finance. Representing a UHNWI single-family office in multiple disputes against hedge funds and banks in the Cayman Islands, England and Ireland. Dealing with regulatory and compliance issues under UK and EU sanctions. Pre-action correspondence with hedge funds and banks. Achieving the release of tens of millions of USD which had been unjustly retained.
Disputes in venture projects. JAMS arbitration (New York and Delaware law) to protect the interests of a sophisticated venture investor following venture investment in a MedTech project. The dispute arose after the project reached IPO.
IT contracts. Dispute resolution. Representation of an IT distributor in arbitration (ICC and LCIA) and litigation in the UK, EU and US against top hardware and software vendors, recovering damages from the vendors following breaches of IT distribution contracts.
Copyright. Data protection. Developing regulatory policies across cybersecurity, data protection, open-source licencing and copyright domains to protect the interests of a software supplier. Leading negotiations with major telecom companies across the Middle East, CIS, Africa and South-East Asia.
Media law. Defamation. Reputation management. Advising an international group of companies on litigation strategy against an online defamatory publication involving the US, the Netherlands, Lithuania and England. Developing tactics for safeguarding global reputation. The project includes dealing with erasure requests to search engines and AI tool operators (such as OpenAI) to remove unlawfully processed personal data.
Blockchain. Developing legal solutions for tokenising real estate and structuring commercial contracts and underlying white papers for blockchain projects to fully align with regulatory requirements.
Shareholder disputes. Advising the client on share sale negotiations to exit a venture project relating to the robotics industry with a heavy patent portfolio developed over many years.
Shareholder disputes. Advising clients with investment interests in fintech projects in LCIA arbitration and High Court litigation. Disputes often involving issues of fraud and forensic expertise.
