Practices

• Analysis of the existing personal, holding, and financial structures of private individuals regarding the impact of the provisions of the BEPS plan, the Common Reporting Standard (CRS), the rules for information disclosure about the beneficiaries of companies, etc.
• Tax structuring of shareholders’ asset ownership: choosing the optimal form of asset ownership that will ensure proper protection, and the optimal tax burden, taking into account the individual needs of private individuals/families.
• Structuring corporate relations between business partners: drafting shareholder agreements (corporate contracts) that will ensure effective business management and protection of the interests of private individuals/families.
• Legal support at all stages of business restructuring and operations structuring – from the planning stage to implementation, both in Ukraine and in foreign jurisdictions.
• Assistance in registering companies in foreign jurisdictions.
• Support in opening accounts in foreign banks.
• Supporting business immigration procedures to EU countries.

• Improvement of business model and ownership structure within the framework of taxation rules for controlled foreign companies (CFCs)
• Identification of the controlling persons
• Calculation of the projected amount of tax payable by a controlled person from all CFCs
• Preparation and submission of a declaration of property status and income taking into account CFCs
• Preparation and submission of a report on CFCs
• Calculation and reconciliation of tax liabilities in Ukraine and other jurisdictions, assistance with tax payments, representation before tax authorities, and assistance during tax audits
• Preparation of requests for individual tax advice on the practical application of Ukrainian tax legislation

Investment analysis of projects (current and future), including calculation of ROI, IRR, NPV, payback period, etc.

• Support in the selection of portfolio managers/investment companies
• Tax planning of investments in projects proposed by the portfolio manager
• Advising on private investment, participation in investment funds, investing in stock market instruments

• Structuring the acquisition of ships and aircraft: choosing a jurisdiction for the registration of a ship/aircraft, advising on the legal structure of the acquisition, ownership, and disposal of a ship/aircraft that will ensure proper protection and optimal tax burden
• Supporting the registration of ships and aircraft in foreign jurisdictions
• Structuring of real estate investment in Ukraine and abroad: selection of the optimal form of acquisition to ensure proper protection of the real estate and optimal tax burden.
• Optimal individual plan development and support for the acquisition and sale of assets (business, real estate, intellectual property, etc.)

• Planning of the optimal legal structure for the transfer of assets by inheritance, which will ensure the protection of assets, proper inheritance, and the optimal tax burden.
• Analysis of legal and tax consequences of inheritance opening in foreign jurisdictions
• Advising on trust structure established for the purpose of inheritance transfer

• Ensuring a client’s property interests during marriage, divorce, and other aspects of private life.
• Prenuptial agreements preparation
• Resolving family disputes
• Recovery of alimony
• Division of marital property

Representation of a client’s interests in civil, administrative, and commercial (corporate disputes) courts

• Written and verbal consultations on corporate law issues.
• Creation of a corporate governance structure for a company.
• Establishment and registration of legal entities of all organisational and legal forms.
• Establishment and registration of representative offices of foreign legal entities.
• Drafting constituent and other internal documents of legal entities.
• Registration of amendments to constituent documents.
• Registration of changes to the information in the Unified State Register.
• Registration of individual entrepreneurs.
• Business reorganisation, transformation, merger, accession, division, spin-off, change of shareholder structure.
• Termination and liquidation of legal entities of all organisational and legal forms.
• Liquidation of representative offices of foreign legal entities.
• Pre-trial and judicial settlement of corporate disputes.
• Termination of business activities of individual entrepreneurs.
• Development and support of corporate agreements.

• Comprehensive business management on a temporary basis.
• Services of the head/director (CEO, CFO, COO) on a temporary basis.
• Services of the chairman/member of the supervisory board.
• Services of a nominee director/director.
• Services of the head of a representative office.
• Services of a liquidator/chairman of the liquidation commission.
• Services of an authorised representative.
• Services of a bank controller.

• Building an official document management system, drafting letters, orders, legal advice, and other official company documents.
• Development of local regulations (policies, codes, etc.).
• Opening bank accounts.
• Determining the optimal taxation system for a company and implementing it.
• Performing other actions necessary for business activities (obtaining licenses or permits, registration in Dia.City, etc.)

• Creating a system of accounting and storage of contractual documents.
• Counterparty compliance.
• Development and examination of all types of contracts, including foreign economic.
• Development and approval of contracts, additional agreements, and other related documentation, etc.

• Written and verbal consultations on personnel records.
• Support in concluding a collective agreement between a company and its employees.
• Implementation of a company’s organisational structure.
• Maintaining and storing personal files of employees.
• Drafting job descriptions for employees.
• Regulation of employees’ business trips.
• Settlement of the issue of granting holidays to employees.
• Advice on issues related to labour relations.
• Drafting orders regulating labour relations and other internal documents on these issues.
• Drafting labour agreements (contracts) under current legal requirements.
• Drafting gig contracts and other related documentation.
• Conducting an audit of compliance of the document flow with the requirements of labour legislation.
• Legal support on issues related to the dismissal of employees.
• Representation in pre-trial and judicial settlement of labour disputes.
• Obtaining work permits for foreign nationals.
• Obtaining residence permits for foreign nationals.
  – Obtaining identification codes for foreign nationals.
  – Registration of residence of foreign nationals.

• Written and verbal consultations on taxation issues.
• Tax planning, advising on the movement of financial flows.
• Tax audit.
• Advice and support in the preparation of transfer pricing documentation.
• Assistance during tax audits.
• Providing individual tax advice.
• Legal support in tax disputes.

• Advising on legislation in the field of information security and data protection, including the NIS Directive and the GDPR (or General Data Protection Regulation).
• Audit of activities related to the collection, processing, storage, and use of various categories of information for compliance with the law.
• Development of policies and action plans for the collection, processing, storage, and use of various categories of information.
• Advising on and processing complaints and applications submitted by individuals and regulatory authorities in connection with the leakage, collection, processing, access, and use of information.
• Representation in relations with public authorities on telecommunications, cybersecurity, data protection, and technology issues.

• Written and verbal consultations on intellectual property issues.
• Registration of intellectual property objects.
• Registration of trademarks in the customs register of intellectual property rights.
• Drafting licence agreements for the use of intellectual property rights.
• Pre-trial and judicial settlement of disputes on intellectual property issues.

• Development of OSH documentation.
• Development of fire safety documentation.
• Organisation of trainings on OSH and fire safety for the management.
• Support for the certification of workplaces.
• Support in conducting medical examinations of employees.

• Obtaining primary documents from bank accounts.
• Interaction with a company’s counterparties on issues related to the accounting of business transactions, and verification of incoming primary documents.
• Identification of missing documents and conducting procedures to restore them through requests to a company’s counterparties.
• Entering primary documents into the accounting database.
• Maintaining the accounting policy under the applicable accounting standards.
• Performing the necessary calculations and reflecting the estimated amounts in the accounting records required by the accounting policy.
• Implementation of HR document flow, ensuring the calculation and payment of salaries and other benefits to employees and/or remuneration to gig specialists.
• Preparation and submission of tax and financial statements.
• Representation of a company’s interests in relations with tax authorities, statistical authorities, other bodies, institutions, and individuals on issues related to tax accounting.
• Development and preparation of Cash Flow management reporting, which allows to foresee expenses for future periods and forecast the budget.
• Maintaining management reporting forms and explaining the results of management accounting.
• Interaction with banking and financial institutions, including account servicing and payments.
• Preparation of primary documents on the company’s business transactions for submission to counterparties.
• Systematisation and storage of accounting documents and reports.