FULL LEGAL SUPPORT OF BUSINESS

Dispute Settlement

  • Legal analysis of conflict situations, development of the strategy and legal position of the client, evaluation of potential risks and litigation prospects
  • Pre-trial work, participation in negotiations and conciliatory procedures, preparation of relevant documents (claims, counterclaims, dispute settlement agreements etc.), collection of evidence
  • Drawing up the law suits, petitions, motions and other documents of procedure
  • Representation in international arbitration tribunals and ad hoc tribunals
  • Support in the mandatory execution of court resolutions

Bankruptcy

  • advising on all bankruptcy issues
  • representing the debtor in courts on all stages of the bankruptcy procedure, objecting to the creditor's claims, preparing statements of disagreement
  • advising on the liability of the debtor's CEO and shareholders, representing the clients in disputes involving the subsidiary liability
  • representing the creditor, participating in the creditors meetings, preparing and submitting creditor's claims in order to be included in the creditors' register; appeal of the crisis manager actions (inaction)
  • declaring the invalidity of the debtor's transactions

Intellectual Property

  • Drafting and reviewing contracts related to the intellectual property (licenses, copyright, franchising, software development and other)
  • Advice on issues of use of the intellectual property objects, protection of the intellectual property rights on the Internet
  • Protection of intellectual property. Representation in Patent Board of Appeal and Intellectual Property Judicial Board. Entering trademarks in the Customs Register of intellectual property. Counteraction for unfair competition

Corporate Law

  • Formation, reorganization and liquidation of commercial legal entities, opening and terminating the activities of representative offices of foreign organizations
  • Exit and entrance of participants in limited liability companies, additional share issuances in joint-stock companies
  • Sales of interests and shares transactions
  • Documentary support and organization of general meetings of participants/shareholders of commercial entities

Mergers and Acquisitions

  • Legal support of transactions to buy business, drafting the purchase-sale agreement and other legal documents associated with the transaction
  • Due diligence of the target before the purchase, discovery of legal risks and recommendations on their mitigation
  • Tax structuring of the transaction
  • Negotiations on the client’s behalf with the other party to the transaction

Investor Services

  • The choice of the optimum form of presence in Belarus
  • Representing the client’s interests in the negotiations with the government authorities
  • Formation of legal entities and support of their business activities, advice on taxation optimization of business in Belarus

Labor law

  • Drafting labor agreements and contracts, advice on their conclusion and termination, with top management, during reorganizations or after sale of business
  • Advice on the personnel reduction issues, changes of substantial labor terms of employees
  • Consulting on the type of remunerations and bonuses for the employees
  • Analysis of the state of the personnel documentation, and bringing it in compliance with the legal requirements
  • Legal support of hiring foreign personnel in Belarus, consulting on migrant labor issues
  • Advice on the out-of-court resolution of the arising labor conflicts