Legal Services

Legal support is essential for strategic planning and decision-making (assessment of legal risks), accomplishment of ongoing tasks and achieving strategic goals, as well as for business, assets and beneficiaries protection, etc.

ADC provides comprehensive legal services for business including:

Start-Up Services:

• Advisory regarding form of business presence (subsidiary, branch office, company, representative office, joint venture, etc.);
• Incorporation of legal entities, establishment of representative offices of foreign companies;
• Foreign investment registration (also in the form of contribution to the authorized capital of the company);
• Legal support in obtaining authorizations (licenses, permits, certificates);
• Legal support in obtaining work permits / service cards, temporary residence permits;
• Elaboration labor contacts and agreements;
• Elaboration of template agreements with contractors (supply, distribution, licensing), customers (sale & purchase, services/works), etc.;
• Drafting loan agreements (with residents / non-residents), assistance at registration of loan agreements at the NBU (with non-residents), elaboration of security contracts, etc.;
• Consulting on other matters of corporate, commercial, tax, customs, land and labor law.

Ongoing Support:

• Corporate governance;
• Compliance services (antitrust, certification, permit/license obtaining, personal data protection);
• Intellectual property related services (advisory, registration of IP rights, elaboration of contracts: coexistence, license, etc.);
• Legal support of business negotiations, drafting documents (LOI, MOU, etc.);
• Analysis of commercial contracts and agreements for compliance with the mandatory rules of the law, risk identification and assessment;
• Advisory on other matters of corporate, commercial, tax, customs, land and labor law.

Project Support:

• Legal due diligence of companies / assets;
• Legal support of M&A deals (drafting contracts, obtaining merger and antitrust clearances etc.);
• Legal support of projects in energy sector, including renewables ("green" tariff);
• Advisory on other matters of corporate, commercial, tax, customs, land and labor law.