Pharmaceutical Law Firm in Ukraine

Legal Alliance

172 Gorkogo Str. office 1115
Kiev 03680
Ukraine

+380 44 2201585

+380 44 2201586

www.legalalliance.com.ua/eng/

Contact Ms. Nataliia Dokuchaieva

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Law Firm Overview

Legal Alliance Company has been demonstrating effective performance since its establishment in Ukraine in 1995. Presently the Company has the strongest legal practice in the area of the pharmaceutical law in Ukraine. This allows taking into account all nuances of the pharmaceutical market in Ukraine and providing our clients with legal services of the highest quality.

The Company has been specially marked in The Legal 500 European rating among the most recommended Ukrainian companies, specifically in the field of pharmaceutical law. Since 2004, Legal Alliance Company has been on the Ukraine’s Top Fifty Law Firms list.

In 2010 according to Ukrainian Law Firms Reference, Legal Alliance Company was named a leader on the legal services market in the area of medical and pharmaceutical law.

For a long time the Company has been successfully providing services to the Ministry of Healthcare of Ukraine, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy Of Ukraine, the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy of Ukraine, Academy of Medical Science of Ukraine, Government Inspection on pharmaceutical products and drugs control and so on.

Legal Alliance Company is an official legal partner of AIPM Ukraine (Association of International Pharmaceuticals Manufacturers). In 2011 due to our initiative a pharmaceutical law committee of Ukrainian Bar Association was established – one of the largest bar association in Ukraine.

The Company is a member of the biggest European network of law firms - Eurojuris Int. This provides our clients with a unique opportunity of complex project support by lawyers from different countries (the network consists of 630 cities in 40 countries). At the same time, our pricing policy is favorably different from the rates of big international companies and many national firms.

Starting from 2004, the Company has been a member of European Business Association.

The Company provides services in Ukrainian, Russian and English.

On November 2010 Legal Alliance Company insured its professional liability in the interests of our clients.

Languages: Ukrainian, Russian, English

Practice Areas

Practice Areas Description

Our areas of practice include:

- Tax Law

Services provided by the firm as regards taxation practice include: Provision of advice on taxation of domestic companies, as well as international companies and their representative offices in Ukraine; Preliminary analysis of tax consequences of planned transactions and investment projects; Tax planning and optimization; Development of tax structures for various types of transactions; Provision of legal due diligence relative to acts and decisions of tax authorities; Enforcement of international tax treaties; Resolving tax disputes; and, Representation of clients in court.

- Pharmacy Law

Legal Alliance has, on several instances, been referred by the high-profile The Legal 500 Guide as the Ukraine’s only law firm having unique specialisation in medical and pharmaceutical law. Our lawyers have extensive, hands-on experience in this facet of the law. Legal Alliance senior partners formerly occupied senior positions in the legal department of the Ukrainian Health Ministry. In 2003-2006, Legal Alliance was retained as counsels for TACIS-sponsored projects Primary and Secondary Health Care in Ukraine, Kiev and Certain Oblasts (EU - CII/EPOS Consulting, Germany, 2003-2004) and Support for Development of Medical Standards System for Ukraine (EU – Nicare, Ireland, 2005-2006). This experience makes the firm the primary leader in this segment of the Ukrainian legal services market. The firm’s experience in medical and pharmaceutical law covers: counsel on medical and pharmaceutical law; counsel on pharmaceutical companies activity; counsel on clinical tests; counsel on pharmaceutical products manufacturing; counsel on importation and export of pharmaceutical products; counsel on registering pharmaceutical products; and, development of draft regulatory acts in health care.

- Litigation

Legal Alliance offers a complete spectrum of services, from drafting arbitration clauses that govern resolution of disputes through representation of clients in dispute and enforcement of court awards. This includes: analyzing and planning of court representation strategy; reviewing of legal documentation; planning extra-judicial settlement strategies; developing of dispute trial strategy with focus on an optimum solution; participating in extra-judicial settlement negotiations; drafting settlement agreements; researching, analyzing, and preparing of process documents; and, participating in processes at any level of jurisdiction.

- Land Law and Real Property

Real Property is a large part of Legal Alliance’s practice. The firm has been active in land-related law for more than a decade.

Services provided by Legal Alliance include: counsel on general issues; counsel on conversion of land use; counsel on land allocation process; counsel on land titles registration; registration of titles resulting from the purchase of real estate; registration of land easements; counsel on land lease arrangements; preparation of tender and auction documents for prospective land leases; representation of clients in negotiations on land law issues; counsel on regarding land purchase by non-residents, including assistance in securing consents by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine; settlement and resolution of disputes arising out of legal relationships over land; counsel on real estate transactions, leases, division of land in common property and other transactions; counsel on registration of titles to real properties; counsel on planning consent process in respect of construction, reconstruction and renovation projects; general legal counsel on investment and construction projects; structuring and legal due diligence of real estate transactions; counsel on taxation of real estate transactions; counsel on investment relationships in construction business; counsel on the commissioning of construction projects; counsel for legal entities and individuals regarding planning, approval, and other aspects of construction process; representing clients before central and local authorities; and, representing clients during negotiations.

- Intellectual Property

Intellectual property is now the fastest growing practice of Legal Alliance. We provide our clients a broad range of services in registration, enforcement, and protection of titles to objects of industrial property, copyright and allied rights. Such services include: counsel on matters of registration, assignation and protection of industrial property rights, copyright, and ancillary rights; counsel on suppression of all types of unfair competition as relates intellectual property; counsel on coordination with collective managers of copyright and related rights; representation of clients before the State Department for Intellectual Property, its Chamber of Appeals, and the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine; representation of clients before general, economic, and adjudication courts; representation of clients in negotiations on acquisition of rights and suppression of abuse of rights to intellectual property; development, analysis and registration of license, title transfer and commercial concession agreements; and, legal due diligence of documents related to acquisition and use of rights to objects of industrial property, copyright, and related rights.

- Energy

Within the energy practice we provide legal assistance in matters involving: Drafting and negotiation of all kinds of commercial agreements; Regulatory and licensing requirements; Implementation of the law #2711 (energy debt issues); Day-to-day legal issues, including issues of tariffs and specific relations in the electricity market; Dispute resolution; and, Preparation of bills on energy market regulation.

- Corporate Law

The practice of corporate law, mergers, and acquisitions is viewed at Legal Alliance as a priority. The firm’s lawyers offer their clients ongoing support in corporate matters based on continued monitoring of developments in applicable law and enforcement practice. Our services in this field include: early stage counsel on optimum choice of business constitution form; development and preparation of draft documents for planned transactions; registration of companies and structural units of international business entities in Ukraine; counsel on transactions with securities aspects; counsel on investments; counsel on regarding the purchase and sale of assets and of leasing and funding activities; counsel on acquisition transactions, mergers, takeovers, split-offs, reorganisation, and dissolution of companies; counsel on taxation of acquisition transactions, mergers, takeovers, split-offs, reorganisation of companies, and purchase and sale of assets; counsel on antitrust and banking regulations; legal due diligence of planned acquisition transactions, mergers, takeovers, split-offs, reorganisation, and dissolution of companies; representation of clients before the Ukrainian Antimonopoly Committee, the National Bank of Ukraine, the State Commission for Securities and Stock Market, tax and customs authorities.

- Commercial Law and Contract Law

Legal Alliance focuses on Contract Law and Commercial Law. Services provided by the firm regarding Contract law and Commercial law include: counsel on licensing and certifying of certain economic activities; support regarding obtaining licenses; counsel on customs regulation regarding export-import transactions; counsel on employment regulation; transaction planning; counsel on contracts; due diligence of the counterparty’s documentation prior to a contract; negotiation and drafting contracts; counsel on matters of contractual obligations; counsel on records of disagreements; representing clients through the development and conclusion of a contract; representing clients during negotiations in the course of their business; representing clients in disputes related to licensing and certification of certain economic activities; and, representing clients in disputes related to business activities in commercial courts of all levels.

- Antitrust and Competition Law

In the antitrust and competition aspects of the law, Legal Alliance lawyers represent the interests of large international and domestic corporations. The firm’s lawyers have extensive experience in dealing with the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, its regional divisions, and other central and local governmental authorities. The firm provides a diverse range of services in antitrust and competition law: obtaining permits for coordinated activity and business concentration from the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine; consultation on matters related to unfair competition and abuse of monopoly market position; representation of clients during investigations of potential abuse of dominating position and other anti-competition law abuses; development of optimised transaction schemes adjusted to the Ukrainian competition law provisions; legal due diligence to reveal potential abuses of antitrust law; evaluation of various contracts and distribution schemes for compliance with the Ukrainian competition law; and, representation of clients at court in antitrust and competition law cases.

- Property Titles Protection

Protection of property titles is one more major priority for Legal Alliance Law Company. Services provided by our lawyers in this segment include: general advice on ownership rights and other property interests; development of contracts and agreements; legal support for withdrawal of property from unauthorised possession; legal support of property titles recognition process; protection of bona fide purchasers’ interests; severance of property in joint ownership of individuals; representation of clients before central and local government; settlement of disputes over property titles; and, representation of clients at court in property title protection cases.

- Employment

Legal Alliance provides comprehensive services in employment law to its corporate clients: development and registration of company union agreements; development of employment contracts and agreements; development of employment documentation of companies; counsel on employment contracts and agreements; counsel on non-resident employment permit application procedure; counsel on staff cuts, firing and employer’s liability; counsel on union law; representation of clients in negotiations related to employment issues; and, representation of clients at court in employment dispute cases.

- Family Law

Counsel regarding inheritance issues; counsel regarding child support enforcement; counsel regarding divorce matters; support regarding divorce procedure in the court; counsel regarding issues of division of marital property; advice on prenuptial and separation agreements; counsel regarding procedures related to paternity; and, representation in disputes regarding custody and maintenance of children.

Partners

	Mr. Oleksiy Bezhevets Partner Business and Industry, Energy, Pharmaceutical Law		Mr. Illya Kostin Partner Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Litigation, Pharmaceutical Law
	Mr. Anatoliy Menshikov Partner Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Customs Law, Tax