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[/en/] Укр Eng About us Services INDUSTRIES Experience Clients Team News Contacts Services Corporate / Mergers & Acquisitions / Investments Projects Full performance of merger and acquisition projects Due diligence M&A control approvals (including from competition authorities) Structuring deals Negotiations with counterparties and government regulators Dealing with special complications (such as acquisition of shares burdened by conditions of privatization and other peculiarities of Ukrainian national law or local regulation) Closings Post-acquisition: absorption or assimilation, restructuring, management, etc. Initial public offerings Establishment of legal entities of any corporate form, and representative offices in Ukraine and any other jurisdictions (including offshore countries) Companies’ group structuring Developing corporate governance structure Corporate secretary assistance Reorganizations and liquidations Increase and reduction of authorized capital Registration of foreign investments Drafting all types of agreements related to corporate law projects Real Estate In-depth legal due diligence of real estate objects Greenfield and brownfield projects Advising on possible options for acquisition of the real estate and its operation Assist in negotiations with local owners/users and tenants of real estate Full performance of transaction on acquisition of immovable property and land plots Legal due diligence of the options for investing into real estate and its construction as well as on their improvement Development and redevelopment Leases Infrastructure and utilities Real estate management and operation Subsoil use Constructions and reconstructions Long/short term leases and buy-outs of municipal and State lands Optimization of the taxation relating to acquisition of the real estate and its operation Performance of all mandatory registrations, records and notifications relating to real estate Full legal support of using real estate as collaterals Permits and licences relating to real estate acquisition/construction/lease Easements and public procedures Zoning Dispute resolution and litigation in real estate Anti-trust and competition Prior approvals of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine («AMC») for economic concentration AMC prior approval for the concerted actions Post factum AMC permits for economic concentration and concerted actions with minimization of risks and losses of the clients Protection of intellectual property rights and business reputation on the basis of competitive legislation Representing the clients in the unfair competition proceedings Obtainment of AMC official opinions Adjusting agreements (distribution, sales and other) to the anti-trust legislation Commercial Any kinds of commercial contracts (drafting, amending, terminating, support, legal and tax analysis) Goods and services import and export transactions Distribution Leasing Public procurement E-commerce Debt restructuring Licensing / permits / certification Outsourcing Customs issues Cross-border logistic Support in negotiations Litigation / international arbitration / amicable settlement regarding commercial relations Concession agreements Tax advice and planning / tax litigation Tax advices on commercial issues Tax Litigation Assistance during tax audits by the tax officials Representing the clients in tax authorities (tax inspectorate, militia, etc.) Tax planning, including international and bilateral treatiesLegal tax due diligence Tax procedures and registration (obtainment tax certificates, VAT-payer status, simplified tax systems) Obtaining official individual tax consultations Finance and banking General banking Debt collection and financial restructuring Licences / permits / approvals Registrations of new banks Representation before the Ukrainian regulatory authorities (including the National Bank of Ukraine) Project finance Asset finance Structured finance Real estate investment and finance, development finance in banking sphere Intercompany loans and any other kinds of financing Capital markets Structuring and implementation of any kind of development projects and acquisitions (securities, assets) Securitisation Dispute resolution and litigation Handling cases in all kinds of the Ukrainian State courts (commercial, administrative, civil, etc.) and at all levels (including the Supreme Court of Ukraine) Handling cases in any Ukrainian intermediate courts, including obtaining of the court documents for enforcement of their awards Handling cases in various international arbitration institutions Enforcement of the court decisions Recognition and enforcement in Ukraine of the awards of intermediate courts and international arbitration institutions Complex challenge of the tax authorities decisions Pre-trial settlement Amicable settlement Attorney assistance Intellectual property Legal advising on any issues relating to IP/IT, including using IP/IT in corporate and investment operations and within M&A procedures All kinds of IP registrations: trademarks, patents, registered designs, know-how, copyrights and managing international portfolios of these rights Due diligence of IP assets Any agreements relating to IP rights’ arrangement (purchase, sale, licensing, franchising, etc.) Registering IP objects with all state registers, including customs register Legal supervision over protection of the clients’ IP rights within Ukraine Software (registrations, acquisition and alienation of the rights, developing, distribution, reselling, anti-piracy actions)Internet (support on the Internet business, domain names registrations and disputes) IP/IT licensing: negotiating, drafting, execution, registration Advising IT companies on compliance with Ukrainian law including personal data protection Advertising IP / IT dispute resolution, including proceedings in all Ukrainian State courts, courts of arbitration and international arbitration institutions Trade mark, service mark and patent related disputes at the State Department for Intellectual Property of Ukraine Negotiations and amicable settlements of IP / IT disputes IP licensing and franchising disputes, disputes relating to commercial secrets and confidential information Disputes relating to advertising law violations Labour and HR Employment All labour and HR documents, including internal regulations Dismissals, including upon employer’s initiative Dismissal amicable settlement Labour-related litigations Salary / bonuses / option plans, including taxation Foreigners (employment permits, temporary and permanent registration in Ukraine) Representation in the state authorities Labour and HR due diligences Safety issues Oil and gas best business models, project structuring and development for up, meddle and downstream oil and gas project all types of the agreements, including incorporated and non-incorporated joint ventures, production sharing agreements mergers and acquisitions and other transactional issues in oil and gas sphere tenders and auctions oil & gas regulatory proceedings representation of clients before state authorities/regulatory bodies assistance in obtaining permits and licenses the financing issues tax, currency control, and customs clearance matters government relations dispute resolution options (including international arbitration) Forensic & Compliance Detecting of unreliable financial transactions within corporate structures Commercial audit (business intelligence) - a comprehensive audit of current and prospective contractors Services on improper payments prevention; development of internal regulations and settlement mechanisms Compliance and risk management as regards to financial misconduct Projects __varbody__ © 2017, SDM Partners LLC, Law Firm About us Services INDUSTRIES Experience Clients Team News Contacts