Company’s labor protection in Ukraine

According to Article 15 of the Law of Ukraine “On Labor Protection”, a labor protection service shall be establish at each company. The bodies of the State Labor Service of Ukraine perform state supervision over labor protection. The inspectors shall have the right to conduct scheduled and unscheduled inspections of all enterprises. The issue of…

Lease of property in Ukraine

Change of amount of rent The lease payment may be changed only by agreement of the parties. In addition, the lease agreement may define a mechanism for the revision of the amount of rent. Any change of economic situation, exchange rates, etc. shall NOT be the ground for revising the amount of rent, except as…

Removal of the Ukrainian company’s director

Sometimes business owners need to dismiss the director of the company or temporarily strip him of his powers due to loss of trust or to any other reasons. The dismissal can take a lot of time and may be challenged, so we recommend using “removal from the office”. The removal is not a dismissal, and…

What is copyright? What can be copyrighted?

Copyright is a collective term that means the specific right of an individual to the result of his/her intellectual / creative activity. The items that can be copyrighted are as follows: 1) literary and written works (books, brochures, articles, etc.); 2) speeches, lectures, oral works, etc.; 3) computer programs (this item is quite specific and…

Offshore

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 Such recommendations are hardly possible to be useful for non-residents of Ukraine, therefore we do not publish them in English or German.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…