Arina Sheshtanova

About

Arina advises Russian and foreign companies on various issues of tax, customs legislation and foreign trade. Arina participates in conducting both due diligence and, in particular, tax audits of companies. Arina's experience includes completing projects on tax structuring of transactions, analysis and implementation of the most viable tools in the business processes of companies.

As part of consulting clients, Arina develops roadmaps, prepares memorandums and opinions on complex legal issues, including in English.  Arina has experience in developing positions of taxpayers and declarants, preparing procedural documents in response to requests, protocols, acts and decisions of government bodies, as well as experience in representing clients' interests at the pre-trial and judicial stages of dispute resolution with tax and customs authorities.

Arina provides legal support to companies in various sectors of the economy, including IT, TMT, FMCG, pharmaceutical, energy, transportation, and agricultural industries.

Experience

• supporting the global pharmaceutical market leader at the pre-trial and judicial stages of dispute settlement with the customs authority regarding the inclusion of royalties paid for the right to use of a patent in the customs value of goods
• conducting an audit of an IT company providing comprehensive communications services to assess the tax risks associated with the application of a preferential tax regime, as well as analyzing the business models of the company's current activities and developing business restructuring models for minimizing tax risk for future periods
• representing the Russian subsidiary of the international engineering concern in a dispute with the customs authority regarding the inclusion of dividends in the customs value of goods supplied by both the founder and the group’s companies
• analyzing tax risks of one of the world leaders in the field of medical equipment and lenses production on issues related to the implementation of lens sales promotion programs to optical stores chains and final customers, as well as related to the use of marketing cost recovery mechanisms
• preparing a written position on the issue of reclassification according to the HS code of the goods of the world-famous toy manufacturer in response to the requirements of the customs authorities
• advising Europe's largest transport company on accounting issues, as well as developing business models for interaction with counterparties in order to fulfill the state defense order

Arina’s experience includes her projects before joining BIRCH LEGAL.

Education

Languages

• English
• Russian

Career