Services for legal entities
- Land. Ecological and nature conservation relations.
- Real estate and construction
- Commitment law
- Corporate law
- Legal disputes
- Legal disputes in the sphere of land relations
- Disputes in the sphere of real estate and construction
- Corporate disputes
- Managing tax disputes
- Managing disputes with the customs authorities
- Execution of adjudication
- International commercial arbitrage under Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ukraine
- Participation in criminal process
Land. Ecological and nature conservation relations
Land is becoming a more and more needed and expensive commodity. Very soon the moratorium on the purchase and sale of an agricultural designation can be removed. This means that ranches in Ukraine will be able to be developed. In addition little by little carry-over of industrial facilities out of city boundaries is held. Consequently, issues like such rent, purchase, attachment of land to property, etc. are becoming more acute. Together with this, problems connected with the abidance of ecological and conservation norms either during the building or equipping of objects arise.
Very often ignorance of Ukrainian land law in corpore as well as the ambiguity of language in legislation on construction by the authorities becomes a reason for complicating an entrepreneur's economic activity. We know which mechanisms it is better to use so as to prevent possible problems and provide help in solving difficult situations, which have already appeared.
Providing legal consultancy
At the Syutkin and Partners law firm you can receive qualified advice on any questions connected with land and nature conservation relations. Among our employees there are candidates of legal science on land law, who take an active part in drafting amendments of the relevant normative base. Furthermore, our lawyers have considerable practical experience of successful implementation of different projects in this branch of law- it comes to more than 9 years.
Legal auditing in the sphere of real estate and construction
As to questions on the establishment and confirmation of rights to land, our lawyers examine in detail various ways of buying and protecting it. We study and analyze normative documentation regulating legal relationships in the sphere of land tenure in Ukraine, and also documents which establish rights, contracts and deals concerning land objects, which an investor plans to purchase.
Our firm’s attorneys advise clients, on the basis of active court practice, on issues of the weak parts of any deal and potential risks, which can be fundamental in any future challenge against a client’s rights. Within the framework of their work, our firm’s attorneys work to minimize such risks.
As a result of this work a legal conclusion is arrived at on the possibility or impossibility of purchasing such a facility and also about possible negative consequences of this deal and ways of preventing them.
Drawing up all types of contracts connected with land
Our lawyers will help you to draw up a legally correct contract on any operations connected with the sale, buying, renting, etc. of land and to process documents in a competent way.
(See also «Commitment law»).
Bargain support
We offer complete legal support during the conducting of deals on the purchase, sale and renting of land. Our lawyers will provide you with the legal foundation for bargaining, support in the drawing up of commercial agreements aimed at lapse of rights on land objects at present and in the future (contracts of buying/selling, renting, security and other operations in the sphere of land tenure). Furthermore, they will control the process of bargaining, its notarization and state registration. They will also check the form and content of documents establishing rights.
Investor legal defence
In the event of breach of property rights or violation of an investor’s land rights (such as illegal land acquisition, land deprivation by a decision of state structures or legal authorities, unilateral breach of contract of tenancy etc.) and appearance of legal disputes we provide services to defend an investor’s interests in courts of all instances.
(See also «Legal disputes»)
Real estate and construction
The conduct of economic activity by all legal entities entails questions of renting, purchasing or building of commercial property. Imperfections in the law system in this sphere, deficiency of commercial property on the market, the susceptibility of officials to be bought and unfair competition, as well as ignorance of the law by entrepreneurs, frequently leads to the appearance of lawsuits connected with the right to ownership of real estate and construction objects.
Specialists at Syutkin and Partners propose to develop contracts, schemes to buy and rent objects of real estate, audit and maintenance of deals, and also the legal judgment of reasonability to buy or rent any object.
Also, due to several successfully implemented construction projects, our firm’s have worked out reliable algorithms of legal maintenance of various stages of construction. In addition, our lawyers use individual approach to every construction project.
Providing legal consultancy
At Syutkin and Partners you can receive qualified consultancy on any questions connected with real estate and construction.
Legal auditing in the sphere of real estate and construction.
If you plan to buy or build any real estate objects, our lawyers can examine in detail various ways of carrying out your intentions. We study and analyze normative documentation regulating the legal relationship in the sphere of real estate and construction in Ukraine and also documents establishing rights and contracts regarding objects which an investor wants to purchase or build.
Our firms attorneys shall, on the basis of valid arbitration practice, provide you with consultancy on the weak points of any deal and any potential risks therein, which could provide a basis for a challenge in future against a client's rights. During their work on a deal, our firm's attorneys minimize such potential risks.
As a result of such work there is a legal conclusion about possibility or impossibility of purchasing an object, and also about deal's possible negative consequences and ways of preventing them.
Drawing up all kinds of contracts, connected with real estate and construction.
Our lawyers will help you to draw up a legally correct contract on any operations connected with real estate and building, as well as to complete documents in a competent way.
(See also «Legal battles»).
Representation of client interests with juridical authorities
Commitment law
The signing of contracts has great significance on the conducting of economic activity by legal entities. The drawing up of legally correct contracts and completing documents in a competent way are fundamental in achieving one’s business aims. Contractual relations are regulated by commitment law.
The essence of the work of experts in commitment law consists of developing and preparing all documents necessary.
The timely examination of a document can save keep you from serious legal risks in the future and save you considerable expense connected with execution of a contract or with negative consequences arising from its non-execution or invalidation.
In the sphere of commitment law we provide our clients with the following services:
- drawing up different contracts and discussing them with contractors;
- legal examination of contracts;
- consultancy on issues regarding different forms of obligations security;
- adjustment of disagreements which appeared during a contract's execution;
- minimization of losses during denunciation;
- drawing up reports of disagreements for contracts being offered by contractors for conclusion;
- arrangement of all contractual work of an enterprise;
- checking the economic activity of contractors;
- drawing up claims in connection with non-execution of terms of agreement by the parties;
- denunciation in a legal way.
All types of contracts in the network of which we can offer you qualified legal support are mentioned below:
- contract of bargain and sale (land, real estate, transport facilities, corporate rights, funds, objects of intellectual property etc.)
- contract to supply goods and services;
- contract on renting (land, real estate, transport facilities, corporate rights, funds, objects of intellectual property etc.);
- contract of bailment, building (designing, capital construction, reconstruction);
- contract of commission;
- contract of collaboration;
- contract of guarantee;
- contract of security;
- contract of leasing;
- contract of accommodation;
- contract of transportation;
- contract of custody;
- contract of insurance;
- contract of property trust managing;
- licensing agreements;
- publisher's agreements.
Corporate law
Large and medium-sized companies in business require, as a rule, competent legal support in all their activities from the time of creation till the close of activity. Our experience in the field of corporate law enables us to solve various tasks which appear in an organization's work.
During the organization of a new commercial company our lawyers can provide support in issues like: choosing the optimum legal form of organization, drawing up constituent and initial internal corporate documents, building a holding structure, organization and carrying out a general meeting of members, regulation of labor relations.
We provide consultancy for company directors on issues of inner corporate management, creation of a chain of branches and representative offices.
Our lawyers can also carry out legal testing of the corporate structure of an existing company, its internal documentation either during a firm’s activity or in the event of reorganization of its structure, merger and affiliation with economic associations, during large bargaining with contractors. Meanwhile, our firm’s lawyers provide complete support to the procedure on company reorganization (merger, affiliation, sharing, division, restucturing). Considerable experience enables us to take into consideration the smallest nuances during their execution.
Furthermore, we provide a lift in regulating corporate conflicts, solving corporate disputes in a legal way and defending shareholders’ rights.
The defence of organizations from unfriendly takeover, as well as from depreciation of holding of shares, attacks from the tax police and anti-monopoly bodies.
Resolving corporate conflicts
Our specialists are ready to provide legal support to an enterprise which has been involved in a corporate conflict. Such conflicts can appear within a company or can be caused by actions from competitors or raiders. Our lawyers are able to provide effective support to a client in the event of such conflicts appearing and they also have experience of developing recommendations and mechanisms for preventing them.
Bankruptcy
Our lawyers cannot prevent the bankruptcy of a commercial company, but they can minimize the risks, which lead to this process.
Furthermore, the lawyers at Syutkin and Partners can represent the interests of creditors during institution of a range of procedures precedent to bankruptcy, relative to a debtor enterprise.
Legal battles
The Syutkin and Partners firm of attorneys has considerable experience of representing clients’ interests in courts of all jurisdictions.
We can also represent your interests at international courts, including international commercial arbitration, as well as at the European Court of Human Rights. We can prepare all the necessary documents and pass all necessary procedures and stages of suits in Ukraine, which is a compulsory condition for legal investigation at an international court.
Very often our lawyers conduct deals being investigated by private arbitration. The resolutions of these courts are equal to the resolutions of state courts, but the biggest advantage is that both sides are ready, from the very beginning, to solve their dispute peacefully. The composition of the court, which will investigate the dispute, is formed in line with the agreement of both sides. Legal entities can have the advantage in a deal investigation that a dispute is investigated without state interference. Thus, it becomes a very mobile instrument for solving commercial disputes. Furthermore, the resolutions of courts mentioned above become subject to appeal only in exceptional cases, as the majority of them are final.
Legal disputes in the field of land legal relations
In the event of case of breach of land ownership rights (such as illegal land acquisition, deprivation of land due to a decision by state bodies or legal authorities, unilateral breach of contract of tenancy etc.) and appearance of legal disputes we provide services to defend the interests of people in courts of all instances.
Our lawyers audit all documents which establish rights, contracts, court decisions (if an argument has already been adjudicated) and develop an optimum defence scheme which then remains the property of our client.
Our lawyers provide support in disputes:
- connected with admission and defence of land property rights;
- connected with ownership, use and disposal of land;
- incidental from land rent contracts;
- connected with land privatization and buying/selling of land.
Also our lawyers have experience of dealing with counteraction against raider seizure and denationalization, and they can prevention appearance of such problems.
Disputes in the sphere of real estate and construction
Our firm's attorneys can provide you with effective defence of your rights in the sphere of real estate and construction in courts of all instances on the following categories of deals:
- disputes connected with admission of ownership rights to real estate objects, including unauthorized structures;
- disputes connected with ownership, use and disposal of real estate facilities, including unfinished buildings;
- disputes arising from contracts on renting buildings, structures etc.;
- disputes arising from construction contracts;
- disputes arising from contracts on investing and sharing in capital in the construction of real estate objects;
- appeal against activity (inactivity) of a public authority or a body of local self-government.
Our practice in this sphere allows us, in the event of breach of covenant by the contractors, to carry out the necessary actions for legal recourse, legally implement denunciation, recover a debt, penalty or losses caused by the unfair actions of a contractor and to also fulfill a court ruling.
Corporate disputes
Our company’s lawyers provide legal support in resolving all types of corporate disputes. These include:
- Disputes about invalidation of decisions adopted by shareholders meetings and directors committee;
- Disputes on the holding of shareholders meetings;
- Challenging of deals aimed at withdrawal of company assets;
- Disputes connected with defence of minor shareholders (counteraction against share takeover and expulsion from a number of members of an association);
- Deals on recovery of damages from members of committee of directors, executive board of an association;
- Disputes connected with government registration of legal entities, creation and reorganization of associations;
We also provide defence of commercial organizations and economic associations from unfriendly takeovers.
Handling tax disputes
Our company’s experts are ready to provide assistance to businessmen during tax audit, in the event of the necessity to return tallage, being vindicated or paid unnecessarily, as well as during a challenge against the actions of rating authorities at superior bodies.
Handling disputes with customs authorities
Our company’s specialists are ready to provide assistance to businessmen during the return of custom charge and tallage, being vindicated or paid unnecessarily, as well as during a challenge against the actions of rating authorities at superior bodies
Execution of adjudication
Execution of adjudication is currently one of the most problematic issues in the legal process. Very often sides refuse to implement adjudication, and execution of adjudication can take a long time. The reason is usually the client’s ignorance of the executive process, rights and obligations of the process, etc. Our professional lawyers can help to confirm your victory in court.
International commercial arbitrage under Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ukraine
Our specialists represent the interests of clients at the International commercial arbitrage under Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ukraine, which is an effective instrument in solving conflicts on external economic contracts and legal relationship.
The resolutions of International commercial arbitrage under the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ukraine are final and become subject to appeal only in exceptional cases. Furthermore, the resolutions of a court, as mentioned above, can be executed forcibly either on the territory of Ukraine or abroad.
One of the main conditions for adjudication at the International commercial arbitrage under the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ukraine is an arbitration agreement on transfer of the existing dispute to the International commercial arbitrage under the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ukraine.
In accordance with this, our specialists, except when representing a client’s interests directly in a suit, provide services as to developing arbitration agreements or arbitration excuses, which are included directly in the text of an external economic contract.
Our company has successful experience of providing legal support to the process of forcible execution of adjudication of the International commercial arbitrage under the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ukraine either on the territory of Ukraine or abroad.
