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Law·Strategy·Results

Legal support with a clear result

We help companies trading with China and the UAE, launching fintech products, building and protecting brands, as well as private investors buying property abroad. For every service, the scope, timeline and final deliverable are agreed upfront.

Solutions for:
Final checklistKYB · basic
Subject
Severny Veter LLC
Jurisdiction
Russian Federation
Timeline
2 business days

Identification

  • Company confirmed in the state register (EGRUL), status: active
  • Beneficial owners identified, no nominees found

Lists and statuses

  • Sanctions lists: no matches
  • No PEP status
  • No adverse media found
Risk level: lowRecommendation: approve
Sample document. The company is fictitious.

Solutions for your situation

Choose who you are to see the issues clients bring to us and how we solve them.

Six practice areas

Key points for each area. The full list of services is below.

Partners

Heads of Navilex practice areas.

Dmitry Usilov

Dmitry Usilov

Partner, head of Real Estate, International Law, and Counterparty Checks & Compliance

More than 15 years in legal practice. Former chief legal counsel of construction groups; handled real estate transactions and development projects in nine countries, supported cross-border M&A deals and built international financial infrastructure for financial-sector companies.

Focus areas

  • Buying property abroad: UAE, Cyprus, Europe
  • Development, commercial real estate, dealings with the Moscow Property Department, Moskomarkhitektura and Rosreestr
  • Company formation abroad and account opening with full-cycle KYC
  • Licensing of payment and crypto services: PI/EMI, MSO, MSB, MPI, VASP/CASP
  • M&A transactions and due diligence
  • Contracts under English, UAE and Hong Kong law; bilingual contracts
  • AML/CFT, sanctions compliance and Federal Law No. 115‑FZ

Education

  • Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN), Faculty of Law, civil law
  • “Legal aspects of software use, development and implementation”, Moscow Digital School, 2022

Practice geography

Real estate transactions and due diligence: Cyprus, Switzerland, Czech Republic, France, Latvia, Chile, Armenia, Montenegro, UAE. Contracts under the laws of England, Hong Kong, the UAE and Indonesia. Licensing in 10+ jurisdictions, including the EU (MiCA), the UK, the US, Singapore, Hong Kong and Switzerland.

Works with clients in Russian and English.

Profile: LinkedIn

Viktoria Shageeva

Viktoria Shageeva

Partner, head of Business Support and Disputes

More than 30 years in legal practice. Headed the legal departments of transport and logistics companies, served as deputy CEO for legal affairs, handled contract work at an IT company and ran her own bankruptcy and commercial litigation practice.

Focus areas

  • Contract work and legal review
  • Commercial (arbitrazh) and general-jurisdiction court litigation
  • Bankruptcy and directors’ subsidiary liability
  • Public procurement under Federal Laws No. 44-FZ and 223-FZ, FAS disputes
  • Counterparty, litigation and bankruptcy risk checks
  • IT law, advertising and personal data

Education

  • Southern Federal University, Law
  • Rostov State University of Economics, accounting, analysis and audit
  • “Lawyer in IT”, MDS
  • Advertising law and personal data protection, professional development course, 2026

Selected cases

Bankruptcy: А40-286871/2018, А32-30404/2021, А40-19855/2016. Commercial disputes: А40-14548/2019, А41-98589/2019, А56-4209/2022.

Works with clients in Russian and Spanish.

Lidia Raimm

Lidia Raimm

CEO of IPhub, partner for Intellectual Property

Since 2019, IPhub (IPhub Intellectual Property and Innovation Centre) has been registering, protecting and helping manage intellectual property in Russia and abroad. Lidia builds brand protection strategies and IP management systems for clients.

Focus areas

  • Trademarks in Russia and abroad
  • Patents for inventions and industrial designs
  • Disputes before the IP Court and the Chamber for Patent Disputes
  • Licence agreements and franchising
  • IP management strategy
  • IP rights due diligence in transactions

Expert activity

  • Speaker at Tech Week, Synergy Global Forum and EXPOCENTRE conferences
  • Mentor at the Skolkovo Technopark

IPhub in numbers (company data)

1150completed trademark registration cases
>300representations in IP disputes per year
>2500legal assistance engagements for companies per year

Partner website: iphub.ru

How we work

  1. Request

    You describe your matter in your own words. Send documents if you already have them.

  2. Assessment

    A lawyer analyses the situation and proposes the scope, timeline and fee.

  3. Engagement and work

    We sign an engagement agreement and handle the matter, updating you at every key stage.

  4. Result

    You receive the final deliverable: a legal opinion, a registered right or a due diligence checklist.

Counterparty check packages

Ready-made sets of checks for typical tasks. The scope can be adjusted to your situation.

All services

The full list with descriptions. Fees are quoted after we assess your matter.

Let’s discuss your matter

A couple of lines about your situation is enough. We’ll tell you where to start, what steps are needed and which partner will take it on.

  • The first conversation is free of any obligation
  • No documents needed yet, we’ll ask for them later
  • We reply to the point, no template letters