Experience

• Drafting and legal examination of foreign trade contracts, including with leading world food producers, and negotiations on the disputed terms of agreements;
• Drafting and legal examination of supply contracts, contracts for the provision of advertising and marketing services, agreements on the payment of premiums (bonuses) with all major retail chains in Belarus, conducting negotiations;
• Legal expertise and advising in the areas of currency and customs regulation, confirmation of product quality, labeling and packaging;
• Full legal support for the project on the reconstruction of the warehouse base built in the 1980s into a modern large automated logistics complex with a significant increase in warehouse area, acceptance into operation, and registration of real estate;
• Legal support of a project for a resident of the Republic of Belarus to receive financing under the Russian state program, including the provision of loans and opening accounts with non-resident banks with the receipt of relevant permits;
• Support of projects for the automation of business processes in large distribution companies, as well as for the automation of transport activities and warehouse logistics: drafting and reviewing of license and sublicense contracts for software, contracts for the implementation of information systems, contracts for the provision of technical support services, etc.;
• Registration of trademarks, contesting the refusal of registration, conclusion of licensing and assignment agreements for trademarks;
• Drafting and legal support of the conclusion of a distribution contract for a large French supplier of agricultural products and advising the client on its entry into the Belarusian market and distribution development; 
• Drafting several contracts for a large global manufacturer of medicines as part of the legal support of its economic activities, including agreements on the payment of bonuses, and contracts for the provision of marketing and advertising services; 
• Supporting a large manufacturer of construction and finishing materials in a dispute with customs authorities regarding the determination of the customs value of imported goods, conducting an audit of foreign trade contracts and licensing agreements for trademarks and know-how based on the results of the legal dispute;
• Protection of the client’s rights to trademarks in the Appeal Council at the patent authority in connection with the actions of his unscrupulous partner, who registered our client’s trademark in Belarus and sought to limit the circulation of the client’s products on the market;
• Supporting procedures for recognition and enforcement of foreign court decisions in Belarus, as well as conducting enforcement proceedings against a debtor in Belarus to collect debt related to export financing by a Russian financial institution;
• Full support of the client in a dispute with a German resident related to the non-fulfillment of a supply contract, which was considered in the SCC;
• Legal support of the administrative process in relation to a large logistics operator in customs authorities and court on issues of non-declaration of imported goods and return of seized cargo;
• Support of large projects for the provision of logistics services: elaboration of a legal scheme for the provision of logistics services, drafting a contract for the provision of a range of logistics services and forms of documents drawn up during the provision of logistics services;
• Legal support of complex litigation and arbitration disputes related to foreign trade contracts, shared construction, lending, logistics services, customs clearance, protection of trademark rights, challenging state registration of real estate, causing harm to health, labor disputes, etc.

Publications

There are numerous scientific and practice-oriented publications in legal and business titles in Belarus and Russia, speeches at conferences and seminars at international and national levels.