Wilhelmina Shavshina
B1 Partner Moscow
Global Trade and Customs, Tax, Law and Business Support. Over 25 years of experience as an expert in customs regulation and global trade. Active involvement in working groups and business platforms
Professional experience
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Wilhelmina is B1 Global Trade and Customs Leader. She is also an Assistant Professor at St. Petersburg State University and academic advisor for the foreign trade continuing education program
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Wilhelmina has seven years of experience as a customs official, including as the head of a customs legal department, and in 2002-2005 she headed the Sobchak Baltic Bar Association. Over 18 years in consulting
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Wilhelmina has chaired the Customs and Transport Committee of the Association of European Businesses (AEB) since 2021 and has been deputy chair of the AEB’s Northwest Steering Committee since 2015
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She sits on several Eurasian Economic Commission working groups and serves as an expert on the Public Council and Expert Advisory Council of the Federal Customs Service
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She was actively involved in work on the Customs Code of the Eurasian Economic Community and the Federal Law “On Customs Regulation in the Russian Federation”
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Wilhelmina is the author of over 90 publications on global trade, including customs and tax aspects. She has authored a commentary on the Russian Tax Code and is the executive editor and author of a commentary on the Russian Customs Code of 2004
Competencies
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Recognized expert on government regulation, extensive experience with foreign trade, customs administration and the implementation of customs policy
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Assistance with supply chain management, global investment projects and cross-border transactions, including licensing structures
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Resolution of customs disputes, mediation with customs authorities
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Consulting on currency control and customs administration, including categorization, simplified customs declaration and customs control exemptions, as well as on obtaining and making the best use of AEO status
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Legal and regulatory support in connection with changes in the EAEU’s Common Customs Tariff
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Lobbying to add/remove TN VED commodity codes to/from lists of goods qualifying for a zero rate of customs duties
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Support with matters involving non-tariff/technical regulation, including obtaining export permits and other permissions, licenses and certificates
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Consulting on parallel imports
Education
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St. Petersburg State University, Faculty of Law, Ph.D. in Law
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St. Petersburg State University, Faculty of Law, honors degree in Law
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St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University, Faculty of Engineering Cybernetics
“All of our clients are top-class professionals and true heroes. Heroes can’t afford to make mistakes, but every now and then each of us needs help in accomplishing a task, especially today. I want, above all, for you to know that heroes show courage by seeking and accepting help. I have always considered my profession as a lawyer to be highly socially oriented and understand how important it is to provide assistance and support. Our goal is thus to provide maximum legal comfort for foreign trade in current conditions, to defend the rights and interests of business amid increased scrutiny from regulators and customs officials, and to make the foreign trade function more effective.”
Wilhelmina Shavshina
B1 Partner, Global Trade and Customs, Tax, Law and Business Support
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