Pro Bono

GRATA International provides regular support to charity funds and educational institutions, cooperates with banks and provides assistance in various legal issues. Around the globe, socially important projects receive Pro Bono legal support. We, therefore, participate in such projects contributing to the development and improvement of our society and business area.

Kazakhstan. Support of NGO "Association of Parents of Children with Disabilities"

Advising the Association of Parents of Disabled Children (APDC) on various legal issues:

drafting labour agreements;
drafting training agreements for APDC staff;
drafting material liability agreements for APDC staff;
drafting job descriptions for APDC staff;
drafting civil law contracts for service provision with various suppliers;
provision of material assistance to purchase rehabilitation equipment for children with cerebral palsy.

"During the cooperation, GRATA has shown itself to be a reliable partner that ensures the best interests of its client with professional and experienced specialists. We express our deep gratitude for the constant charitable assistance of the RC NGO "ARDI" for children with disabilities".

Akhtanova A.T.
"ARDI" Chairman

Russia. Support of the Centre for Public Procedures "Business against Corruption"

Legal due diligence of the validity of applications from entrepreneurs received by the Centre for Public Procedures "Business against Corruption" under the Business Rights Commissioner in the Rostov Region for the signs of raider seizures, as well as corrupt practices within law enforcement agencies.

According to the consideration results and expert opinions of the firm's representatives, the Praesidium of the Centre for Public Procedures decided to refuse/support the applications, for which cause the Business Rights Commissioner in the Rostov Region, Oleg Dereza, directed case files to law enforcement agencies for taking measures, as well as issued opinions to participate in court hearings on the consideration of the applicants' criminal, arbitration and civil cases.

Based on the work results for 2015-2016, within the Pro Bono framework, the Managing Partner of GRATA International Rostov-on-Don, Igor Stepanov, was awarded a diploma by the RF Presidential Commissioner for Business Rights, Boris Titov.

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"We thank you and the whole team of GRATA International Rostov-on-Don for qualified work during the legal examination of the validity of the applications received by entrepreneurs. The results of these examinations provided substantial assistance in the work of the Office of the Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs in the Rostov Region and the Center for Public Procedures" Business against Corruption ".

O.V. Dereza
Commissioner for the protection of the rights of entrepreneurs in the Rostov region, Russia.