Practices

We have worked with defence technology manufacturers since the first days of the full-scale war. We provide comprehensive support to companies among Ukraine’s five largest manufacturers, in Ukraine and abroad.

• Corporate structure, protection of ownership
• Dealings with all supervisory and regulatory authorities, including the Antimonopoly Committee
• Dealings with the state: defence procurement, tax, currency regulation
• Import and export, export control
• Codification and obtaining permits
• Agreements with foreign partners
• Protection of intellectual property and trade secrets

We support businesses from their founding documents to the sale of the company.

• Analysis of business risks and structure, restructuring of assets
• Due diligence, purchase and sale of businesses
• Shareholders’ agreements between partners
• Founding documents, support for investment funds
• Complex transactions, including between non-residents, and negotiations

We resolve many disputes without going to court, which saves the Client time and money. When court cannot be avoided, we handle the case at every level of jurisdiction.

• Negotiation and pre-trial settlement of disputes between partners, with counterparties and with state authorities
• Representation in Ukrainian courts at every level: legal position, evidence, procedural documents
• Coordination of proceedings in the courts of the United Kingdom, the US, Spain, Cyprus, Estonia and other countries together with partner law firms abroad

We defend companies, their owners and executives when a business comes up against law enforcement.

• Defence and representation in economic crime proceedings
• Support during searches, questioning and other investigative actions
• Management of seized assets
• Countering corporate raiding

We secure and protect rights in what a business creates, from the brand to the code.

• Trademarks, inventions, software, databases, know-how
• Protection of trade secrets
• Development, licensing and assignment of rights agreements
• Legal structure of IT companies and start-ups

We support production and service companies in the oil and gas sector.

• Obtaining and acquiring special permits for subsoil use
• Production intensification agreements, service contracts, RSAs and MSAs
• Joint activity agreements in the oil and gas sector

We help founders, investors and their families move their business or their lives to the EU.

• Launching start-ups and operating companies in Spain and other EU countries
• Choice of jurisdiction and legal form, corporate structure, tax planning
• Permits and licences
• Cross-border tax matters: Spain, the Netherlands, Portugal, the UAE
• Relocation of founders and teams

We support real estate transactions and development and construction projects.

• Purchase, sale and lease of real estate
• Development and construction projects: structure, contracts, permits
• Real estate disputes, division of property