Of Counsel, Solicitor (England & Wales)
Of Counsel, Solicitor (England & Wales)
VIkTOR RYKOV
VIkTOR RYKOV
Focuses on IT & Crypto projects, handles International Dispute Resolution cases and litigations in English courts
Focuses on IT & Crypto projects, handles International Dispute Resolution cases and litigations in English courts
Areas of expertise
Areas of expertise
FINTECH AND CRYPTO
FINTECH AND CRYPTO
FINTECH AND CRYPTO
Data privacy
Data privacy
Data privacy
media law
media law
media law
sanctions
sanctions
sanctions
LITIGATION
LITIGATION
LITIGATION
arbitration
arbitration
arbitration
international disputes
international disputes
international disputes
education
education
Queen Mary University of London (UK), Postgraduate Diploma in International Arbitration, 1st class honours
University of Hannover (Germany), IP/IT courses, exchange program
University of Lapland (Finland), LLM in International Law
Russian Law Academy of the Ministry of Justice, Bachelor’s degree
Queen Mary University of London (UK), Postgraduate Diploma in International Arbitration, 1st class honoursUniversity of Hannover (Germany), IP/IT courses, exchange programUniversity of Lapland (Finland), LLM in International LawRussian Law Academy of the Ministry of Justice, Bachelor’s degree
ABOUT
ABOUT
Viktor developed his expertise working in an IT company in the telecom sector, negotiating multi-million IT implementation contracts with leading telecom companies in CIS, the Middle East, South-East Asia and Africa.
He subsequently moved to work as an advocate focusing on shareholder disputes, legal advice for crypto businesses and sanctions.
Viktor has worked on international projects since 2018. He is a qualified solicitor admitted to practise in England & Wales. He is focused on the projects involving English law and international law issues. He regularly acts 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, and expertise as a dispute resolution lawyer, allowing him to advise on potential conflicts at early stages and assist with structuring legal instruments to minimise clients’ legal risks.
At Bytes & Rights, Viktor assists businesses where knowledge of English law is required. Viktor advises IT and crypto clients on regulatory compliance risks and assists well-established companies with protecting their IT, managing reputation and resolving international disputes.
Viktor developed his expertise working in an IT company in the telecom sector, negotiating multi-million IT implementation contracts with leading telecom companies in CIS, the Middle East, South-East Asia and Africa.
He subsequently moved to work as an advocate focusing on shareholder disputes, legal advice for crypto businesses and sanctions.
Viktor has worked on international projects since 2018. He is a qualified solicitor admitted to practise in England & Wales. He is focused on the projects involving English law and international law issues. He regularly acts 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, and expertise as a dispute resolution lawyer, allowing him to advise on potential conflicts at early stages and assist with structuring legal instruments to minimise clients’ legal risks.
At Bytes & Rights, Viktor assists businesses where knowledge of English law is required. Viktor advises IT and crypto clients on regulatory compliance risks and assists well-established companies with protecting their IT, managing reputation and resolving international disputes.
EXPIRIENCE
EXPIRIENCE
Viktor’s key projects include:
- Crypto. Development of legal solutions for tokenising real estate and structuring commercial contracts and underlying white papers for blockchain projects to align with regulatory requirements.
- Copyright, data protection. Development regulatory policies across cybersecurity, data protection, open-source licensing 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.
- 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.
- 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. Elaborating tactics for safeguarding the client’s global reputation. The project includes dealing with erasure requests to the search engines and operators of AI tools (such as OpenAI) to remove unlawfully processed personal data.
- Shareholder disputes. Advising the client on share sale negotiations to exit the venture project relating to the robotics industry with a heavy patent portfolio developed over the years.
- 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 unjustly retained by several hedge funds and banks.
- 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.
Viktor’s key projects include:
- Crypto. Development of legal solutions for tokenising real estate and structuring commercial contracts and underlying white papers for blockchain projects to align with regulatory requirements.
- Copyright, data protection. Development regulatory policies across cybersecurity, data protection, open-source licensing 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.
- 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.
- 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. Elaborating tactics for safeguarding the client’s global reputation. The project includes dealing with erasure requests to the search engines and operators of AI tools (such as OpenAI) to remove unlawfully processed personal data.
- Shareholder disputes. Advising the client on share sale negotiations to exit the venture project relating to the robotics industry with a heavy patent portfolio developed over the years.
- 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 unjustly retained by several hedge funds and banks.
- 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.obligations.
Get in Touch
CONTACT US
Bytes&Rights (Y-tunnus 3402918-6)
Lappeenranta, Finland
Get in Touch
CONTACT US
Bytes&Rights (Y-tunnus 3402918-6)
Lappeenranta, Finland
Get in Touch
CONTACT US
Bytes&Rights (Y-tunnus 3402918-6)
Lappeenranta, Finland