Konstantin Krasnokutskiy
Managing Partner
Konstantin is the founder of NAVICUS.LAW and one of Russia’s leading maritime law lawyers with 20 years’ experience. He has handled the most complex and high-value industry projects in Russia, including securing a reduction of record damages claimed against a shipowner. It was largely due to Konstantin’s efforts that Russia regained its full membership in the Comité Maritime International (CMI) in 2021.
Tel+7 (812) 640 07 98
Emailkk@navicus.law
Key Practice Areas
Maritime Incidents Cases
Oil and bunker fuel spills, vessel collisions, allisions with port facilities, ship groundings, their salvage, and incidents arising from war risks.
Shipping Business Structuring
Incorporation of entities across multiple jurisdictions, drafting of fleet sale and purchase contracts, flag and dual registration, and formation of strategic partnerships to enhance global operations and facilitate corporate relocation.
International Arbitration
Representation in maritime arbitration proceedings (MAC, ICAC, LMAA, and LCIA).
Representative Experience
- Represented a foreign shipowner and its P&I Club following a bunker fuel spill in the port of St. Petersburg. The claims brought against the client totalled over $5 million. The 2001 Bunkers Convention was applied in this case for the first time in Russian history.
- Obtained recognition and enforcement in the Russian Federation of a judgment rendered by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
- Acted for a shipowner in a dispute seeking unprecedented damages in modern Russian maritime law, which resulted in the opponent’s claims being reduced from $65 million to $27 million.
- Appeared as an expert witness on Russian law in London arbitration proceedings in which the total amount of claims exceeded $100 million. As part of that case, he prepared an expert opinion on how Russian counter-sanctions affect transactions between Russian companies and foreign partners.
Additional Information
- Represents Russia in the Comité Maritime International (CMI) as President of the Russian Maritime Law Association (RUMLA).
- Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Maritime Law Journal, the first bilingual (Russian-English) journal dedicated to maritime law in Russia.
- Consistently recognised by leading global and Russian legal rankings: Chambers and Partners, The Legal 500, Best Lawyers, Pravo-300, Kommersant, RGRU, Delovoy Peterburg.
Publications
- Maritime Law Review 2/2020
- Russia’s chapter in the International Comparative Legal Guide to: Enforcement of Foreign Judgments. Global Legal Group Ltd, London (2018)
- Russia’s chapter in the International Comparative Legal Guide to: Shipping Law. Global Legal Group Ltd, London (2015, 2016, 2017)
- Key Changes for Northern Sea Route Regulation. Beacon, Skuld Magazine, March (2013)
- Russian State Commercial Court Enforces a Judgment of a US NY District Court (2012)
- International Maritime Law Handbook, Judicial Sales of Vessels and Priority of Claims; Russia. Wolters Kluwer (2010)
- Directors’ Liability and Indemnification: A Global Guide; Russia. GLOBE Business Publishing (2007, 2010)
NAVICUS.LAW
1-A Orlovskaya street, office 31-H,
St. Petersburg, 191124, Russia
Tel.: +7 (812) 640 07 98 (Moscow)
Tel.: +7 (812) 640 07 98 (St. Petersburg)
Email: navicus@navicus.law
