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Commercial Law Firm in Ukraine

We cover every area of Commercial Law.

Achieving business success in highly regulated markets requires effective management of commercial risks and of your supplier and customer relationships. Whether you are an international or domestic business active in the CEE region, you can rely on our advice on complex and multi-jurisdictional contractual arrangements and our knowledge of the commercial issues facing the sectors in which you operate. We have advised many international companies on entering CEE markets over the years and continue to assist them as they grow their businesses in the region.

With over 350 commercial and regulatory lawyers across 39 countries, our multi-disciplinary teams are trained to understand the cultural and business factors impacting your commercial arrangements. We organise our teams around sectors and industries relevant to you, including financial services, manufacturing, automotive, consumer products, energy, hotels and leisure, infrastructure and projects, lifesciences, supply and logistics, real estate and construction, technology, telecoms, media and sports. We can guide you towards the best business outcome, whether you require advice on commercial contracts, supply services, e-commerce, IT or telecoms agreements, data protection, design and manufacturing, advertising, sponsorship and marketing, consumer sales, software licensing, outsourcing, or sales, agency, distribution and franchise agreements.

Our commercial team in Ukraine has extensive experience giving sector specific advice on drafting and negotiating various types of commercial agreements. This includes in and out licensing, sales and distribution, product acquisition and disposal agreements, as well as research and collaboration, intellectual property, clinical trial, supply of goods and services, consultancy and outsourcing agreements.


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11/10/2024
EU anti-dumping investigation of Chinese hardwood plywood imports
On 11 October 2024, the EU opened an anti-dumping in­vest­ig­a­tion con­cern­ing EU imports of hardwood plywood, originating in the People’s Republic of China, which could lead to substantial anti-dumping...
25/09/2024
CMS Network Sharing 5: Celebrating 10 years of the Network Sharing Study
For the last 10 years we have been following the evolution of network sharing in the telecom industry. This fifth edition continues our study of how companies in the sector use network sharing to save costs and rationalise services. For this edition, the CMS Network Sharing Study not only gathers all factual information about 76 network sharing deals that have been closed from May 2021 in 46 different jurisdictions worldwide, and the differences among them: it also includes interviews with some of the main actors, such as American Tower, Macquarie Capital and Totem Towers, as well as papers from experts regarding topics such as tele­com­mu­nic­a­tions network financing, foreign direct investment, competition Law, 5G, towers and fibre. As a testament to the creativity of the industry, network sharing has slowly shifted.  Sharing through agreements have given place -in some cases- to sharing through incorporated companies.  B-lateral deals do still exist but neutral host networks, serving all operators in the market, are now the main protagonists through which networks are effectively shared by multiple operators. The digital revolution during the last 20 years has required and is still requiring vast investment in access networks including optical fibre, towers and other assets (now satellites): this comes at a cost.  In some cases the traditional telcos couldn’t monetise their investments (perhaps due, in Europe, to excessive regulation). As a result, indebted companies were in need to sell and/or share their infrastructures, sometimes to investment funds that had no ambition to compete in the provision of services and created independent NetCos  offering wholesale services - the US towers market being one example, with 90% of towers controlled by independent TowerCos while in Europe we have seen FibreCos coming to shake up the FTTH build. The time when each operator owned (and financed) the network it used has long passed. Competition in services remains, but now competition in infrastructures (in parallel with competition between different infrastructures) may be the next future. Globalisation has also arrived in network sharing, with growing protagonism in Latin America (the topic of special focus in the Study) and Africa as well as South-East Asia.  South America has seen a large amount of activity and the 5th edition of the study is doing a spotlight on the deals seen in the region. Interestingly, the existence of network slicing in 5G could give the lead again to telecom operators, as it will allow them to create virtual networks, to be offered either to smaller operators or to companies wanting to have their own independent, private and dedicated slice of a network, in a cloud-style net­work-as-a-ser­vice new pattern. The rise of satellite services in the coming years will also create the need for an enhanced spectrum sharing. Satellite will also be a growing infrastructure competing with towers and other access networks. So whilst we reflect on changes and trends since the last few years, our eyes are also turned towards the future and how the industry will adapt and find news ways to share.
25/09/2024
CMS Guide to changes to EU Product Liability Directive in Ukraine
Current framework and changes  In Ukraine the legislative framework for product liability is not codified, and includes various general and product-specific legislative acts. The general legal framework...
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06/08/2024
Autonomous vehicles law and regulation in Ukraine
1. Is the testing of AVs (SAE Levels 3-5) permitted on public roads in your jurisdiction? No procedure for testing AVs on public roads has been enacted in Ukraine. Under the general rules, namely the...
25/07/2024
EU anti-dumping investigations of Chinese glyoxylic acid imports
On 25 July 2024, the EU opened an anti-dumping in­vest­ig­a­tion con­cern­ing EU imports of glyoxylic acid originating in the People’s Republic of China, which could lead to substantial anti-dumping duties...
05/07/2024
Ecommerce in Ukraine
I. E-commerce sector – fact and figures 1. Recent growth and trends in e-commerce The e-commerce sector in Ukraine has been growing rapidly over recent years. In 2017, the size of the e-commerce...
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03/07/2024
Russia sanctions: Non-EU subsidiaries to comply with EU law
On 24 June 2024, the EU adopted the 14th package of sanctions against Russia, introducing new restrictions on goods and services and listing more individuals and legal persons. In practice, more relevant...
01/07/2024
EU anti-dumping investigation of Chinese, Korean, Taiwanese, and Thai epoxy...
On 1 July 2024, the EU opened an anti-dumping investigation concerning EU imports of epoxy resins originating in the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan and Thailand which could...
14/06/2024
EU anti-dumping investigation of Chinese decor paper imports
On 14 June 2024, the EU opened an anti-dumping in­vest­ig­a­tion con­cern­ing EU imports of decor paper originating in the People’s Republic of China, which could lead to substantial anti-dumping duties...
24/05/2024
EU anti-dumping investigations for Chinese lysine and vanillin imports
On 23 May 2024, the EU opened an anti-dumping in­vest­ig­a­tion con­cern­ing EU imports of lysine originating in the People’s Republic of China, which could lead to substantial anti-dumping duties on future...
12/03/2024
Commercial Law Digest | Edition 1
Your essential guide to commercial law developments across Central and Eastern Europe
19/01/2024
CBAM: Just over a week to comply
As the deadline for the first Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) report approaches on January 31st, it is crucial for undertakings engaged in importing relevant goods into the European Union to...