The Section of the Memos „Offhore“ is published in Ukrainian and Russian because it would be slightly interesting for our foreign clients. However, we are ready to consult you and help with international companies and structuring of your business activity.
Family lawyer Ukraine
This section of Zilver web-site would be useful for Ukrainian in their family cases, such as divorce, alimony (child support), division of spouse’s property, paternity etc. The family cases where one of the party is not Ukrainian have special regulations (including international) and are subject of other Memos of our web-site (please find them in…
Crimea / Donetsk / Luhansk special zones
Special regulations for Crimea / Donetsk / Luhansk regions With regard to enforced by Ukraine special regulations for Crimea, Donets and Luhansk oblast, we issued several recommendations for Ukrainians. Such recommendations are hardly possible to be useful for non-residents of Ukraine, therefore we do not publish them in English or German. The main point foreign…
Procedure for challenging the results of tax inspection in Ukraine
According to the results of a tax inspection, an inspection report shall be drawn up (in case of detection of violations of the tax legislation in the enterprise’s activity) or a certificate (in the absence of such violations). After 10 working days from the date when the inspection report was given to the company, the…
Obtaining a loan/a credit from a non-resident by Ukrainian company
For obtaining a loan/ a credit from abroad, it is sufficient to coordinate this financial transaction with the resident’s servicing bank in Ukraine. For the coordination of a loan / a credit from abroad, it is required to submit a loan / a credit agreement to the bank and confirm the “purity” of this transaction…
Violation of 365 days currency exchange rules in Ukraine
With the entry into force of the Law of Ukraine “On Currency and Exchange Transactions”, the procedure for effecting settlements on import / export transactions has changed significantly. Thus, according to the aforementioned law, the income of residents in foreign currency shall be placed to their accounts within 365 calendar days from the date of…
Legal issues of how IT-freelancers work in Ukraine
This memo describes only the activity of a freelancer in Ukraine, who works independently, i.e. finds the job through the Internet, performs it independently and delivers it to the customer via the Internet. Registration as an entrepreneur An individual (private) entrepreneur is the most profitable and widespread form of work of freelancers. The registration…
Adoption of a child by a foreigner in Ukraine
Who can be an adopter of a child in Ukraine An adopter of a child may be a legally capable person at the age of at least twenty-one years old, except when the adopter is a relative of the child. An adopter may be a person older than the child, whom he/ she wishes to…
Foreigners’ title to land in Ukraine
The law firm “Zilver” often files enquiries from foreign businesspeople and private entities concerning the land acquisition and leasehold in Ukraine. This is why, we have decided to list here the main theses of the Ukrainian legislation as regards the possible ways of purchasing and leasing land in Ukraine by foreigners. Agricultural land holds particular…
Obtaining permit for permanent residence in Ukraine
According to the current legislation of Ukraine, the foreigners, who have made investments in the amount of 100,000 US dollars in the economy of Ukraine, can obtain a permit for permanent residence in Ukraine (also: “residence permit”, hereinafter referred to as the residence permit). Obtaining a residence permit includes 3 stages: registration of a company/…