В Украине нарушают права детей-инвалидов
В ведомстве сообщили, что из-за отсутствия контроля органов образования допускаются многочисленные нарушения при организации индивидуального обучения детей-инвалидов и детей с нарушениями развития. Почти 2,5 тысячи старшеклассников с нарушениями слуха не имеют учебников. Об этом во время проведения совещания руководителей органов прокуратуры и центральных органов исполнительной власти сообщил начальник Главного...
Стартует ІV Ежегодный Стипендиальный конкурс Лиги студентов АЮУ по инициативе и при финансовой поддержке адвоката Дениса Бугая
20 квітня 2013 року стартує ІV Щорічний Стипендіальний конкурс Ліги студентів Асоціації правників України наукових, публіцистичних, порівняльних та аналітичних статей щодо питань державного управління у сфері адміністративного, конституційного, виборчого права та інших галузей права, пов’язаних із державним управлінням, за ініціативи та підтримки адвоката Дениса Бугая, що проводиться з метою професійного розвитку ст...
Состоялась Всеукраинская юридическая школа адвокатуры
Состоялась II Всеукраинская юридическая школа адвокатуры по уголовным делам. Организаторами выступили Координационный совет молодых юристов Украины. Участие в мероприятии приняли 100 студентов и молодых юристов со всей Украины. С приветственным словом к участникам обратились Председатель Координационного совета молодых юристов Украины Андрей Бутенко, заместитель председателя КСМЮ и основатель школы Евгений Которобай...
Украина и Кипр подписали новый Протокол к Конвенции об избежании двойного налогообложения
Дмитрий Перевозчиков, Руководитель украинского офиса юридической компании Michael Kyprianou&Co Ukraine LLC 11 декабря 2015 г. Министр финансов Украины Наталья Яресько и Министр энергетики, торговли, промышленности и туризма Республики Кипр Йоргос Лаккотрипис подписали Протокол к Конвенции об избежании двойного налогообложения. В целом основная идея Конвенции была сохранена и предусматривает возможность платить н...
Україна та Кіпр підписали новий Протокол до Конвенції про уникнення подвійного оподаткування
Дмитро Перевозчиков, Керівник українського офісу юридичної компанії Michael Kyprianou & Co Ukraine LLC11 грудня 2015 року Міністр фінансів України Наталія Яресько та Міністр енергетики, торгівлі, промисловості та туризму Республіки Кіпр Йоргос Лаккотріпіс підписали Протокол до Конвенції про уникнення подвійного оподаткування.В цілому основна ідея Конвенції була збережена і передбачає можливість сплачувати податк...
Sayenko Kharenko advises on M&A; deal of the year by IFLR Europe Awards 2013
Sayenko Kharenko’s antitrust team has provided legal assistance in obtaining merger clearance with the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (the "AMC") for the acquisition of Inoxum, stainless steel company of ThyssenKrupp AG ("ThyssenKrupp"), one of the world's largest steel producers, by Outokumpu Oyj ("Outokumpu"), an international stainless steel producer. The transaction has won the “M&A Deal of the Year” award...
Sayenko Kharenko advised on the acquisition of Karavan shopping malls
Sayenko Kharenko acted as the legal counsel to Citi Venture Capital International and Apollo, private equity firms, on the acquisition of 3 shopping malls in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk operating under the Karavan trademark. Sayenko Kharenko provided full transactional support on Ukrainian law issues, including pre-closing corporate restructuring, merger clearance and a full-blown due diligence ...
VKP's Counsellor Natalia Dotsenko-Belous Outlines Legal Framework for Industrial Parks' Development in Kyiv
Vasil Kisil & Partners’ Counsellor Natalia Dotsenko-Belous participated in an internet-conference on "The Outlook of Industrial Parks in Kyiv", which took place on April 18 on LІGA.net portal. The internet-conference focused on industrial parks, particularly in the area of TPP in Troyeschina as part of an innovative industrial infrastructure, the outlook of industrial parks in Kyiv, as well as the legal aspect...
On the Environment Day, Konnov & Sozanovsky associates planted trees
On April 20th, the Environment Day, Konnov & Sozanovsky associates planted 11 young lime trees. As agreed with the utility enterprise of green plantations maintenance in Kiev Solomenkiy district, the trees were planted in the park named after Ostrovskiy. - Such activity occurred for the first time in our firm, and I am sure we will definitely repeat it. On April 20th, lawyers and administrative stuff gathered ...
Vasil Kisil & Partners Acts as General Legal Partner of the IV Investment Agribusiness Forum
On April 16, 2013, Kyiv hosted the IV Investment Agribusiness Forum "Agriculture Investment Strategies for Foreign Investors in Ukraine: Expectations and Realities", organized by the Association "Ukrainian Agribusiness Club" (UCAB) in cooperation with the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. The event brought together more than 200 representatives of foreign investment funds and banks, leading agricultura...
VKP’s Partner Oksana Voynarovska among the participants of the IBA Employment and Discrimination Law Conference
On 18-19 April Oksana Voynarovska took part in the IBA Employment and Discrimination Law Conference presented by the IBA Employment and Industrial Relations Committee and the IBA Discrimination and Equality Law Committee, supported by the IBA European Regional Forum. The conference focused on globalisation and technology shifts pushing the labour agenda. The main topics covered during the conference included: ...
Sayenko Kharenko advised on the new Eurobond issue and tender offer by Ukraine’s leading energy holding
Sayenko Kharenko acted as legal counsel to Deutsche Bank, ING, J.P. Morgan, Sberbank CIB, UniCredit, and VTB Capital, joint lead managers of the USD 600 million 7.875% Eurobond issue due 2018 by DTEK, Ukraine’s leading energy holding. DTEK has also announced in the course of this transaction a tender offer and consent solicitation with respect to the outstanding USD 500 million Eurobonds due 2015. As a result of s...
Interlegal consults upon the issues of MLC−2016 application
Interlegal lawyers, at the request of a foreign company – bareboat shipowner, provided a legal opinion upon application of labour, currency, tax and commercial legislation of Ukraine and the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC-2006) in the process of hiring seafarers on board of vessels flying Ukrainian flag and operated by the client. Interlegal experts highlighted various aspects regarding payment of wages, taxation an...
Interlegal secured satisfaction of the Client’s claims on debt recovery for bunker payment
After successful ship arrest as claim security, Interlegal experts defended at the commercial court violated rights and interests of the Client, a foreign bunkering company. Interlegal lawyers proved lawfulness of the Client’s claims on debt recovery from the Shipowner. The court satisfied claims in full and charged the payable amount from the Debtor in favour of bunkering company, including interests accrued for pay...
Interlegal experts defended the exporter’s interests in the dispute with the buyer upon non-payment under CAD terms
The Client, one of the leading foreign traders operating in Ukraine concluded a trade contract on grain to be supplied under FOB terms port of Ukraine. The contract was based on the standard proforma GAFTA 49. As agreed by the Parties, the Seller undertook to supply the goods on board the Vessel nominated by the Buyer, in full and in proper quality. The Buyer, in its turn, undertook to accept the goods and to pay the...
Training centers of seafarers: recognition by flag administration
Interlegal, jointly with the Panamanian associated office, succeeded in the first ever in Ukraine recognition of the Ukrainian Training Center of Seafarers by the Panama Maritime Authority. Maritime Training Centers, recognized and approved by the Panama Maritime Authority, are authorized to issue Certificates of Employment to seafarers for 3 years on behalf of the Flag of Panama (under the provisions of the Internat...
Calculation of demurrage under the Sales Agreement on agricultural produces under FOB terms
Interlegal continues to consult clients upon the issues of laytime calculation and demurrage accrual. Analysis of the relevant terms, incorporated into sales agreements on export of agricultural products, needs a special approach. In some cases, when assessing correctness of calculation, provisions of the Charter Party shall be also taken into account. Thus, having supported the recent request of the Client, foreign ...
Interlegal experts prevented cargo arrest
Well-coordinated teamwork of Interlegal lawyers Mikhail Selivanov and Vitalii Tolstik under general supervision of senior lawyer Alexey Remeslo resulted in preventing unlawful arrest of international trader’s cargo at the terminal, over 4,000 tons, within the criminal proceedings. Interlegal experts engaged promptly in the proceedings at the stage of considering application on property arrest by investigative judge,...
Legal Alliance Company Tops the List of Ukraine's 50 Leading Law Firms in pharmaceutical industry
At the beginning of December the results of the annual research "50 Leading Law Firms of Ukraine" conducted by Yuridicheskaya Praktika Weekly jointly with Kommersant-Ukraine Publishing House were published. Legal Alliance Company is ranked as the mostly recommended law firm in pharmaceutical industry. From 2004 Legal Alliance Company maintains the leading positions in international and national professional and indu...
Dentons enters ranks of top 20 most recognized firms
A new report released in October 2013 by Acritas, the world’s leading provider of legal market research, shows that Dentons has entered the ranks of the top 20 legal brands just six months after the firm’s launch. The Acritas 2013 Global Elite Brand Index ranks Dentons as the 19th most favorably recognized legal brand, according to the responses of 815 senior general counsel in multinational companies with revenue...
