Agro-industrial complex

Sokolovskyi and Partners provides full legal support to the activities of agro-industrial companies ranging from registration of business entity and its property rights to land to advising during the implementation of economic activities, in particular:

• advising on selection of optimal scheme for building business and selection of tax systems, and preparation of statutory documents;
• registration of rights to land, property and other real estate; provision of legal assistance in disputes concerning real estate (claiming property from someone else’s illegal possession, recognition of title to land or development, unauthorised development, amending the land plot lease agreement);
• registration of business entities and taxpayers;
• obtaining official authorizations (fire safety, product safety and quality, advertising, compliance with sanitary and ecological safety);
• consulting on implementation of production projects;
• preparation of personnel documents, consulting on application of labour law, pre-trial and judicial settlement of labour disputes (reinstatement of employment and payment of wages during forced absenteeism);
• development of economic contracts (in particular, supply, work or services contracts) and necessary initial documentation;
• current business activity issues;
• consulting and representation by attorney at law during state controls in the field of protection of consumer rights, inspections by the State Labour Service of Ukraine, tax inspections;
• conclusion of loan agreements with banking institutions (participation in negotiations, amendment of concluded agreements and resolution of disputed issues in and out of court);
• consulting and representation in courts on issues of compliance with antimonopoly laws and pricing legislation;
• consulting on intellectual property issues;
• current business activity issues;
• consulting and representation by attorney at law during state control in the field of protection of consumer rights, inspections by the State Labour Service of Ukraine, tax inspections;
• conclusion of loan agreements with banking institutions (participation in negotiations, amendment of concluded agreements and resolution of disputed issues in and out of court);
• consulting and representation in courts on issues of compliance with antimonopoly laws and pricing legislation;
• representation in disputes concerning insurance cases;
• customs clearing of export-import operations (registration by entity of foreign economic activities, resolving issues of adjusting customs value of goods, appealing against post-audit decisions);
• representation in disputes with suppliers and buyers regarding debt recovery;
• disputes concerning refutation of untrustworthy information, protection of business reputation, compensation for moral damages;
• corporate disputes.

Also, companies of the agro-industrial complex that are the clients of Sokolovskyi and Partners receive legal assistance and judicial protection on issues of commercial and labour law, work with distressed assets of enterprises (bankruptcy), and debt recovery.

Our attorneys accompany our clients during inspections by government officials and defend them in criminal proceedings.

As part of our cooperation, our attorneys provide legal expertise on taxation, restructuring and asset preservation issues.