Vladislav Arkhipov
Vladislav Arkhipov, LLD, Professor and Chair of the Department for the Theory and History of State and Law at the law faculty of St Petersburg University, is counsel to the St Petersburg office of Denuo.
Vladislav focuses on legal theory, copyright, Internet regulation, personal data, data dissemination and the protection of children from information harmful to their health and development. He possesses unique experience of assisting with projects relating to the designing and launching of computer games, the legal evaluation of gaming and other entertaining content as well as with projects involvingnon-standard personal data processing procedures.
Beginning from 2007, Vladislav has been consulting Russian and foreign clients, including major gaming and IT companies, acting also as an attorney in civil and administrative proceedings associated with IP issues, personal data processing and legal relations on the Internet.
Vladislav has been numerously ranked byPravo-300 , Chambers, Legal 500 and Best Lawyers in categories relating to IT and IP law and media and entertainment industry.
Vladislav has received the following awards:
Vladislav focuses on legal theory, copyright, Internet regulation, personal data, data dissemination and the protection of children from information harmful to their health and development. He possesses unique experience of assisting with projects relating to the designing and launching of computer games, the legal evaluation of gaming and other entertaining content as well as with projects involving
Beginning from 2007, Vladislav has been consulting Russian and foreign clients, including major gaming and IT companies, acting also as an attorney in civil and administrative proceedings associated with IP issues, personal data processing and legal relations on the Internet.
Vladislav has been numerously ranked by
Vladislav has received the following awards:
- Holder of the Runet Prize in a special category of the Moscow Digital School “Best Teacher of Digital Law,” 2020;
- Justice Prize in the category “For Excellence in Legal Science,” awarded by the interregional department of the Association of Lawyers of Russia for St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, 2020;
- St Petersburg Government award for outstanding achievements in higher education and secondary vocational education in 2018 in the category “Development of Innovative Activities in an Educational Organisation,” 2018; and
- Award “For Success Achieved by an Attorney in Defending Business and Entrepreneurship” (Resolution of the St Petersburg Bar Association, Minutes No. 3 dated 30 March2010), 2010.
Education
St Petersburg University, LLD, 2020
St Petersburg University, PhD in Law, 2009
St Petersburg University, MA in Jurisprudence, 2007
St Petersburg University, BA in Jurisprudence, 2005
St Petersburg University, PhD in Law, 2009
St Petersburg University, MA in Jurisprudence, 2007
St Petersburg University, BA in Jurisprudence, 2005
Languages
English
Russian
Spanish
Russian
Spanish
Summary profile
Experience
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Advising an international gaming and
e-sports company on issues concerning the establishment of a system of contractual relations withe-sportsmen -
Advising a foreign gaming company and publisher on issues concerning the legal evaluation of the admissibility of a computer game&rsquo's content before its release from the perspective of Russia data law
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Advising the International Age Rating Coalition on issues concerning the creation of an automated system of age ratings in accordance with Russian legislation
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Advising a Russian subdivision of an international pharmaceutical company on issues concerning compliance with Russian personal data laws in the course of an internal corporate investigation
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Advising a
non-profit organisation withnon-standard personal data processing procedures on issues concerning compliance with the requirements of Russian personal data laws, including the requirement to localise personal data
Publications
Vladislav is the author of over 60 scientific works on legal theory issues, data law, copyright, legal challenges of the
- “Characters (Avatars) in Multiplayer Computer Games: Issues of Legal Classification in Light of Interdisciplinary Research,” Zakon Magazine, issue 3, 2022, p. 58-74;
- “Operation of Legal Norms in Digital Media Space and Semantic Limits of Law,” Pravovediniye Magazine, V. 63, issue 1, 2019, p. 8-27; and
- “The Problem of Qualifying Personal Data as Intangible Items of Value in Digital Economy or There Is Nothing More Practical Than a Good Theory,” Zakon Magazine, issue 2, 2018, p. 52-68.
- “Theory of State and Law,”
co-authored by E.V. Timoshina; - “Legal Regulation of Relations on the Internet: A Russian Perspective,”
co-authored by V.B. Naumov; - “Introduction to Video Game Law: A Russian Perspective”;
- “Big Data from the Perspective of Law: Introduction into the Subject,”
co-authored by V.B. Naumov and A.Z. Pagov; and - “Information Security for Everyone.”
Career
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2023-present
Counsel, Denuo -
2023-present
Director, Centre for Research on Information Security and Digital Transformation, St Petersburg University -
2019-present
Chair of the Department for the Theory and History of State and Law, St Petersburg University -
2010-present
Assistant (until 2013), Assistant Professor (until 2022), Professor at the Department for the Theory and History of State and Law, St Petersburg University -
2014-23
Counsel, Intellectual Property, Information Technology and Telecommunications practice, Dentons (Nextons) -
2012-13
Counsel to Vice-Chancellor for Scholar Activities in such areas as medicine, medical technology, dentistry and jurisprudence, St Petersburg University -
2007-13
Trainee Attorney (until 2008), Attorney, Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasiev & Partners
Professional memberships
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Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media
Member of Advisory and Public Council -
Russian Association for Electronic Communications
Expert of the Gaming Industry and E‑Sports Cluster
Teaching experience
St Petersburg University
Professor, Chair of the Department for the Theory and History of State and Law, Academic Supervisor for the Data Law and Protection MA programme, Director of the Centre for Research on Information Security and Digital Transformation
Moscow Digital School
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