Yearly Archives: 2019

Those Ukrainian companies that are planning to pay out dividends to non-resident-participants/shareholders shall take into account the peculiarities of the Ukrainian legislation. In particular, the National Bank of Ukraine may impose currency restrictions, i.e. payment of dividends may be made only in certain amounts, for a certain period, etc. If there are no such restrictions,…

Those enterprises that work with Ukrainian companies shall take into account some peculiarities of the Ukrainian legislation on the procedure of judicial settlement of disputes between Ukrainian and foreign companies. According to Article 76 of the Law of Ukraine “On International Private Law”, the courts may accept and consider cases with foreign elements in the…

After the Laws of Ukraine No. 128-IX and No. 129-IX (https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/128-20#n132 and https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/129-20) are effective as of April 19, many individual entrepreneurs in Ukraine will assume the obligation to use cash registers (PTRs). For those who work in the IT and are paid on a cashless basis these laws change nothing. In accordance with the…

Surrogacy is not perfectly regulated in Ukraine, but it is still allowed. In Ukraine, there are children, who were born as a result of the use of assisted reproductive technologies through surrogacy method, and their parents want to take them home and bring up in their family. More and more foreigners contact Ukrainian Human Reproduction…

Legal support for any company (business) can be organized by hiring a lawyer on a full-time basis (setting up a legal department) or receiving legal services from a law firm (on the terms of outsourcing). It is natural that sometimes both options of working with lawyers are used simultaneously and are advisable.   Forms of…

If you are a foreign investor, a foreign IT company or Ukrainian developers, and you want to establish an IT company in Ukraine, this legal advice will help you deal with the main issues in that direction.   Following forms of IT business are most popular in Ukraine: Individual Entrepreneur (FLP in Russian (“ФЛП” in…

From a legal point of view, IT company establishment in Ukraine is not fundamentally different from the formation of other types of companies. It entirely depends on the size of investments, the number of employees, the formula for work (customers – clients) and many other things. The Zilver lawyers will clarify all these issues with…

The board members of Zilver law firm (Ukraine, Kyiv) lawyers Olga Lazareva and Yevgen Zarydnyev took part in an informational event of the committee of legal issues German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Ukraine (https://ukraine.ahk.de/), the main topic was «Economic competition in Ukraine: practice and current trends» (https://www.facebook.com/events/376634296387873/). A leading lawyers in competition law…

The initiative of Cabinet of ministers of Ukraine to make a new way of taxation in IT sphere by making a fee for developing people fund alarmed IT workers in whole country. The tax rate will raise from 1% in 2020 to 5% in 2024. (https://tech.liga.net/technology/novosti/u-premera-pridumali-novyy-nalog-dlya-aytishnikov, https://korrespondent.net/ukraine/4136111-v-kabmyne-prydumaly-novyi-naloh-dlia-aityshnykov ) Lawyers in Zilver Law firm answer on…

Business Women Meeting :  October 3, 2019  in Art App Hall (https://www.facebook.com/pg/ARTAPPHALL/community/) will take place the business women evening. On BMW: Julia Brosko will tell you “How to make your own brand what will reveal your identity?” Olga Lazareva will answer how to protect your business by law in this betrayal and deceit world. Anna…