Sample of the contract with IT-contractor (Ukraine)

The law firm Zilver provides you the sample of the contract with Ukrainian IT-contractor, which may be used without legal assistance of Ukrainian lawyers. We strongly recommend to execute contracts with Ukrainian subcontractors only with help of Ukrainian lawyers, but if you want to use some sample of the contract, you may use following one.…

Temporary/permanent residence permits in Ukraine during quarantine

According to the Ukrainian Law ((https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/530-20) and Decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine concerning amendments in migration regulations with caused by quarantine all foreigners, who have not left Ukraine or have not prolonged/changed the temporary resident permit in Ukraine or permanent residence permit in Ukraine shall:   Be free of any liability for…

Payment of dividends in foreign currency

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,…

Arbitration clause: legal aspects in Ukraine

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…

Shall Ukrainian IT individual entrepreneurs install cash registers since 2020?

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…