About Us
Jurinflot International Law Firm is Russia’s oldest law firm specialising in maritime law. We combine decades of practical experience with advanced expertise in maritime and international law.
We provide comprehensive legal support to Russian and international clients, including shipowners, cargo interests, insurers, freight forwarding companies and other parties involved in shipping and the carriage of goods.
We provide legal support in projects and transactions across key sectors of the maritime industry, including sea and inland waterway transport, vessel chartering, ship sale and purchase, ship finance, shipbuilding , marine insurance and offshore activities on the continental shelf. We advise clients on Russian and international maritime law, draft contracts and other legal documents and provide comprehensive legal support for their business operations.
Dispute resolution is another core area of our practice. Jurinflot represents clients before Russian courts and international arbitral tribunals in disputes arising from maritime incidents, insurance claims, general average, ship arrests and the release of vessels from arrest, etc.
Jurinflot is an official correspondent to leading international Protection and Indemnity (P&I) Clubs, including UK P&I Club, NorthStandard, West of England P&I Club, Steamship Mutual and Korea P&I Club. We consider these appointments as a recognition of our team’s professionalism and devotion to the international maritime community.
Jurinflot’s history dates back to 1929. The firm is the legal successor to the Legal Department of Sovfracht Foreign Trade Association, which provided legal support for the activities of the Soviet merchant fleet in international markets.
From its earliest years, Jurinflot developed into one of the leading centres of maritime law expertise.
The firm’s lawyers advised on vessel chartering and sale and purchase transactions, marine insurance matters, and represented clients before courts and international arbitral tribunals in disputes arising from maritime incidents.
For decades, Jurinflot lawyers played an active role in shaping the legal framework governing the maritime industry in Russia.
The firm’s lawyers were among the experts involved in drafting the current Merchant Shipping Code of the Russian Federation and subsequent amendments to it.
They also participated in the drafting of legislation related to the implementation of the Sakhalin-2 Production Sharing Agreement project and a number of other Russian sub-legislative acts in the field of shipping.
Jurinflot was reorganised as a joint venture with international Protection and Indemnity Clubs.
This enabled the firm to incorporate leading international practices in maritime law and marine insurance into its work.
The Jurinflot brand was bought-out by the firm’s team. Therefrom, Jurinflot continued its practice as an independent law firm in association with the Mosyurcentr Advocates’ Collegium.
As the new law amended organisation of the legal profession in Russia was adopted, Jurinflot changed its organisational form, acquiring the status of an advocates’ bureau (lawyers’ partnership), while preserving its institutional continuity, accumulated expertise and specialisation in maritime law.
Today, Jurinflot is one of Russia’s leading law firms specialising in maritime law.
Combining almost a century of experience with a deep understanding of the challenges facing modern international business, the firm continues to advise on complex projects and protect the interests of Russian and international clients.
